How to create form in CodeIgniter

For working with form in CodeIginter you have to use form helper.
Load the form helper

$this->load->helper('form');

1	$this->load->helper('form');

You can also load the form helper in application/config/autoload.php.

$autoload['helper']=array('form');

1	$autoload['helper']=array('form');

Benefit of loading form helper in the autoload.php is that if you have multiple forms then you have to use form helper in every controller but loading form helper in autoload.php then no need to load form helper in every controller. It will automatically autoload in every controller.
How to start a form

<?php echo form_open($action,[$attributes])?>

1	<?php echo form_open($action,[$attributes])?>

$action (string) : Main controller
$attributes (array) : HTML attributes like name, class etc.
For ex :

<?php echo form_open('controller/method',['name'=>'signup'])?>

1	<?php echo form_open('controller/method',['name'=>'signup'])?>

This will produce

<form name="signup" method="post">

1	<form name="signup" method="post">

How to create an input text field

<?php echo form_input(['name'=>'fullname','id'=>'fullname','placeholder'=>'Enter your full name','class'=>'form-control']);?>

1	<?php echo form_input(['name'=>'fullname','id'=>'fullname','placeholder'=>'Enter your full name','class'=>'form-control']);?>

This will produce

<input type="text" name="fullnmae" id="fullname" placeholder="Enter your full name" class="form-control">

1	<input type="text" name="fullnmae" id="fullname" placeholder="Enter your full name" class="form-control">

How to create a password text field

<?php echo form_password(['name'=>'password','id'=>'password','placeholder'=>'Enter your password','class'=>'form-control']);?>

1	<?php echo form_password(['name'=>'password','id'=>'password','placeholder'=>'Enter your password','class'=>'form-control']);?>

This will produce

<input type="password" name="password" id="password" placeholder="Enter your password" class="form-control">

1	<input type="password" name="password" id="password" placeholder="Enter your password" class="form-control">

How to create drop-down list

<?php echo form_dropdown('name',$options,$selectedvalues)?>

1	<?php echo form_dropdown('name',$options,$selectedvalues)?>

name : Name of the drop-down list
$options : list of the dropdowns
$selectedvalues : If you wish to be selected a value
Ex for dropdwon list :

<?php
$options=array(
'PHP'=>'PHP'
'MySQL'=>'MySQL'
'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress'
'HTML'=>'HTML'
);
echo form_dropdown('skill',$options);?>

<?php

$options=array(

'PHP'=>'PHP'

'MySQL'=>'MySQL'

'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress'

'HTML'=>'HTML'

);

echo form_dropdown('skill',$options);?>

This will produce like

<select name='skill'>
<option value="PHP">PHP</option>
<option value="MySQL">MySQL</option>
<option value="Wordpress">Wordpress</option>
<option value="HTML">HTML</option>
</select>

<option value="MySQL">MySQL</option>

<option value="Wordpress">Wordpress</option>

</select>

If you wish to a selected one value

<?php
$options=array(
'PHP'=>'PHP'
'MySQL'=>'MySQL'
'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress'
'HTML'=>'HTML'
);
echo form_dropdown('skill',$options,'PHP');?>

<?php

$options=array(

'PHP'=>'PHP'

'MySQL'=>'MySQL'

'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress'

'HTML'=>'HTML'

);

echo form_dropdown('skill',$options,'PHP');?>

This will produce like

<select name='skill'>
<option value="PHP" selected='selected'>PHP</option>
<option value="MySQL">MySQL</option>
<option value="Wordpress">Wordpress</option>
<option value="HTML">HTML</option>
</select>

<option value="MySQL">MySQL</option>

<option value="Wordpress">Wordpress</option>

</select>

If you wish to selected multiple values

<?php
$options=array(
'PHP'=>'PHP'
'MySQL'=>'MySQL'
'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress'
'HTML'=>'HTML'
);
$selectedskills=array('PHP','MySQL');
echo form_dropdown('skill',$options,$selectedskills);?>

<?php

$options=array(

'PHP'=>'PHP'

'MySQL'=>'MySQL'

'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress'

'HTML'=>'HTML'

);

$selectedskills=array('PHP','MySQL');

echo form_dropdown('skill',$options,$selectedskills);?>

This will produce like

<select name='skill'>
<option value="PHP" selected='selected'>PHP</option>
<option value="MySQL" selected='selected'>MySQL</option>
<option value="Wordpress">Wordpress</option>
<option value="HTML">HTML</option>
</select>

<option value="MySQL" selected='selected'>MySQL</option>

<option value="Wordpress">Wordpress</option>

</select>

How to create radio button

<?php echo form_radio($data,$values,$checked=false/true,$extras); ?>

1	<?php echo form_radio($data,$values,$checked=false/true,$extras); ?>

$data (array) : Field data
$values (string) : Field value
$checked : whether this radio button being checked
$extras : Extra attributes
Ex :

<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Male',TRUE)?>
<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Female',FALSE)?>

1 2	<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Male',TRUE)?> <?php echo form_radio('Gender','Female',FALSE)?>

This will produce like

<input type="radio" name="gender" value="Male" checked="checked">
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="Female">

1 2	<input type="radio" name="gender" value="Male" checked="checked"> <input type="radio" name="gender" value="Female">

How to create checkbox

<?php echo form_checkbox($data,$values,$checked=false/true,$extras); ?>

1	<?php echo form_checkbox($data,$values,$checked=false/true,$extras); ?>

$data (array) : Field data
$values (string) : Field value
$checked : whether this check box being checked
$extras : Extra attributes
Ex :

<?php echo form_checkbox('TermsCondition', 'accept', TRUE); ?>

1	<?php echo form_checkbox('TermsCondition', 'accept', TRUE); ?>

This will produce like

<input type="checkbox" name="TermsCondition" value="accept" checked="checked">

1	<input type="checkbox" name="TermsCondition" value="accept" checked="checked">

How to create textarea

<?php echo form_textarea(['name'=>'address','rows'=>'5','cols'=>'10','id'=>'address']);?>

1	<?php echo form_textarea(['name'=>'address','rows'=>'5','cols'=>'10','id'=>'address']);?>

This will produce like

<textarea name="address" rows="5" cols="10" id="address"></textarea>

1	<textarea name="address" rows="5" cols="10" id="address"></textarea>

How to create submit button

<?php echo form_submit('name'=>'submit','value'=>'Submit',class="form-btn");?>

1	<?php echo form_submit('name'=>'submit','value'=>'Submit',class="form-btn");?>

This will produce like

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="form-btn" >

1	<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="form-btn" >

How to create the reset button

<?php echo form_button('name'=>'reset','value'=>'Reset','type'=>'reset',class="form-btn");?>

1	<?php echo form_button('name'=>'reset','value'=>'Reset','type'=>'reset',class="form-btn");?>

This will produce like

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="form-btn" >

1	<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="form-btn" >

How to close a form
form_close function used to close form.

<?php echo form_close( ); ?>

1	<?php echo form_close( ); ?>

Full-Form scripts

First load form helper in application/config/autoload.php.

$autoload['helper']=array('form');

1	$autoload['helper']=array('form');

then create a controller (Signupform.php)

<?php
class Signupform extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
}
public function index(){
// loadin from view
$this->load->view("signup_form");
}
}

<?php

class Signupform extends CI_Controller {

public function __construct() {

parent::__construct();

}

public function index(){

// loadin from view

$this->load->view("signup_form");

}

Now to form view(signup_form.php)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <!-- This file has been downloaded from Bootsnipp.com. Enjoy! -->
    <title>CodeIgniter Form Tutorial</title>
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.2.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<section id="login">
    <div class="container">
    	<div class="row">
    	    <div class="col-xs-12">
        	    <div class="form-wrap">
                <h1>Signup Form</h1>
    <?php echo form_open('signupform',['name'=>'signup']);?>
<div class="form-group">
<?php echo form_input(['name'=>'fullname','id'=>'fullname','placeholder'=>'Enter your full name','class'=>'form-control']);?>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<?php echo form_password(['name'=>'password','id'=>'password','placeholder'=>'Enter your password','class'=>'form-control']);?>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<?php
$options=array(
'PHP'=>'PHP',
'MySQL'=>'MySQL' ,
'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress' ,
'HTML'=>'HTML'
);
echo form_dropdown('skill',$options,'','class="form-control"');?>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Male',TRUE)?>Male
<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Female',FALSE)?> Female
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<?php echo form_textarea(['name'=>'address','rows'=>'5','cols'=>'10','id'=>'address','class'=>'form-control','placeholder'=>'Enter your address']);?>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<?php echo form_checkbox('TermsCondition', 'accept', TRUE); ?>Terms & Conditions
</div>
<?php echo form_submit(['name'=>'submit','value'=>'Submit','class'=>'btn btn-custom btn-lg btn-block']);?>
<?php echo form_reset(['name'=>'rest','value'=>'Reset','class'=>'btn btn-custom btn-lg btn-block']);?>
                <?php echo form_close();?>
        	    </div>
    		</div> <!-- /.col-xs-12 -->
    	</div> <!-- /.row -->
    </div> <!-- /.container -->
</section>
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>

<title>CodeIgniter Form Tutorial</title>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Signup Form</h1>

<?php echo form_open('signupform',['name'=>'signup']);?>

<?php echo form_input(['name'=>'fullname','id'=>'fullname','placeholder'=>'Enter your full name','class'=>'form-control']);?>

</div>

<?php echo form_password(['name'=>'password','id'=>'password','placeholder'=>'Enter your password','class'=>'form-control']);?>

</div>

<?php

$options=array(

'PHP'=>'PHP',

'MySQL'=>'MySQL' ,

'Wordpress'=>'Wordpress' ,

'HTML'=>'HTML'

);

echo form_dropdown('skill',$options,'','class="form-control"');?>

</div>

<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Male',TRUE)?>Male

<?php echo form_radio('Gender','Female',FALSE)?> Female

</div>

<?php echo form_textarea(['name'=>'address','rows'=>'5','cols'=>'10','id'=>'address','class'=>'form-control','placeholder'=>'Enter your address']);?>

</div>

<?php echo form_checkbox('TermsCondition', 'accept', TRUE); ?>Terms & Conditions

</div>

<?php echo form_submit(['name'=>'submit','value'=>'Submit','class'=>'btn btn-custom btn-lg btn-block']);?>

<?php echo form_reset(['name'=>'rest','value'=>'Reset','class'=>'btn btn-custom btn-lg btn-block']);?>

<?php echo form_close();?>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</section>

</body>

</html>

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