insert form_dropdown data into mysql database in codeigniter - mysql

Question

I am new in codeigniter and trying to insert form_dropdown data into database, But i am unabl to insert selected option into database.
This is my model:
public function insertUser()
{
$data1 = array(
'id'=>$this->input->post('id'),
'full_name'=>$this->input->post('full_name'),
'email'=>$this->input->post('email'),
'contact_no'=>$this->input->post('contact_no'),
'role'=>$this->roles[0],
'status'=>$this->status[0]
);
$this->db->insert('users',$data1);
$data2['user_id']=$this->db->insert_id();
$data2 = array(
'type_of_paper'=>$this->input->post('type_of_paper'),
'deadline'=>$this->input->post('deadline'),
'acadmic_level'=>$this->input->post('acadmic_level'),
'quality'=>$this->input->post('quality'),
'noofpage'=>$this->input->post('noofpage'),
'subject_area'=>$this->input->post('subject_area')
);
$this->db->insert('orders',$data2);
return $this->db->insert_id();
}
This is my controller:
public function order()
{
$data['title']='Order';
$data['page']='order';
$data['type_of_paper'] = $this->writer_model->getTypeOfPaper();
$data['deadline'] = $this->writer_model->getDeadline();
$data['prices'] = $this->writer_model->getPrice();
$data['acadmic_level']=$this->writer_model->getAcadmicLevel();
$data['quality']=$this->writer_model->getQuality();
$data['subject_area']=$this->writer_model->getSubjectArea();
$data['currencies']=$this->writer_model->getCurrency();
$this->form_validation->set_rules('full_name', 'Full Name', 'trim|required|min_length[5]|max_length[50]|is_unique[users.full_name]',
array(
'required' => 'You have not provided %s.',
'is_unique' => 'This %s already exists.'
));
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email|is_unique[users.email]',
array(
'required' => 'You have not provided correct %s.',
'is_unique' => 'This %s already exists.'
));
$this->form_validation->set_rules('contact_no', 'Contact No', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('type_of_paper', 'Type Of Paper', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('deadline', 'Deadline', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('acadmic_level', 'Acadmic Level', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('quality', 'Quality', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('noofpage', 'No Of Pages', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('subject_area', 'Subject Area', 'trim|required');
if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
{
$this->load->view('header', $data);
$this->load->view('navbar', $data);
$this->load->view('order', $data);
$this->load->view('footer', $data);
}else
{
if($this->user_model->isDuplicate($this->input->post('email')))
{
$this->session->set_flashdata('flash_message', 'User email already exists');
redirect(site_url().'/home/login');
}else
{
$config=array(
'protocol' => 'smtp',
'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',
'smtp_port' => 465,
'smtp_user' => '',
'smtp_pass' => '',
'mailtype' => 'html'
);
$clean = $this->security->xss_clean($this->input->post(NULL, TRUE));
$id = $this->user_model->insertUser($clean);
$token = $this->user_model->insertToken($id);
$qstring = $this->base64url_encode($token);
$url = site_url() . '/home/complete/token/' . $qstring;
$link = $url;
$message = '';
$message .= 'You have signed up with our website.
Please click here to verify your email address:'. $link;
$this->load->library('email',$config);
$this->email->set_newline("\r\n");
$this->email->from('','Gourav shukla');
$this->email->to($this->input->post('email'));
$this->email->subject('This is an email Test');
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send();
/*if($this->email->send();)
{
echo 'Your email was sent, fool.';
}else
{
show_error($this->email->print_debugger());
}
echo $message; send this in email
exit;*/
};
}
}
This is my view code:
<?php // Change the css classes to suit your needs
$attributes = array('class' => 'form-horizontal', 'id' => 'order_form', 'name' => 'order_form');
echo form_open('/home/order', $attributes); ?>
<h3>Customer Information :</h3>
<?php echo form_input(array('name'=>'full_name', 'id'=> 'full_name', 'placeholder'=>'Full Name', 'class'=>'full_name', 'value' => set_value('full_name'))); ?>
<?php echo form_error('full_name');?>
<?php echo form_input(array('name'=>'email', 'id'=> 'email', 'placeholder'=>'Email', 'class'=>'email', 'value'=> set_value('email'))); ?>
<?php echo form_error('email');?>
<?php echo form_input(array('name'=>'contact_no', 'id'=> 'contact_no', 'placeholder'=>'Contact No', 'class'=>'contact_no', 'value'=> set_value('contact_no'))); ?>
<?php echo form_error('contact_no');?>
<hr />
<h3>Order Pricing :</h3>
<?php $attributes = 'id="type_of_paper" class="form-control"';
echo form_dropdown('type_of_paper', $type_of_paper, set_value('type_of_paper'), $attributes);?>
<?php echo form_error('type_of_paper'); ?>
<?php $attributes = 'id="deadline" class="form-control"';
echo form_dropdown('deadline', $deadline, set_value('deadline'), $attributes); ?>
<?php echo form_error('deadline'); ?>
<select class="form-control" id="acadmic_level" name="acadmic_level" onchange="calculateTotal()">
<option value=""> - Acadmic Level - </option>
<?php foreach($acadmic_level as $row)
{
echo '<option value="'.$row->value.'" id="'.$row->level_name.'">'.$row->level_name.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
<?php echo form_error('acadmic_level'); ?>
<select class="form-control" name="quality" id="quality" onchange="calculateTotal()">
<option value=""> - Quality - </option>
<?php foreach($quality as $row)
{
echo '<option value="'.$row->q_value.'" id="'.$row->q_type.'">'.$row->q_type.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
<?php echo form_error('quality'); ?>
<br />
<input type="text" maxlength="150" name="noofpage" id="noofpage" placeholder="No Of Pages" onkeyup="calculateTotal()"/>
<?php $attributes = 'id="price" class="form-control"';
echo form_dropdown('prices', $prices, set_value('prices'), $attributes); ?>
<input id="amount" name="amount" placeholder="Amount in British Pound(£)" type="text" />
<?php echo form_error('noofpage'); ?>
<select class="form-control" name="currency" id="currency" onchange="getCurrency()">
<?php foreach($currencies as $row)
{
echo '<option value="'.$row->rate.'">'.$row->name.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
<?php echo form_error('currency'); ?><br />
<div id="finalPrice"></div><br />
<div id="totalPrice" name="totalPrice"></div>
<hr />
<h3>Order Information :</h3>
<select class="form-control" id="subject_area" name="subject_area">
<option value=""> - Subject Area - </option>
<?php foreach($subject_area as $row)
{
echo '<option value="'.$row->subject_area.'">'.$row->subject_area.'</option>';
}
?>
</select>
<?php echo form_error('subject_area'); ?>
<?php echo form_input(array('name'=>'required_topic', 'id'=> 'required_topic', 'placeholder'=>'Required Topic', 'class'=>'required_topic', 'value' => set_value('required_topic'))); ?>
<?php echo form_error('required_topic');?><br />
<?php echo "<input type='file' name='userfile' size='20' />"; ?><br />
<?php $data = array('name'=> 'vc_desc','id'=> 'vc_desc','value'=> set_value('vc_desc'),'rows'=> '6','cols'=> '10','placeholder'=>'Detailed Instructions','style'=> 'width:50%; margin-left:100px','class'=> 'form-control');
echo form_textarea($data); ?><br />
<hr />
<h3>Select Payment Method :</h3>
<?php echo form_radio("gender", "Female", NULL, set_radio('gender', 'Female')); ?>Female
<?php echo form_radio("gender", "Male", NULL, set_radio('gender', 'Male')); ?>Male<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="accept_terms_checkbox" value="Accept TOS" /> Accept Terms of Services<br>
<?php echo form_error('accept_terms_checkbox') ?>
<?php echo form_submit(array('value'=>'Place Order', 'class'=>'btn btn-md btn-primary btn-block')); ?>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>
When i am running this code then i am getting this output:
output image
but i want to store option name into database not value from option.
Please fix this problem.
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

what i got from your last two lines and image that is data is inserting into database but values are inserting and you wants to insert names,
if i correct then,
you have to use your names in options value like
<option value="name">name or anything you want</option>
in form_dropdown
$style=array("id"=>"any_id","class"=>"any_class");
$dd_data=array();
$dd_data['']="-select-";
foreach($data as $row) // $data coming from server
{
$dd_data[$row['name']]=$row['name or anything'] // $row['name'] names that you wants to add into database
}
echo form_dropdown('field_name',$dd_data,'',$style);
this code is just an example it is not tested.