PHP to SQL on-change not updating - php

Question

I have a fairly general problem. I have a small form
<form action="<?=base_url();?>ticket/close_ticket/<?=$ticket_details['id'];?>" method="post" id="close_ticket" name="close_ticket">
<ul>
<li><label for="frm_status">Status<span class="req">*</span></label>
<span class="input">
<select id="frm_status" name="status" onchange="this.form.submit()">
<option value="<? if ($ticket_details['status'] == "Open") $status= "1"; else $status= "2"; echo $status;?>"><? if ($ticket_details['status'] == "Open") $status= "Open"; else $status= "Closed"; echo $status;?></option>
<option value="<? if ($ticket_details['status'] == "Open") $status= "2"; else $status= "1"; echo $status;?>"><? if ($ticket_details['status'] == "Open") $status= "Closed"; else $status= "Open"; echo $status;?></option>
</select>
</span>
</li>
</ul>
</form>
This form contains the drop list option box, that on change submits the form to the close ticket controller......
public function close_ticket()
{
$this->load->model('ticket_model');
$ticket_id = mysql_real_escape_string($this->uri->segment(3));
if($_POST)
{
//save ticket
unset ($_POST['id']);
$_POST['id'] = $ticket_id;
$this->ticket_model->close_ticket($_POST);
redirect(base_url().'ticket/edit/'.$ticket_id.'/');
return;
}
redirect(base_url().'ticket/edit/'.$ticket_id.'/');
}
which it does. This controller is to post the information to the model to update the SQL.....
public function close_ticket($ticket_post)
{
$query = $this->db->query("SELECT id FROM ".$this->tables_ticket." WHERE id = '".mysql_real_escape_string($ticket_post['id'])."';");
if($query->num_rows() > 0)
{
$row = $query->row();
$query = $this->db->query("UPDATE ".$this->tables_ticket."
SET
status = '".mysql_real_escape_string($ticket_post['status'])."'
WHERE
id = '".mysql_real_escape_string($ticket_post['id'])."'
");
}
if($this->db->affected_rows() > 0) return true;
else return false;
}
then after all this, redirect back to the form. I am assuming that on redirect the form will then populate the drop list with the updated data. This is where I am struggling, as It sends the changed data, and somewhere it is not registering the change and returning the page, unchanged.
Question, would this work with a confirmation/secondary submission page, followed by redirect, and is it that I am trying to return the changed data in the same function where it is failing?
$body_data['ticket_list'] = $this->ticket_model->list_ticket();
$body_data['ticket_details'] = $this->ticket_model->get_ticket($ticket_id);
$body_data['ticket_summary'] = $this->ticket_model->list_ticket_summary($ticket_id);
$body_data['customer_list'] = $this->ticket_model->get_customer_details($ticket_id);
$body_data['precan_list'] = $this->ticket_model->list_messages();
$body_data['users_list'] = $this->ticket_model->list_users();
$foot_data['accordian_active'] = 5;
$this->load->view('head',$head_data);
$this->load->view('sidebar/service',$head_data);
$this->load->view('ticket/edit',$body_data);
$this->load->view('foot',$foot_data);
return;
The edit function simply returns a range of population query lists.
unless i need a new query to repopulate the ticket_details list?