How to generate form using form helper in php with codeigniter framework?

Generate form using form helper class in php with codeigniter  framework , to generate dynamic form. Loading this Helper

This helper is loaded using the following code (to controller class):

$this->load->helper('form');

 Here’s a simple example:

echo form_open('home');

The above example would create a form that points to your base URL plus the “email/send” URI
segments, like this:

<form method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://example.com/index.php/home">

Parameters:

    $data (array) – Field attributes data
    $value (string) – Field value
    $extra (mixed) – Extra attributes to be added to the tag either as an array or a literal string

Returns:

An HTML text input field tag
Return type:

string

Lets you generate a standard text input field. You can minimally pass the field name and value in the first and second parameter:

echo form_input('username', 'jack');

Or you can pass an associative array containing any data you wish your form to contain:

$data = array(
        'name'          => 'username',
        'id'            => 'username',
        'value'         => 'jack',
        'maxlength'     => '100',
        'size'          => '50',
        'style'         => 'width:50%'
);

echo form_input($data);

/*
        Would produce:

        <input type="text" name="username" value="jack" id="username" maxlength="100" size="50" style="width:50%"  />
*/

Example

First Load the form help in controller class

add application/controller/Home.php   

<?php

// First we created controller to call

class Home extends CI_Controller {


 //Here we can call model and helper class

     public function __construct()
        {
                parent::__construct();
                $this->load->model('emp_model');
                $this->load->helper('url_helper');
                $this->load->helper('form');
        }
 
//default function

    public function  index() {
   

        if ( ! file_exists(APPPATH.'views/pages/'.$page.'.php'))

        {

                // Whoops, we don't have a page for that!

                show_404();

        }

        //here we are getting a value from database 

        $data['employee'] = $this->emp_model->get_emp();

        $this->load->view('pages/'.$page, $data);

         

           

    }

}        

add form to the view 

application/view/pages/home.php

<h1>Add Employee </h1>

    

<!-- pass the hidden value in the form -->

<?php $hidden = array('username' => 'Jack', 'member_id' => '123');

echo form_open('home', '', $hidden);

//home is action 

$name = array(

        'type'  => 'text',

        'name'  => 'name',

        'id'    => 'name',

        'placeholder' => 'Enter Name',

        'class' => 'hiddenname'

);

$email= array(

        'type'  => 'text',

        'name'  => 'email',

        'id'    => 'hiddenemail',

        'placeholder' => 'Enter Email',

        'class' => 'hiddenemail'

);

$address = array(

        'type'  => 'text',

        'name'  => 'address',

        'id'    => 'address',

        'placeholder' => 'Enter address',

        'class' => 'address'

);

//here three variable created lets create new one contact

$contact =array(

         'type' => 'text',

         'name' => 'contact',

         'id'   =>  'contact',

         'placeholder' => 'contact'

         

);

echo form_input($name);

echo form_input($email);

echo form_input($address);

echo form_input($contact);

echo form_submit('btnSubmit', 'Submit')

?>

</form>