I'm new to stackoverflow and to CodeIgniter and I'm currently experimenting on some simple code examples I have found on the Internet in order to get a start. The one I'm working on right now is a form which uses CI and Ajax (jQuery) along with saving the inputs of the form in a database and then display the most recent of them on the same page as the form. If I confused you it's the 4.7 application example from here. The initial source code lies here but I have modified it in order to work with the latest release of CI and I quote all my MVC files just below.
Controller:
<?php
class Message extends CI_Controller
{
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper('form');
$this->load->helper('url');
$this->load->helper('security');
$this->load->model('Message_model');
}
function view()
{
//get data from database
$data['messages'] = $this->Message_model->get();
if ( $this->input->is_ajax_request() ) // load inline view for call from ajax
$this->load->view('messages_list', $data);
else // load the default view
$this->load->view('default', $data);
}
//when we pres the submit button from the form
function add()
{
if ($_POST && $_POST['message'] != NULL)
{
$message['message'] = $this->security->xss_clean($_POST['message']);
$this->Message_model->add($message);
}
else
{
redirect('message/view');
}
}
}
?>
Model:
<?php
class Message_model extends CI_Model
{
function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->database();
}
function add($data)
{
$this->db->insert('messages', $data);
}
function get($limit=5, $offset=0)
{
$this->db->order_by('id', 'DESC');
$this->db->limit($limit, $offset);
return $this->db->get('messages')->result();
}
}
?>
Views
default.php:
<!-- called using message/view -->
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<script src="<?php echo base_url('js/jquery-1.8.1.min.js'); ?>" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('#submit').click(function(e)
{
e.preventDefault();
var msg = $('#message').val();
$.post("", {message: msg}, function() {
$('#content').load("");
$('#message').val('');
});
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo form_open("message/add"); ?>
<input type="text" name="message" id="message">
<input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit" id="submit">
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
<div id="content"></div>
</body>
</html>
messages_list.php:
<!-- called from ajax call -->
<ol>
<?php foreach ($messages as $cur): ?>
<li><?php echo $cur->message; ?></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ol>
The problem mainly lies in the 1st of the views (default.php). That is, if I omit the e.preventDefault();
line from the javascript code then the form loads a different page (message/add as the form action parameter implies) which is a blank page, also cancelling the ajax behavior of my application that way.
On the other hand, if I actually add this line then the add method of my message controller isn' t called, thus not adding what I've typed into the database.
Finally, I tried the following js code instead of the other above:
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('#submit').click(function(e)
{
e.preventDefault();
var msg = $('#message').val();
$.post("<?php echo base_url(); ?>message/add", {message: msg}, function() {
$('#content').load("");
$('#message').val('');
});
});
});
but that way it seems as the $.post() crashes because nothing is executed in the function which is supposed to run on a successful post() call.
Any help appreciated and sorry for the big post. :)