Dynamically inserting a bootstrap modal partial view into a view - php

Question

I have a bootstrap 2.32 modal form which is kind of long ( see below ). I'd like to implement this as a separate partial view to be dynamically inserted in the HTML of another view ( for maintainability ), but I'm not sure exactly how to do this. I'm working with Codeigniter 2.1.
The button of the main view is:
<div id="thanks"><p><a data-toggle="modal" href="#form-content" class="btn btn-primary btn-large">Modal powers, activate!</a></p></div>
Here is what I'd like to store separately as a partial view:
<div id="form-content" class="modal hide fade in" style="display: none;">
<div class="modal-header">
<a class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</a>
<h3>Send me a message</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<form class="contact" name="contact">
<fieldset>
<!-- Form Name -->
<legend>modalForm</legend>
<!-- Text input-->
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="user">User</label>
<div class="controls">
<input id="user" name="user" type="text" placeholder="User" class="input-xlarge" required="">
<p class="help-block">help</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Text input-->
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="old">Old password</label>
<div class="controls">
<input id="old" name="old" type="text" placeholder="placeholder" class="input-xlarge">
<p class="help-block">help</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Text input-->
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="new">New password</label>
<div class="controls">
<input id="new" name="new" type="text" placeholder="placeholder" class="input-xlarge">
<p class="help-block">help</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Text input-->
<div class="control-group">
<label class="control-label" for="repeat">Repeat new password</label>
<div class="controls">
<input id="repeat" name="repeat" type="text" placeholder="placeholder" class="input-xlarge">
<p class="help-block">help</p>
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<input class="btn btn-success" type="submit" value="Send!" id="submit">
Nah.
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

You can do this in any point into a view where you need to load the 'partial' view.
$this->load->view('modal_view');
EDIT: Load dynamic content
In this example I will use an jQuery AJAX call to retrieve the view dynamically.
In your view you have to include a target div to insert the AJAX response.
<div id="modal_target"></div>
The button to load the modal and show.
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-medium" onclick="get_modal();" >Show Modal</button>
The javascript function that do the magic
<script type="text/javascript">
function get_modal(){
$.ajax({
type : 'POST',
url : '<?php base_url() ?>controler/get_modal',
cache : false,
success : function(data){
if(data){
$('#modal_target').html(data);
//This shows the modal
$('#form-content').modal();
}
}
});
}
</script>
You have also to include in your contoller the function called in AJAX
public function get_modal()
{
$this->load->view('modal_view');
}