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Chapter 7: Improving the Dashboard

Chapter 7: Improving the Dashboard

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< h1 > < ?php echo $title;? > < /h1 >

< p > < ?php echo anchor(“admin/products/create”, “Create new product”);? >

< ?php

if ($this- > session- > flashdata(‘message’)){

echo “ < div class=’message’ > ”.$this- > session- > flashdata(‘message’).” < /div > ”;

}

if (count($products)){

echo form_open(“admin/products/batchmode”);

echo “ < p > Category: “. form_dropdown(‘category_id’,$categories);

echo “ & nbsp;”;

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

echo “Grouping: “. form_input($data);

echo form_submit(“submit”,”batch update”);

echo “ < /p > ”;

echo “ < table border=’1’ cellspacing=’0’ cellpadding=’3’ width= ’500’ > \n”;

echo “ < tr valign=’top’ > \n”;

echo “ < th > & nbsp; < /th > < th > ID < /th > \n

< th > Name < /th > \n

< th > Status < /th > \n

< th > Actions < /th > \n”;

echo “ < /tr > \n”;

foreach ($products as $key = > $list){

echo “ < tr valign=’top’ > \n”;

echo “ < td align=’center’ > ”.form_checkbox(‘p_id[]’,$list[‘id’],FALSE).” < /td > ”;

echo “ < td > ”.$list[‘id’].” < /td > \n”;

echo “ < td > ”.$list[‘name’].” < /td > \n”;

echo “ < td align=’center’ > ”.$list[‘status’].” < /td > \n”;

echo “ < td align=’center’ > ”;

echo anchor(‘admin/products/edit/’.$list[‘id’],’edit’);

echo “ | “;

echo anchor(‘admin/products/delete/’.$list[‘id’],’delete’);

echo “ < /td > \n”;

echo “ < /tr > \n”;

}

echo “ < /table > ”;

echo form_close();

}

? >

Essentially, the form at the top of the view will post to a new controller function called batchmode().

The form will pass in an array of product IDs (captured from the p_id checkbox array), a category ID

(from the category dropdown), and a grouping label (from the text field).

The important thing here is that each product ID embedded in a checkbox matches the product ID you ’ re

dealing with. This is easily handled by simply adding the checkbox as you loop through the $products

array.

The grouping field is very simple — just give the user a little bit of space to type in a text string. You ’ ll

use that text string (along with a selected category_id ) to update the products database.