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07-20-2009, 04:06 PM

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hi All,

I am working my way through the 20 min tutorial and have a problem that I cannot solve.

The form helper does not seem to be working.

Here is my view

Code:
&lt;html&gt;

    &lt;head&gt;

        &lt;title&gt;&lt;?php echo $title; ?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;

    &lt;/head&gt;

    &lt;body&gt;

        <h1>&lt;?php echo $heading; ?&gt;</h1>

        &lt;?php form_open('blog/comment_insert'); ?&gt;

        &lt;?php form_hidden('entry_id', $this->uri->segment(3)); ?&gt;

        <p>&lt;textarea nasme-"body" rows="10"&gt;&lt;/textarea></p>

        <p>&lt;input type="text" name="author" /&gt;&lt;/p>

        <p>&lt;input type="submit" value="Submit Comment" /&gt;&lt;/p>

        &lt;/form&gt;

    &lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

Here is my controller

Code:
&lt;?php

class Blog extends Controller {

    function Blog()

    {

        parent::Controller();

        $this->load->helper('url');

        $this->load->helper('form');

    }

    function index()

    {

        $data['title'] = 'My BLog Title';

        $data['heading'] = 'My Blog Heading';

        $data['query'] = $this->db->get('entries');

        $this->load->view('blog_view', $data);

    }

    function comments()

    {

        $data['title'] = 'My Comment Title';

        $data['heading'] = 'My Comment Heading';

        $this->load->view('comment_view', $data);    

    }

    function comment_insert()

    {

        echo "testing...";

    }

}

?&gt;

When I view my page I do not get a form opening tag or the hidden field. I checked and the file form_helper.php exists under System/Helpers.

Can anyone see my mistake?

Thanks,
DDetto

07-21-2009, 02:59 AM

[eluser]wiredesignz[/eluser]
Use echo.

Code:
&lt;?php echo form_open(...

Try reading the CodeIgniter user guide or even the source code when you get stuck (before you ask).

In this case try system/helpers/form_helper.php

07-21-2009, 06:15 AM

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Thanks for the help. That fixed it. I actually did quite a bit of reading and testing. I only asked after working on it for a while and even then I thought twice because I knew it would be somehting obvious to an experienced user. Also, I apologize because I am new to PHP so I am dealing with a bit of a learning curve.