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authorRoger Herbert <rogerlherbert@gmail.com>2012-03-14 09:37:06 +0100
committerRoger Herbert <rogerlherbert@gmail.com>2012-03-14 09:37:06 +0100
commita5c8a6d0fb7802aaf284b7b3ef77966f43baae56 (patch)
tree12163c9d08070e73b025dd0a6fc602bccc606e90 /user_guide_src/source
parentb81f909f8aaa3bedc3820c0d4c9056b57113b46e (diff)
parentce707b4cafd64b95031690cf927584b1d60c7ad7 (diff)
timespan() helper change
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide_src/source')
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst10
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst10
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/general/requirements.rst4
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst265
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/helpers/path_helper.rst20
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst8
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/libraries/table.rst2
7 files changed, 190 insertions, 129 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 469461e43..274026481 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Refactored ``plural()`` and ``singular()`` to avoid double pluralization and support more words.
- Added an optional third parameter to ``force_download()`` that enables/disables sending the actual file MIME type in the Content-Type header (disabled by default).
- Added an optional third parameter to ``timespan()`` that constrains the number of time units displayed.
+ - Added a work-around in force_download() for a bug Android <= 2.1, where the filename extension needs to be in uppercase.
+ - form_dropdown() will now also take an array for unity with other form helpers.
+ - set_realpath() can now also handle file paths as opposed to just directories.
- Database
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Added a constructor to the DB_result class and moved all driver-specific properties and logic out of the base DB_driver class to allow better abstraction.
- Removed limit() and order_by() support for UPDATE and DELETE queries in PostgreSQL driver. Postgres does not support those features.
- Removed protect_identifiers() and renamed _protect_identifiers() to it instead - it was just an alias.
+ - MySQL and MySQLi drivers now require at least MySQL version 5.1.
+ - db_set_charset() now only requires one parameter (collation was only needed due to legacy support for MySQL versions prior to 5.1).
- Libraries
@@ -86,10 +91,13 @@ Release Date: Not Released
- Minor speed optimizations and method & property visibility declarations in the Calendar Library.
- Removed SHA1 function in the :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>`.
- Added $config['csrf_regeneration'] to the CSRF protection in the :doc:`Security library <libraries/security>`, which makes token regeneration optional.
+ - Allowed for setting table class defaults in a config file.
+ - Form Validation library now allows setting of error delimiters in the config file via $config['error_prefix'] and $config['error_suffix'].
- Added function error_array() to return all error messages as an array in the Form_validation class.
- Added function set_data() to Form_validation library, which can be used in place of the default $_POST array.
- Added function reset_validation() to form validation library, which resets internal validation variables in case of multiple validation routines.
- Changed the Session library to select only one row when using database sessions.
+ - Added a Wincache driver to the `Caching Library <libraries/caching>`.
- Core
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@ Bug fixes for 3.0
- Fixed a bug in PDO's _version() method where it used to return the client version as opposed to the server one.
- Fixed a bug in PDO's insert_id() method where it could've failed if it's used with Postgre versions prior to 8.1.
- Fixed a bug in CUBRID's affected_rows() method where a connection resource was passed to cubrid_affected_rows() instead of a result.
-- Fixed a bug (#638) - db_set_charset() ignored its arguments and always used the configured charset and collation instead.
+- Fixed a bug (#638) - db_set_charset() ignored its arguments and always used the configured charset instead.
- Fixed a bug (#413) - Oracle's error handling methods used to only return connection-related errors.
- Fixed a bug (#804) - Profiler library was trying to handle objects as strings in some cases, resulting in warnings being issued by htmlspecialchars().
- Fixed a bug (#1101) - MySQL/MySQLi result method field_data() was implemented as if it was handling a DESCRIBE result instead of the actual result set.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst
index c04e67d2a..e328c11e2 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/active_record.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Example::
// Produces string: SELECT * FROM mytable
The second parameter enables you to set whether or not the active record query
-will be reset (by default it will be&mdash;just like `$this->db->get()`)::
+will be reset (by default it will be just like `$this->db->get()`)::
echo $this->db->limit(10,20)->get_compiled_select('mytable', FALSE);
// Produces string: SELECT * FROM mytable LIMIT 20, 10
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ Query grouping
**************
Query grouping allows you to create groups of WHERE clauses by enclosing them in parentheses. This will allow
-you to create queries with complex WHERE clauses. Nested groups are supported. Example:
+you to create queries with complex WHERE clauses. Nested groups are supported. Example::
$this->db->select('*')->from('my_table')
->group_start()
@@ -921,9 +921,9 @@ Method chaining allows you to simplify your syntax by connecting
multiple functions. Consider this example::
$query = $this->db->select('title')
- ->where('id', $id)
- ->limit(10, 20)
- ->get('mytable');
+ ->where('id', $id)
+ ->limit(10, 20)
+ ->get('mytable');
.. _ar-caching:
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/requirements.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/requirements.rst
index a927b7af6..05e87961a 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/requirements.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/requirements.rst
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ Server Requirements
- `PHP <http://www.php.net/>`_ version 5.2.4 or newer.
- A Database is required for most web application programming. Current
- supported databases are MySQL (5.1+), MySQLi, MS SQL, Postgres, Oracle,
- SQLite, ODBC and CUBRID. \ No newline at end of file
+ supported databases are MySQL (5.1+), MySQLi, MS SQL, SQLSRV, Oracle,
+ PostgreSQL, SQLite, CUBRID, Interbase, ODBC and PDO.
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
index 3794e0835..4cb0cfd38 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/form_helper.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ parameter, like this
::
- $attributes = array('class' => 'email', 'id' => 'myform');
+ $attributes = array('class' => 'email', 'id' => 'myform');
echo form_open('email/send', $attributes);
The above example would create a form similar to this
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ Hidden fields can be added by passing an associative array to the third paramete
::
- $hidden = array('username' => 'Joe', 'member_id' => '234');
+ $hidden = array('username' => 'Joe', 'member_id' => '234');
echo form_open('email/send', '', $hidden);
The above example would create a form similar to this
::
- <form method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://example.com/index.php/email/send">
- <input type="hidden" name="username" value="Joe" />
+ <form method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://example.com/index.php/email/send">
+ <input type="hidden" name="username" value="Joe" />
<input type="hidden" name="member_id" value="234" />
form_open_multipart()
@@ -87,28 +87,67 @@ name/value string to create one field
::
- form_hidden('username', 'johndoe');
+ form_hidden('username', 'johndoe');
// Would produce: <input type="hidden" name="username" value="johndoe" />
Or you can submit an associative array to create multiple fields
::
- $data = array(               
- 'name'  => 'John Doe',               
- 'email' => 'john@example.com',               
- 'url'   => 'http://example.com'             
- );
-
- echo form_hidden($data);
-
+ $data = array(
+ 'name'  => 'John Doe',
+ 'email' => 'john@example.com',
+ 'url'   => 'http://example.com'
+ );
+
+ echo form_hidden($data);
+
/*
- Would produce:
- <input type="hidden" name="name" value="John Doe" />
- <input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@example.com" />
+ Would produce:
+ <input type="hidden" name="name" value="John Doe" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@example.com" />
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="http://example.com" />
*/
+Or pass an associative array to the value field.
+
+::
+
+ $data = array(
+ 'name'  => 'John Doe',
+ 'email' => 'john@example.com',
+ 'url'   => 'http://example.com'
+ );
+
+ echo form_hidden('my_array', $data);
+
+ /*
+ Would produce:
+ <input type="hidden" name="my_array[name]" value="John Doe" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="my_array[email]" value="john@example.com" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="my_array[url]" value="http://example.com" />
+ */
+
+If you want to create hidden input fields with extra attributes
+
+::
+
+ $data = array(
+ 'type'        => 'hidden',
+ 'name'        => 'email',
+ 'id'          => 'hiddenemail',
+ 'value'       => 'john@example.com',
+ 'class'       => 'hiddenemail'
+ );
+
+ echo form_input($data);
+
+ /*
+ Would produce:
+
+ <input type="hidden" name="email" value="john@example.com" id="hiddenemail" class="hiddenemail" />
+ */
+
form_input()
============
@@ -124,20 +163,20 @@ form to contain
::
- $data = array(               
- 'name'        => 'username',               
- 'id'          => 'username',               
- 'value'       => 'johndoe',               
- 'maxlength'   => '100',               
- 'size'        => '50',               
- 'style'       => 'width:50%',             
- );
-
+ $data = array(
+ 'name'        => 'username',
+ 'id'          => 'username',
+ 'value'       => 'johndoe',
+ 'maxlength'   => '100',
+ 'size'        => '50',
+ 'style'       => 'width:50%'
+ );
+
echo form_input($data);
-
+
/*
Would produce:
-
+
<input type="text" name="username" id="username" value="johndoe" maxlength="100" size="50" style="width:50%" />
*/
@@ -146,7 +185,7 @@ Javascript, you can pass it as a string in the third parameter
::
- $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
+ $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
echo form_input('username', 'johndoe', $js);
form_password()
@@ -176,37 +215,37 @@ multiple select for you. Example
::
- $options = array(                   
- 'small'  => 'Small Shirt',                   
- 'med'    => 'Medium Shirt',                   
- 'large'   => 'Large Shirt',                   
- 'xlarge' => 'Extra Large Shirt',                 
- );
-
- $shirts_on_sale = array('small', 'large');
- echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large');
-
+ $options = array(
+ 'small'  => 'Small Shirt',
+ 'med'    => 'Medium Shirt',
+ 'large'   => 'Large Shirt',
+ 'xlarge' => 'Extra Large Shirt',
+ );
+
+ $shirts_on_sale = array('small', 'large');
+ echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large');
+
/*
- Would produce:
-
- <select name="shirts">
- <option value="small">Small Shirt</option>
- <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
- <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
- <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
+ Would produce:
+
+ <select name="shirts">
+ <option value="small">Small Shirt</option>
+ <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
+ <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
+ <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
</select>
*/
-
+
echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, $shirts_on_sale);
-
+
/*
- Would produce:
-
- <select name="shirts" multiple="multiple">
- <option value="small" selected="selected">Small Shirt</option>
- <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
- <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
- <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
+ Would produce:
+
+ <select name="shirts" multiple="multiple">
+ <option value="small" selected="selected">Small Shirt</option>
+ <option value="med">Medium Shirt</option>
+ <option value="large" selected="selected">Large Shirt</option>
+ <option value="xlarge">Extra Large Shirt</option>
</select>
*/
@@ -216,7 +255,7 @@ parameter
::
- $js = 'id="shirts" onChange="some_function();"';
+ $js = 'id="shirts" onChange="some_function();"';
echo form_dropdown('shirts', $options, 'large', $js);
If the array passed as $options is a multidimensional array,
@@ -240,38 +279,38 @@ Lets you generate fieldset/legend fields.
::
- echo form_fieldset('Address Information');
- echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
+ echo form_fieldset('Address Information');
+ echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
echo form_fieldset_close();
-
+
/*
Produces:
- <fieldset>
- <legend>Address Information</legend>
- <p>form content here</p>
+ <fieldset>
+ <legend>Address Information</legend>
+ <p>form content here</p>
</fieldset>
*/
-
+
Similar to other functions, you can submit an associative array in the
second parameter if you prefer to set additional attributes.
::
$attributes = array(
- 'id' => 'address_info',
+ 'id' => 'address_info',
'class' => 'address_info'
- );
-
- echo form_fieldset('Address Information', $attributes);
- echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
- echo form_fieldset_close();
-
+ );
+
+ echo form_fieldset('Address Information', $attributes);
+ echo "<p>fieldset content here</p>\n";
+ echo form_fieldset_close();
+
/*
- Produces:
-
- <fieldset id="address_info" class="address_info">
- <legend>Address Information</legend>
- <p>form content here</p>
+ Produces:
+
+ <fieldset id="address_info" class="address_info">
+ <legend>Address Information</legend>
+ <p>form content here</p>
</fieldset>
*/
@@ -284,8 +323,8 @@ the tag. For example
::
- $string = "</div></div>";
- echo form_fieldset_close($string);
+ $string = "</div></div>";
+ echo form_fieldset_close($string);
// Would produce: </fieldset> </div></div>
form_checkbox()
@@ -295,7 +334,7 @@ Lets you generate a checkbox field. Simple example
::
- echo form_checkbox('newsletter', 'accept', TRUE);
+ echo form_checkbox('newsletter', 'accept', TRUE);
// Would produce: <input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" value="accept" checked="checked" />
The third parameter contains a boolean TRUE/FALSE to determine whether
@@ -306,15 +345,15 @@ array of attributes to the function
::
- $data = array(     
- 'name'        => 'newsletter',     
- 'id'          => 'newsletter',     
- 'value'       => 'accept',     
- 'checked'     => TRUE,     
- 'style'       => 'margin:10px',     
- );
-
- echo form_checkbox($data);
+ $data = array(
+ 'name'        => 'newsletter',
+ 'id'          => 'newsletter',
+ 'value'       => 'accept',
+ 'checked'     => TRUE,
+ 'style'       => 'margin:10px',
+ );
+
+ echo form_checkbox($data);
// Would produce: <input type="checkbox" name="newsletter" id="newsletter" value="accept" checked="checked" style="margin:10px" />
As with other functions, if you would like the tag to contain additional
@@ -323,7 +362,7 @@ parameter
::
- $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
+ $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
echo form_checkbox('newsletter', 'accept', TRUE, $js)
form_radio()
@@ -339,7 +378,7 @@ Lets you generate a standard submit button. Simple example
::
- echo form_submit('mysubmit', 'Submit Post!');
+ echo form_submit('mysubmit', 'Submit Post!');
// Would produce: <input type="submit" name="mysubmit" value="Submit Post!" />
Similar to other functions, you can submit an associative array in the
@@ -353,7 +392,7 @@ Lets you generate a <label>. Simple example
::
- echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username');
+ echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username');
// Would produce: <label for="username">What is your Name</label>
Similar to other functions, you can submit an associative array in the
@@ -361,12 +400,12 @@ third parameter if you prefer to set additional attributes.
::
- $attributes = array(     
- 'class' => 'mycustomclass',     
+ $attributes = array(
+ 'class' => 'mycustomclass',
'style' => 'color: #000;'
- );
-
- echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username', $attributes);
+ );
+
+ echo form_label('What is your Name', 'username', $attributes);
// Would produce: <label for="username" class="mycustomclass" style="color: #000;">What is your Name</label>
@@ -384,7 +423,7 @@ button name and content in the first and second parameter
::
- echo form_button('name','content');
+ echo form_button('name','content');
// Would produce <button name="name" type="button">Content</button>
Or you can pass an associative array containing any data you wish your
@@ -392,15 +431,15 @@ form to contain:
::
- $data = array(     
- 'name' => 'button',     
- 'id' => 'button',     
- 'value' => 'true',     
- 'type' => 'reset',     
- 'content' => 'Reset'
- );
-
- echo form_button($data);
+ $data = array(
+ 'name' => 'button',
+ 'id' => 'button',
+ 'value' => 'true',
+ 'type' => 'reset',
+ 'content' => 'Reset'
+ );
+
+ echo form_button($data);
// Would produce: <button name="button" id="button" value="true" type="reset">Reset</button>
If you would like your form to contain some additional data, like
@@ -408,7 +447,7 @@ JavaScript, you can pass it as a string in the third parameter:
::
- $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
+ $js = 'onClick="some_function()"';
echo form_button('mybutton', 'Click Me', $js);
form_close()
@@ -420,8 +459,8 @@ the tag. For example
::
- $string = "</div></div>";
- echo form_close($string);
+ $string = "</div></div>";
+ echo form_close($string);
// Would produce: </form> </div></div>
form_prep()
@@ -432,7 +471,7 @@ elements without breaking out of the form. Consider this example
::
- $string = 'Here is a string containing "quoted" text.';
+ $string = 'Here is a string containing "quoted" text.';
<input type="text" name="myform" value="$string" />
Since the above string contains a set of quotes it will cause the form
@@ -475,9 +514,9 @@ Example
::
<select name="myselect">
- <option value="one" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'one', TRUE); ?> >One</option>
- <option value="two" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'two'); ?> >Two</option>
- <option value="three" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'three'); ?> >Three</option>
+ <option value="one" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'one', TRUE); ?> >One</option>
+ <option value="two" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'two'); ?> >Two</option>
+ <option value="three" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'three'); ?> >Three</option>
</select>
set_checkbox()
@@ -490,7 +529,7 @@ lets you set an item as the default (use boolean TRUE/FALSE). Example
::
- <input type="checkbox" name="mycheck" value="1" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck', '1'); ?> />
+ <input type="checkbox" name="mycheck" value="1" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck', '1'); ?> />
<input type="checkbox" name="mycheck" value="2" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck', '2'); ?> />
set_radio()
@@ -501,6 +540,6 @@ This function is identical to the **set_checkbox()** function above.
::
- <input type="radio" name="myradio" value="1" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '1', TRUE); ?> />
+ <input type="radio" name="myradio" value="1" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '1', TRUE); ?> />
<input type="radio" name="myradio" value="2" <?php echo set_radio('myradio', '2'); ?> />
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/path_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/path_helper.rst
index 1a70af458..847f5a08b 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/path_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/path_helper.rst
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@ cannot be resolved.
::
- $directory = '/etc/passwd';
- echo set_realpath($directory); // returns "/etc/passwd"
- $non_existent_directory = '/path/to/nowhere';
- echo set_realpath($non_existent_directory, TRUE); // returns an error, as the path could not be resolved
- echo set_realpath($non_existent_directory, FALSE); // returns "/path/to/nowhere"
-
-
+ $file = '/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini';
+ echo set_realpath($file); // returns "/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini"
+
+ $non_existent_file = '/path/to/non-exist-file.txt';
+ echo set_realpath($non_existent_file, TRUE); // shows an error, as the path cannot be resolved
+ echo set_realpath($non_existent_file, FALSE); // returns "/path/to/non-exist-file.txt"
+
+ $directory = '/etc/php5';
+ echo set_realpath($directory); // returns "/etc/php5/"
+
+ $non_existent_directory = '/path/to/nowhere';
+ echo set_realpath($non_existent_directory, TRUE); // shows an error, as the path cannot be resolved
+ echo set_realpath($non_existent_directory, FALSE); // returns "/path/to/nowhere"
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
index 39b389f09..5d7368ccb 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/form_validation.rst
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ Changing the Error Delimiters
By default, the Form Validation class adds a paragraph tag (<p>) around
each error message shown. You can either change these delimiters
-globally or individually.
+globally, individually, or change the defaults in a config file.
#. **Changing delimiters Globally**
To globally change the error delimiters, in your controller function,
@@ -543,6 +543,12 @@ globally or individually.
<?php echo validation_errors('<div class="error">', '</div>'); ?>
+#. **Set delimiters in a config file**
+ You can add your error delimiters in application/config/form_validation.php as follows::
+
+ $config['error_prefix'] = '<div class="error_prefix">';
+ $config['error_suffix'] = '</div>';
+
Showing Errors Individually
===========================
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/table.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/table.rst
index 9bc3f3423..6a808abc2 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/table.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/table.rst
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ example, only the table opening tag is being changed::
$tmpl = array ( 'table_open' => '<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="mytable">' );
$this->table->set_template($tmpl);
+
+You can also set defaults for these in a config file.
******************
Function Reference