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[eluser]jvittetoe[/eluser]
in my current application, once a user logins in they are redirected to their dashboard, via the dashboard.php controller. currently residing at www.myproject.com/dashboard

now from this page there is a link to modify settings. once clicked they are then routed to www.com/dashboard/settings - this function from within the dashboard controller loads a view file...

Code:

$template['mainContent'] = $this->load->view('dspSettings', $data, true);
        $this->load->view('layDash', $template);

now from the dspSettings view file there is a form. im using the ci form helper. the form is as follows...

Code:

<?=form_open('dashboard/updateUserAccount'); ?>
        <label for="modify_oldpassword">Old Passsword</label><br />
        &lt;input  type="password" name="password_old" id="modify_oldpassword" value="" /&gt;<br />
        <label for="modify_newpassword">New Passsword</label><br />
        &lt;input  type="password" name="password_new" id="modify_newpassword" value="" /&gt;<br />
        <label for="modify_confpassword">Confirm New Passsword</label><br />
        &lt;input  type="password" name="password_conf" id="modify_confpassword" value="" /&gt;<br />
        <label for="modify_firstname">First Name</label><br />
        &lt;input  type="text" name="firstname" id="modify_firstname" value="" /&gt;<br />
        <label for="modify_lastname">Last Name</label><br />
        &lt;input  type="text" name="lastname" id="modify_lastname" value="" /&gt;<br />
        <label for="">Delete Account?</label><br >
        &lt;input type="checkbox" value="0" id="modify_deleteaccount" /&gt;<label for="modify_deleteaccount" class="selectable">Check here to delete your account.</label><br />    
        &lt;input type="submit" value="Modify Settings" /&gt;
    &lt;/form&gt;

on submission, the form routes to the dashboard/updateUserAccount function:

Code:

function updateUserAccount(){
        
        $data['title'] = "My Finance ~ v1.00 ~ Dashboard";
        $data['status'] = "PLEASE LOGIN";
        
         $rules['password_old'] = 'trim|required';
          $rules['password_new'] = 'trim';
          $rules['password_conf'] = 'trim';
          $rules['firstname'] = 'trim';
          $rules['lastname'] = 'trim';
         $this->validation->set_rules($rules);
    
    
        $template['mainContent'] = $this->load->view('dspSettings', $data, true);
        $this->load->view('layDash', $template);
        
        if($this->validation->run() == FALSE){
            
                $data['status'] = "Invalid Login";
                redirect('/dashboard/settings/', 'refresh');
                
        } else {
            
            $password_old = $this->validation->password_old;
            $password_new = $this->validation->password_new;
            $password_conf = $this->validation->password_conf;
            $firstname = $this->validation->firstname;
            $lastname = $this->validation->lastname;
            
//DISREGUARD BELOW THIS LINE
//HAVENT GOT THERE YET

            if ($this->userAccountHandling->modifyUserAccount($password_old, $password_new, $password_conf, $firstname, $lastname)) {

                $data['title'] = "My Finance - v1.00";
                $data['status'] = "USER ACCOUNT FOUND - LOGGING IN";

                //USER ALREADY EXISTS
                //LOG USER IN
                if ($this->userAccountHandling->loginTheUser($emailaddress, $password) == TRUE) {
                    
                    //successful login
                    //$this->load->view('layMain');
                    redirect('/dashboard/', 'refresh');
                
                }
            }
        }
        
    }

the current url is www.com/dashboard/updateUserAccount which brings up errors telling me 'Undefined property: password_new' because that field was submitted empty. how can i keep the field optional and still modify a record in the database without running into errors like this.

im still new to the framework and developing in general. how is my structure. could i be doing these easier and faster? thanks.

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[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
Update your model method, placing the optional parameters at the end and defining default values. Something like this:

Code:

function updateUser($username, $password, $email, $new_password = '') {
}

So, when you call that function - if you fail to define the 4th parameter it will default to ''

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[eluser]jvittetoe[/eluser]
this issue arises when i submit the form and call the dashboard/updateUserAccount...when it gets tothe else statement, these lines are throwing errors.

Code:

$password_old = $this->validation->password_old;
            $password_new = $this->validation->password_new;
            $password_conf = $this->validation->password_conf;
            $firstname = $this->validation->firstname;
            $lastname = $this->validation->lastname;

the errors are..
Message: Undefined property: password_old
Message: Undefined property: password_new
...and so on for all 5.

ive also updated my model function with your suggestion. but my script is failing before it even gets there.

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[eluser]WolfgangA[/eluser]
[quote author="jvittetoe" date="1188811043"]
...
$this->validation->password_old;
...
Message: Undefined property: password_old
[/quote]

I guess your assumption is wrong that the validation object has such a property. It "only" has the rules assigned fro the fields it should check.
See http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-gui...ation.html

So why do you not take the values from your original array?

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[eluser]jvittetoe[/eluser]
i guess im not reall sure how to take the values from the original array.

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[eluser]WolfgangA[/eluser]
Have you checked the $_POST array?

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[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
Try setting the fields' names - I think that will allow you to use $this->validation->var_name (as well as prettying up your error messages).

Code:

$field['password_old'] = 'old password';
$field['password_new'] = 'new password';
$this->validation->set_fields($fields);

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[eluser]jvittetoe[/eluser]
Ok, i have a new idea on how to handle my logins / new registrations. upon coming to the site the default controller is welcome.php from here there is one form which submits a post array, containing an email address and a password, to the welcome/checkUser method is my welcome controller. this method checks to see if the submitted email address is already taken. if it is, redirect users to the welcome/doLogin method, if its not taken, redirect users to the welcome/doRegister method. and while inside welcome/doRegister, once the registration has returned from the model, i want to redirect users to the welcome/doLogin method to be automatically logged in. im having the hardest time getting things to work.

Code:

function checkUser(){
        $this->load->library('validation');
        $this->load->model('User_model');
        $validUser = $this->User_model->checkEmailExists($this->validation->emailaddress, $this->session->userdata('session_id'));
        
        if($validUser){
            $this->doLogin();
        } else {
            $this->doRegister();
        }
    }

Code:

function doLogin(){
        $this->load->library('validation');
        $this->load->helper( array('url', 'form', 'date') );
        $this->load->model('User_model');
        
        $user_id = $this->User_model->login($this->validation->emailaddress, $this->validation->password, $this->session->userdata('session_id'));

        if($user_id != 0){
            
            // succsessful login
            $this->session->set_userdata(array('user_id' => $user_id));
            $data['user'] = $this->User_model->getDetails($user_id);
            $data['title'] = "My Finance - v1.0 ~ Dashboard";
            
            redirect('/dashboard/overview', 'refresh');
            //$template['mainContent'] = $this->load->view('dspDashboard', $data, true);
            //$this->load->view('layDash', $template);

        } else {
            
            // login failed
            $data['title'] = "My Finance - v1.0 ~ Home";
            //redirect('/welcome', 'refresh');
            $template['mainContent'] = $this->load->view('dspHome', $data, true);
            $this->load->view('layMain', $template);
        }
    }

Code:

function doRegister(){
        $this->load->library('validation');
        $this->load->helper( array('url', 'form', 'date') );
        $this->load->model('User_model');
        
        $user_id = $this->User_model->register($this->validation->emailaddress, $this->validation->password, $this->session->userdata('session_id'));
        
        if($user_id > 0){
            
            // successful registration
            //$this->doLogin();
            $user_id = $this->User_model->login($this->validation->emailaddress, $this->validation->password, $this->session->userdata('session_id'));

            if($user_id != 0){
            
                // succsessful login
                $this->session->set_userdata(array('user_id' => $user_id));
                $data['user'] = $this->User_model->getDetails($user_id);
                $data['title'] = "My Finance - v1.0 ~ Dashboard";
        
                //redirect('/dashboard', 'refresh');
                //$template['mainContent'] = $this->load->view('dspDashboard', $data, true);
                //$this->load->view('layDash', $template);

            } else {
            
                // login failed
                $data['title'] = "My Finance - v1.0 ~ Home";
                //redirect('/welcome', 'refresh');
                $template['mainContent'] = $this->load->view('dspHome', $data, true);
                $this->load->view('layMain', $template);
            }
            
        } else {
            
            // failed registration            
            $data['title'] = "My Finance - v1.0 ~ Home";
            redirect('/welcome', 'refresh');
                
        }
    }

now my question is how can i pass my $data variable when using a redirect. because all of this is taking place in my welcome controller. so once someone logs in, they are taken to the dashboard controller. if i uncomment the redirect lines and using the load->view my url stays www.com/welcome/home instead of www.com/dashboard.