CodeIgniter library to build form's styled with Bootstrap 3. It's got 5 steps:
- Load Libraries
- Open Form
- Echo out the output of your chosen function
- Close your form
- Enjoy Easy form building
- Load Libraries ==============
Load the Codeigniter form helper, then load the form_builder library.
$this->load->helper('form');
$this->load->library('form_builder');
- Open Your form ==============
<?= $this->form_builder->open_form(array('action' => '')); ?>
- Echo out your form ==============
<?
/* Prepare variables */
$defaults_object_or_array_from_db = NULL;
$item = new stdClass;
$item->id = 33;
$item->description = '';
$years = range(intval(date('Y')), intval(date('Y')) + 20);
$months = array_map(function ($n) {
return str_pad($n, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
}, range(1, 12));
$exp_month_options = array_combine($months, $months);
$cc_exp_month = '05';
$exp_year_options = array_combine($years, $years);
$cc_exp_year = intval(date('Y')) + 5;
$input_span = 'pull-left ';
/* Build form */
echo $this->form_builder->build_form_horizontal(
array(
array(/* HIDDEN */
'id' => 'id',
'type' => 'hidden',
'value' => $item->id
),
array(/* INPUT */
'id' => 'color',
'placeholder' => 'Item Color',
'input_addons' => array(
'pre' => 'color: #',
'post' => ';'
),
'help' => 'this is a help block'
),
array(/* DROP DOWN */
'id' => 'published',
'type' => 'dropdown',
'options' => array(
'1' => 'Published',
'2' => 'Disabled'
)
),
array(/* TEXTAREA */
'id' => 'description',
'type' => 'textarea',
'class' => 'wysihtml5',
'placeholder' => 'Item Description (HTML or rich text)',
'value' => html_entity_decode($item->description)
),
array(/* COMBINE */
'id' => 'expiration_date',
'type' => 'combine', /* use `combine` to put several input inside the same block */
'elements' => array(
array(
'id' => 'cc_exp_month',
'label' => 'Expiration Date',
'autocomplete' => 'cc-exp-month',
'type' => 'dropdown',
'options' => $exp_month_options,
'class' => $input_span . 'required input-small',
'required' => '',
'data-items' => '4',
'pattern' => '\d{1,2}',
'style' => 'width: auto;',
'value' => (isset($cc_exp_month) ? $cc_exp_month : '')
),
array(
'id' => 'cc_exp_year',
'label' => 'Expiration Date',
'autocomplete' => 'cc-exp-year',
'type' => 'dropdown',
'options' => $exp_year_options,
'class' => $input_span . 'required input-small',
'required' => '',
'data-items' => '4',
'pattern' => '\d{4}',
'style' => 'width: auto; margin-left: 5px;',
'value' => (isset($cc_exp_year) ? $cc_exp_year : '')
)
)
),
array(/* DATE */
'id' => 'date',
'type' => 'date'
),
array(/* CHECKBOX */
'id' => 'checkbox_group',
'label' => 'Checkboxes',
'type' => 'checkbox',
'options' => array(
array(
'id' => 'checkbox1',
'value' => 1
// If no label is set, the value will be used
),
array(
'id' => 'checkbox2',
'value' => 2,
'label' => 'Two'
)
)
),
array(/* RADIO */
'id' => 'radio_group',
'label' => 'Radio buttons',
'type' => 'radio',
'options' => array(
array(
'id' => 'radio_button_yes',
'value' => 1,
'label' => 'Yes'
),
array(
'id' => 'radio_button_no',
'value' => 0,
'label' => 'No'
)
)
),
array(/* SUBMIT */
'id' => 'submit',
'type' => 'submit'
)
), $defaults_object_or_array_from_db);
echo $this->form_builder->close_form();
?>
- Close The Form ==============
<?= $this->form_builder->close_form(); ?>
<form action="" class="form-horizontal col-sm-12" autocomplete="on" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="33" />
<div class="form-group">
<label for="color" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Color</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<div class="input-group">
<span class="input-group-addon">color: #</span>
<input type="text" name="color" value="" id="color" placeholder="Item Color" class="form-control" />
<span class="input-group-addon">;</span>
</div>
<span class="help-block">this is a help block</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="published" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Published</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<select name="published" id="published" class="valid form-control">
<option value="1">Published</option>
<option value="2">Disabled</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="description" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Description</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<textarea name="description" cols="40" rows="10" id="description" class="form-control wysihtml5" placeholder="Item Description (HTML or rich text)" ></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="expiration_date" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Expiration Date</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<select name="cc_exp_month" id="cc_exp_month" label="Expiration Date" autocomplete="cc-exp-month" class="pull-left required input-small valid form-control" required="" data-items="4" pattern="\d{1,2}" style="width: auto;">
<option value="01">01</option>
<option value="02">02</option>
<option value="03">03</option>
<option value="04">04</option>
<option value="05" selected="selected">05</option>
<option value="06">06</option>
<option value="07">07</option>
<option value="08">08</option>
<option value="09">09</option>
<option value="10">10</option>
<option value="11">11</option>
<option value="12">12</option>
</select>
<select name="cc_exp_year" id="cc_exp_year" label="Expiration Date" autocomplete="cc-exp-year" class="pull-left required input-small valid form-control" required="" data-items="4" pattern="\d{4}" style="width: auto; margin-left: 5px;">
<option value="2016">2016</option>
<option value="2017">2017</option>
<option value="2018">2018</option>
<option value="2019">2019</option>
<option value="2020">2020</option>
<option value="2021" selected="selected">2021</option>
<option value="2022">2022</option>
<option value="2023">2023</option>
<option value="2024">2024</option>
<option value="2025">2025</option>
<option value="2026">2026</option>
<option value="2027">2027</option>
<option value="2028">2028</option>
<option value="2029">2029</option>
<option value="2030">2030</option>
<option value="2031">2031</option>
<option value="2032">2032</option>
<option value="2033">2033</option>
<option value="2034">2034</option>
<option value="2035">2035</option>
<option value="2036">2036</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="date" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Date</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="date" name="date" value="" id="date" class="form-control" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="checkbox_group" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Checkboxes</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<label class="checkbox-inline">
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox_group" value="1" id="checkbox_group" label="1" />
1
</label>
<label class="checkbox-inline">
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox_group" value="2" id="checkbox_group" label="Two" />
Two
</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="radio_group" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Radio buttons</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<label class="radio-inline">
<input type="radio" name="radio_group" value="1" id="radio_group" label="Yes" />
Yes
</label>
<label class="radio-inline">
<input type="radio" name="radio_group" value="0" id="radio_group" label="No" />
No
</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="submit" class="col-sm-2 control-label">
</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-primary" name="submit" value="" />
</div>
</div>
</form>
