[eluser]Scared[/eluser]
Hi there
I'm new to CI. Usually, I do this:
Code:
$name = isset($_POST['name']) ?: '';
This means when I insert $name into my database, if it doesn't exist no error/warning is thrown, and an empty string gets inserted.
I've quickly found out that in CodeIgniter $this->input->post('name') returns false if the index doesn't exist, and it ends up being converted to 0 in my database. Even if $this->input->post('name') where to return null it's still a problem if the field in question doesn't allow null in the database.
So I've written a helper called "input_data" as follows:
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
if ( ! function_exists('post'))
{
function post($index = '')
{
$CI =& get_instance();
return $CI->input->post($index) ?: '';
}
}
Now instead of doing
Code:
$name = $this->input->post('name') ?: '';
I can do:
Code:
$name = post('name');
I wondered if this approach is OK, and if it's safe to call my helper function something as simple as post() ?
Thanks