Codeigniter "No input file specified." error when submitting form? - php

Question

I am stuck and cannot seem to figure my issue out. I am trying to write a basic "Contact Us Form" using Codeigniter for the first time. My form on my view looks like this..
<div style='float: left; padding-right: 55px; padding-left: 35px;'>
<?php
$this->load->helper('form');
echo form_open('pages/emailsender'); ?>
Contact Us:<br />
<?php
echo form_input('name', 'Enter Your Name');
echo form_input('email', 'Enter Your Email');
echo "<br />";
echo form_textarea('message', 'Enter your message here, thanks for taking the time to contact us!');
echo "<br />";
echo form_submit('submit', 'Send Message!');
echo form_reset('reset', 'Reset Form');
echo form_close();
?>
</div>
and my controller pages.php looks like this..
<?php
class Pages extends CI_Controller {
public function index(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('home');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function home(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('home');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function about(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('about');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function services(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('services');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function reviews(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('reviews');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function specials(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('specials');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function contact(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('contact');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function emailsender(){
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('contact');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
}
I have the "emailsender" function just redirecting me back to the same page as a test, but it won't even do that?! I get a "No input file specified." error every time. I read this post on stackoverflow Codeigniter no input file specified error but it doesn't seem to resolve my issue. My config file looks like this..
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base Site URL
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| URL to your CodeIgniter root. Typically this will be your base URL,
| WITH a trailing slash:
|
| http://example.com/
|
| If this is not set then CodeIgniter will guess the protocol, domain and
| path to your installation.
|
*/
$config['base_url'] = 'http://mywebsitename.com';
$config['index_page'] = "";
$config['uri_protocol'] = "AUTO";
any ideas why I am getting the No input file specified error?

Answer 1

Change your .htaccess to look like this
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
Notice the ? mark in the last line. Previously this line was something like this RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
Also make sure to add this line RewriteBase / in your .htaccess

Answer 2

Change Your .htaccess like that
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
Hope It will works for you...
thanks

Answer 3

Change:
echo form_open('pages/emailsender'); ?>
To:
echo form_open_multipart('pages/emailsender'); ?>
form_open_multipart adds the enctype="multipart/form-data" to the form tag.

Answer 4

You need to use the direct link instead of the short hand of the form open tag. Like this:
echo form_open(‘http://example.com/welcome/emailsender’);
instead of this:
echo form_open(‘welcome/emailsender’);