I have the following view but how do I apply set_value
to it without it defaulting to Please select?
Sort of what Abid said, you'd simply use set_value() after your form validation.
form_dropdown('add_fields_type', $field_types, set_value('field_type'));
it is much easier to use javascript(tested)
<select name="add_fields_type" id="add_fields_type">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="Input">Input</option>
<option value="Text Area">Text Area</option>
<option value="Radio Button">Radio Button</option>
<option value="Check Box">Check Box</option>
</select>
<script>
document.getElementById('select_status').value="<?php echo set_value('status'); ?>";
</script>
Try this :-
See url:-- http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/form_helper.html
$options = array(
'small' => 'Small Shirt',
'med' => 'Medium Shirt',
'large' => 'Large Shirt',
'xlarge' => 'Extra Large Shirt',
);
$shirts_on_sale = array('small', 'large');
echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large');
// Would produce:
<select name="shirts">
<option value="small">Small Shirt</option>
<option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
<option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
<option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
</select>
echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, $shirts_on_sale);
// Would produce:
<select name="shirts" multiple="multiple">
<option value="small" selected="selected">Small Shirt</option>
<option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
<option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
<option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
</select>
This should help:
Controller (test.php)
<?php
class Setup extends CI_Controller {
function index() {
//for the set_select() function
$this->load->library('form_validation');
//for base_url() function
$this->load->helper('url');
$list['data'] = $this->input->get('add_fields_type');
$this->load->view('test_view.php', $list);
}
?>
View (test_view.php)
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<form action="<?php echo base_url(); ?>test">
<label for="add_fields_type">Type: </label>
<select name="add_fields_type" id="add_fields_type">
<option value="">Please Select</option>
<option value="input" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','input', ( !empty($data) && $data == "input" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Input</option>
<option value="textarea" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','textarea', ( !empty($data) && $data == "textarea" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Text Area</option>
<option value="radiobutton" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','radiobutton', ( !empty($data) && $data == "radiobutton" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Radio Button</option>
<option value="checkbox" <?php echo set_select('add_fields_type','checkbox', ( !empty($data) && $data == "checkbox" ? TRUE : FALSE )); ?>>Check Box</option>
</select>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Note: The third parameter of the set_select()
determines whether it should be selected or not
To use set_select you need to have a validation rule for the field in question. See my answer to a similar question here: CodeIgniter select_value in form_dropdown
Try this:
<option value="<?php echo set_value('textarea'); ?>" <?php echo (set_value('textarea')=='TEXTAREA')?" selected=' selected'":""?>>Text Area</option>
Above TEXTAREA is the value you are expected to come on the option