Bringing up existing elements inside modal with Bootstrap - php

Question

Suppose I have a form with the form id = "form1":
<form id="form1">
<input type="text">
</form>
I'm also displaying a button that allows the user to bring up a modal:
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">
Click here to zoom in!
</button>
The challenge is that I want my modal to show the same form (form1), but so far I have not had much luck getting this. Below is my modal code:
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<h3>This is my header</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<!-- I WANT TO ADD THE INPUT FORM THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE THE MODAL HERE -->
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
</div>
</div>
Is this possible? If so, how?

Answer 1

If the form and all this mark up is on the same page then put the form tag inside the div with class modal-body if that still does not work use java-script to show the modal. Here is sample working code,
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" id="showModalPopup" data-target="#myModal">
Click here to zoom in!
</button>
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
<h4 class="modal-title">This is my header</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<form id="form1">
<input type="text" />
</form>
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#showModalPopup').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#myModal').modal('show');
});
});
</script>
I hope it helps.