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Chapter 6: Creating a Dashboard

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echo “ < p > < label for=’parent’ > Category < /label > < br/ > ”;

echo form_dropdown(‘category_id’,$categories) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’pname’ > Name < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’name’,’id’= > ’pname’,’size’= > 25);

echo form_input($data) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’short’ > Short Description < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’shortdesc’,’id’= > ’short’,’size’= > 40);

echo form_input($data) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’long’ > Long Description < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’longdesc’,’id’= > ’long’,’rows’= > 5, ‘cols’= > ’40’);

echo form_textarea($data) .” < /p > ”;

Don ’ t forget to use form_upload() to designate file upload fields for image and thumbnail. Your back -
end process is expecting files from these two fields.

echo “ < p > < label for=’uimage’ > Upload Image < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’image’,’id’= > ’uimage’);

echo form_upload($data) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’uthumb’ > Upload Thumbnail < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’thumbnail’,’id’= > ’uthumb’);

echo form_upload($data) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’status’ > Status < /label > < br/ > ”;

$options = array(‘active’ = > ‘active’, ‘inactive’ = > ‘inactive’);

echo form_dropdown(‘status’,$options) .” < /p > ”;

Finally, wrap up your form with any remaining fields and a form_submit() and form_close().

echo “ < p > < label for=’group’ > Grouping < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’grouping’,’id’= > ’group’,’size’= > 10);

echo form_input($data) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’price’ > Price < /label > < br/ > ”;

$data = array(‘name’= > ’price’,’id’= > ’price’,’size’= > 10);

echo form_input($data) .” < /p > ”;

echo “ < p > < label for=’featured’ > Featured? < /label > < br/ > ”;

$options = array(‘true’ = > ‘true’, ‘false’ = > ‘false’);

echo form_dropdown(‘featured’,$options) .” < /p > ”;

echo form_submit(‘submit’,’create product’);

echo form_close();

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Your product creation form should look somewhat like Figure 6 - 10.