Codeigniter PHP - loading a view at an anchor point
codeigniter, php, validation
Solution
I can't personally vouch for this, but according to this thread if you append the anchor to the form's `action`, it will work.
CodeIgniter helper:
<?php echo form_open('controller/function#anchor'); ?>
Or vanilla HTML:
<form method='post' action='controller/function#anchor'>
If you were open to using Javascript, you could easily detect a `$validation_failed` variable and appropriately scroll. Or, even better, use AJAX.
Another option is to put the form near the top of the page?
Problem
I have a form at the bottom of a long page, if a user fills out the form but it doesn't validate the page is reloaded in the typical codeigniter fashion: `$this->load->view('template',$data);` however because the form is way down at the bottom of the page I need the page to load down there like you do with HTML anchors. Does anyone know how to do this in codeigniter? I can't use the codeigniter `redirect();` function because it loses the object and the validation errors are gone. Other frameworks I've used like Yii you can call the redirect function like: `$this->redirect();` which solves the problem because you keep the object. I've tried using: `$this->index()` within the controller which works fine as a redirect but the validation errors are in another method which is where the current page is loaded from: `$this->item($labs)` but when I use this it get stuck in a loop Any ideas? I've seen this question a lot on the net but no clear answers. I'm researching using codeigniter "flash data" but think it's a bit overkill. cheers.