Codeigniter - Bootstrap Modal - passing data
i really think you are misunderstanding what modal is and what a controller is, you can't do this without ajax call: how does one go about calling the controller via the modal link
what i usually do is to create a view/modals/ folder then put there all my bootstrap modals so for example:
application/views/modals/my_modal_form.phpand that will looks as you shown, inside:
<div class="modal fade hide modal-creator" id="myModal" style="display: none;" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button> <h3>Edit Gallery</h3> </div> <div class="modal-body"><?php echo form_open('url'); ?> <div class="row"> <div class="span5"> <?php print_r($galleryName); ?> <div class="control-group"> <?php $galleryName = array( 'id' => 'galleryName', 'name' => 'galleryName', 'placeholder' => 'Gallery Name', 'required' => 'required', ); echo form_label('Gallery Name:', 'galleryName'); echo form_input($galleryName); ?> </div><!-- /control-group --> </div><!--/span5--> </div><!--/row--></div><!-- /modal-body --><div class="modal-footer"> <!-- <p class="span3 resize">The following images are sized incorrectly. Click to edit</p> --> <a href="javascript:;" class="btn" data-dismiss="modal">Close</a> <a href="javascript:;" class="btn btn-primary">Next</a></div>so when i need that single modal i just load it inside the main controller view i want to show up that modal doing simply:
<body> <?php echo $this->load->view('modals/my_modal_form'); ?> <tr> <td> <a class="galName" href="#myModal" data-toggle="modal" > <?php echo $gal['name']; ?> </a> </td> <td> <?php echo $gal['clientName']; ?> </td></tr><?php endforeach; ?> </body>
Ajax is the way to go, i made a template library in wich i load all my modals so they can be called by javscript from anywhere on the app, then use ajax to submit the forms