Codeigniter: Parsing array data in view in a loop

Question

i want to multidimensional array to my view and then use this array to build form

This is what i've in my controller

function signin(){
    $attributes = array(
        'name'  =>  
        array(
            'name'        =>    'name',
            'type'        =>    'text',
            'placeholder'     =>     '' ,
            'value'       =>    'value'
            ),
        'password'                =>    
            array(
            'name'        =>    'name',
            'type'        =>    'password',
            'placeholder' =>      '',

            ),
        'gender' => 
            array(
            'name'        =>    'name',
            'type'        =>    'select',
                        'value'=>       
                            array(
                 'male','female'
            ),
        ),

        'usertpye'=>array(
            'type'                =>      'radio',
            'seller'          =>    'seller',
            'buyer'       =>    'buyer'
        ),
        'upload'=>array(
            'type'            =>      'file',
            'name'        =>    'file'
        ),

        'submit'=>array(
            'type'        =>    'submit',
            'name'        =>    'submit',
            'value'       =>    'submit'

        )

    );
        $this->load->view('login',$attributes);

}

in my view login i can access these items like $name or $password but i want to fetch in a loop.really have no idea how can i do it please help.

trajchevska · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-12 13:15:22Z

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The load function receives an array, which keys then parses as variables in the view. Thus, you get variables like $name, $password etc. Just add another layer before calling the load function like:

$data['attributes'] = $attributes;

And then, when loading the view do

$this->load->view('login',$data);

Here is the array a bit adjusted:

$attributes = array(
    'name'  =>  
    array(
        'name'        =>    'name',
        'type'        =>    'text',
        'placeholder' =>     '' ,
        'value'       =>    'value'
        ),
    'password'                =>    
        array(
        'name'        =>    'name',
        'type'        =>    'password',
        'placeholder' =>    '',

        ),
    'gender' => 
        array(
        'name'    =>    'name',
        'type'    =>    'select',
        'options' =>     array(
             'male'   => 'Male',
             'female' => 'Female'
        ),
    ),

    'usertpye'=>array(
        'type'   =>     'radio',
        'values' => array(
            'seller' =>    'seller',
            'buyer'  =>    'buyer'
        )
    ),
    'upload'=>array(
        'type' =>      'file',
        'name' =>    'file'
    ),

    'submit'=>array(
        'type'        =>    'submit',
        'name'        =>    'submit',
        'value'       =>    'submit'

    )
);

Here is how it would look like with the form helper of CI (this would go in the view, remember to first load the helper in the controller):

echo form_open('email/send');
foreach($attributes as $key=>$attribute) {
    echo form_label($key).'<br/>';
    if($attribute['type'] == 'select') {
        echo form_dropdown($attribute['name'],$attribute['options']).'<br/>';
    } elseif($attribute['type'] == 'radio') {
        foreach ($attribute['values'] as $value) {
            echo form_label($value);
            echo form_radio(array('name' => $key, 'value' => $value)).'<br/>';
        }
    } else {
        echo form_input($attribute).'<br/>';
    }
}

Note I did some adjustments to your initial attributes array to make it work, but you'd still need to improve its structure, add unique names for all items etc.

edited Jun 12, 2016 at 13:15

answered Jun 12, 2016 at 12:25

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4 Comments

Sikander Over a year ago

that seems good but problem is passing this data to form i want to generate form out of it and unable to find the way to do it

trajchevska Over a year ago

Are you using plain html or CI's form helper?

Sikander Over a year ago

i am using form helper

Sikander Over a year ago

for this i think i will have to use core php to parse md array fine ?

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