Post data not being sent by a code igniter form - php

Question

I've got a slight problem with my CI2.0.2 application.
From what I can tell, it is not getting any post data from a form and so is failing to run an update function, though most pages work fine.
The form is as follows:
<?php echo form_open('job/update/', array('id' => 'update', 'name' => 'update')); ?>
<div class="images">
<?php echo img('application/images/updateJob.png');?>
</div>
<h1>Update Job</h1>
<br><br><br><br>
<div class="fieldset">
<?php
if (isset($error))
{
echo '<div id ="error">';
echo '<h2>Error:</h2>';
echo '<p>'.$error.'</p>';
echo '</div>';
}
?>
<input type="hidden" name="c" id='c' value="<?php if(!empty($view[0])) { echo $view[0]; } else { echo "0"; } ?>">
<div class="left">
<h4>Job Details:</h4>
<div>
<label for="job_number">Job No:</label>
<input type="text" name="job_number" id="job_number" value="<?php echo $job['jobno']; ?>" disabled="disabled">
</div>
<div>
<label for="date">Date:</label>
<input type="text" name="date" id="date" value="<?php echo $job['datetime']->format('d-M-Y'); ?>">
</div>
<div>
<label for="council">Council:</label>
<input type="text" name="council" id="council" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($job['council']); ?>"> *
</div>
<div>
<label for="dano">DA No:</label>
<input type="text" name="dano" id="dano" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($job['dano']); ?>">
</div>
<div>
<label for="client">Client:</label>
<input type="text" name="client" id="client" value="<?php echo $job['clientid']; ?>" disabled="disabled">
</div>
</div>
<div class="right" style="margin-left: 390px;">
<h4>Location:</h4>
<label for="street_no">Street No:</label>
<input type="text" name="street_no" id="street_no" value="<?php echo $address['streetno']; ?>"> *
<br>
<label for="street_name">Street Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="street_name" id="street_name" value="<?php echo $address['streetname']; ?>"> *
<br>
<label for="street_type">Street Type:</label>
<select name="street_type" id="street_type">
<?php
foreach ($street_types as $type)
{
echo '<option';
if ($type == $address['streettype']) echo ' selected="selected"';
echo '>'.$type.'</option>';
}
?>
</select> *
<br>
<label for="suburb">Suburb:</label>
<input type="text" name="suburb" id="suburb" value="<?php echo $address['suburb']; ?>"> *
<br>
<label for="postcode">Postcode:</label>
<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode" value="<?php echo $address['postcode']; ?>"> *
<br>
<label for="state">State:</label>
<input type="text" name="state" id="state" value="<?php echo $address['state']; ?>"> *
<br>
<label for="country">Country:</label>
<input type="text" name="country" id="country" value="<?php echo $address['country']; ?>">
<br>
<label for="dp">DP:</label>
<input type="text" name="dp" id="dp" value="<?php echo $address['dp']; ?>">
<br>
<label for="lot_no">Lot No:</label>
<input type="text" name="lot_no" id="lot_no" value="<?php echo $address['lotno']; ?>">
<br>
<label for="po_box">PO Box:</label>
<input type="text" name="po_box" id="po_box" value="<?php echo $address['pobox']; ?>">
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="button">
<p>* = Required fields</p>
</div>
</div>
<?php echo form_close();?>
And the update section of the controller is as follows:
/**
* Update an existing job.
* #param int $job_number The number of the job to update.
*/
public function update($job_number=0)
{
$this->load->model('Job_model');
$job = array();
$address = array();
// Get post data.
$job['joblocation'] = '';
$job['jobno'] = $this->input->post('job_number');
$job['datetime'] = new DateTime($this->input->post('date'));
$job['dano'] = $this->input->post('dano');
$job['council'] = $this->input->post('council');
echo $job['jobno'];
echo $job['dano'];
echo $job['council'];
$address['streetno'] = $this->input->post('street_no');
$address['streetname'] = $this->input->post('street_name');
$address['suburb'] = $this->input->post('suburb');
$address['country'] = $this->input->post('country');
$address['postcode'] = $this->input->post('postcode');
$address['state'] = $this->input->post('state');
$address['dp'] = $this->input->post('dp');
$address['lotno'] = $this->input->post('lot_no');
$address['pobox'] = $this->input->post('po_box');
$address['streettype'] = $this->input->post('street_type');
echo "here2";
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
$this->Job_model->update($job);
echo "here";
redirect('job/');
}
// Otherwise, get the data from the database.
else
{
$job = $this->Job_model->search($job_number);
$job = $job[0];
$job['datetime'] = new DateTime($job['datetime']);
$address = $this->Job_model->get_address($job['joblocation']);
$address = $address[0];
}
// Get the street types.
$street_types = array();
$this->load->model('staff_model');
$streets = $this->staff_model->get_street_types();
foreach ($streets as $street)
{
$street_types[$street['streettype']] = $street['streettype'];
}
// Load the client list.
$clients = array();
$this->load->model('client_model');
$people = $this->client_model->get_client_person_list();
$companies = $this->client_model->get_client_company_list();
// Allocate view data.
$viewdata = array();
$viewdata['job'] = $job;
$viewdata['street_types'] = $street_types;
$viewdata['address'] = $address;
$viewdata['people'] = $people;
$viewdata['companies'] = $companies;
$this->layout->view('job/update', $viewdata);
}
Any ideas why this might be happening?
Thanks in advance,
James

Answer 1

Try changing the quotes you're using on this line:
<input type="hidden" name="c" id='c' value="<?php if(!empty($view[0])) { echo $view[0]; } else { echo '0'; } ?>" />
The way you had it with the double quotes around the 0 you were breaking that php because the first one would be closing the opening value quote.