How do I preserve form values? - php

Question

I have a controller which loads the view like this:
class A extends Controller{
public function simpleForm(){
//this generates the form
}
public function simpleFormSubmitted(){
// Simple form is submitted here. Here I perform validation and if
// validation fails I want to display simpleform again with all the values
// inputted by the user as it is and if validation succeeds I want to
// redirect to some other page. I am using simple HTML to generate the
// form and not the formhelper of CodeIgniter because I am more comfortable
// with HTML rather than remembering the syntax of CodeIgniter.
}
}

Answer 1

Here is how to preserve the form fields when dealing with errors...
$fields['username'] = 'Username';
$fields['password'] = 'Password';
$fields['passconf'] = 'Password Confirmation';
$fields['email'] = 'Email Address';
$this->validation->set_fields($fields);
This is how to re-populate the HTML form...
<?php echo $this->validation->error_string; ?>
<?php echo form_open('form'); ?>
<h5>Username</h5>
<input type="text" name="username" value="<?php echo $this->validation->username;?>" size="50" />
For more information look over here - Form Validation in Codeigniter
Look for the heading Re-populating the form

Answer 2

in function simpleForm add default variables so, after validation you can call it again with userform values
class A{
public function simpleForm($val1="", val2="", $val3=""){
//this generates the form
}
public function simpleFormSubmitted(){
//simple form is submitted here. Here is perform validation and if validation fails i
if(!$valid){
$result = $this->simpleForm($val1, $val2, $val3 etc...)
}
else{
$result = //whatever you need to output after validation success
}
return $result
}
}