in my codeigniter website, i have created a products page and display products in it using the category name in the url:

<?php foreach($category as $cat){?>
<li><a href="<?php echo base_url()?>homecontroller/products/<?php echo $cat->name;?>"><?php echo $cat->name;?></a></li>
<?php }?>

public function products()
      {
$id =$this->uri->segment(3);
$material=$this->input->post('material1');       
$material2=$this->input->post('material2');
$data['products'] = $this->product->findAll($id,$material,$material2);
$this->load->view('products', $data);
      }

my model:

function findAll($id,$material,$material2)
{
$this->db->where('cname', $id);
if(!empty($material) || !empty($material2)) {
$this->db->or_where('material', $material);
$this->db->or_where('material', $material2);
}
return $this->db->get('product')->result();
}

and my filter product view:

<form action="<?php echo base_url()?>products" method="post">
<input type="checkbox" name="material1" value="cotton" class="form-check-input filled-in" id="new" onChange="this.form.submit()">
<input type="checkbox" name="material2" value="polyster" class="form-check-input filled-in" id="used" onChange="this.form.submit()">
</form>

here the problem is when a user select the filter option the page reloads and does the filter fine but the url becomes my base url/products which makes the product page to display all products without category, can anyone please tell me how to fix this, thanks in advance

CodePudding user response：

try to use site_url instead of base_url in your view,base_url returns the base URL from your configuration site_url give a correct URL with index.php

  <form action="<?php= site_url('homecontroller/products')?>" method="post">
<input type="checkbox" name="material1" value="cotton" class="form-check-input filled-in" id="new" onChange="this.form.submit()">
<input type="checkbox" name="material2" value="polyster" class="form-check-input filled-in" id="used" onChange="this.form.submit()">
</form>

<?php foreach($category as $cat){?>
    <li><a href="<?= site_url('homecontroller/products/'.$cat->name)?>"><?= $cat->name;?></a></li>
    <?php }?>

you should consider retrieving the passed values in the URL as a function parameter like this

public function products($productName)
{
     $id = $productName;
     $material = $this->input->post('material1');       
     $material2 = $this->input->post('material2');
     $data['products'] = $this->product->findAll($id,$material,$material2);
     $this->load->view('products', $data);
}

I hope it solves your problem

CodePudding user response：

Also try

<form method="post">

without action attribute to keep current url.