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XAF
XAF

Reputation: 1472

Controller is not getting input value in codeigniter

I have a input field 

    <?php
    echo form_open('moneyexchange/borrow_first_page');  ?>
    <input id ="Amount" type="text" placeholder="Amount in &euro;"  name="writtenamount">
 <a type="submit" href="<?php echo base_url();?    >index.php/moneyexchange/invest_first_page">invest</a>
              </form>

And in codeigniter moneyexchange controller I have a function here

public function invest_first_page(){
        $this->load->helper('form');
         $this->load->library('form_validation');
        $this->load->view('header');

        $userProvidedAmount = $this->input->post("writtenamount");
        $data =  array(
        'userProvidedAmount' => $userProvidedAmount
         );
        $this->load->view("invest_firstpage", $data);
        $this->load->view('footer');

    }

But for some reason I cannot get the value from the input field in the view file to the controller, please help. it shows that my $userPRovidedAmount is a (bool)false value. But I need to get numbers from the input variable enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1109

Answers (1)

Steve
Steve

Reputation: 20469

You have a link where your submit button should be. A link wont submit the form (unless there is some unseen javascript) - it will just make a regular GET request to the page (hence why POST is empty in your controller)

Change the action of your form and make the submit button a form element:

<?php echo form_open('moneyexchange/invest_first_page');  ?>
    <input id ="Amount" type="text" placeholder="Amount in &euro;"  name="writtenamount"/>
    <input type="submit" value="invest"/>
<?php echo form_close();?>

Upvotes: 1

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