CodeIgniter loading a view

A function in the controller User loads the signup form, eg:

public function signup()
    {
        $this->load->view('form_view'); 
    }

So the signup form url will be like root/user/signup (ignore index.php)

The form_view has a form, which is submitted to another method in the same controller, lets say process(), eg.

<? echo form_open('user/process') ?>

Once the form is submitted, it goes to the user/process, which contains the validation code. If there is any validation error, It would load the form_view again and pass the error data to display on the form.

if ( $this -> form_validation -> run() === FALSE )
{
    //$this -> load -> vars( $data );
    $this -> load -> view( 'form_view' );   

}

Everythi开发者_开发技巧ng works fine. But now since the same form_view is loaded from the user/process function, the url of the form will change from:

root/user/signup

to

root/user/process 

Because the form was submitted to the url user/process and the form_view is being called from the process(). Is it possible to somehow redirect or maintain the original form url(root/user/signup) when the form_view is loaded from the process function in case of errors?

Thanks.

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Using the same method to for and validation you can try something like

if( count($this->input->post()) > 0 ) 
{ // do validation
   if ($this->form_validation->run())
   {
       // initilize and    
       redirect('logged');
   }
}
$this->load->view( 'form_view' );

you always get the same method, as you asked

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I've done this a different way. I actually have one controller to do all this.

if ( $this -> form_validation -> run() === TRUE )
{
    code
    code
    redirect('ANOTHER_URL_WITH_VALIDATION_CODE_DISPLAY');        
}

$this -> load -> view( 'form_view' ); 

Sorry about that, I meant to say one controller NOT one method. If you're just looking for form validation, then throw it all into one controller. Have CI's built-in form_validation function do the validation for you. IF you require backend validation (i.e. username check), you can create a custom validation rule called a "callback" and have the form validate against that as well.

Ideally your controller will check all fields, if it passes, it should redirect to onward to the next page w/ any information you want to display (i.e. "Thank's for registering!"). If it fails the check, it should load the view page again; you'll need to repopulate the fields obviously.

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See my response here for a detailed explanation of how/why the Codeigniter form validation should be called:

Question about how redirects should work