Array value.

[neclord02]

First of all, I work on Codeigniter (which isn't really relevant).

Here's the thing, got a search bar which dumps the output into handler.php. It looks like this:

<div>
    <form class="searchform" action="handler" method="get" name="search">
            <label for="Recipe Search" >Recipe Search: </label>
            <input class="searchfield" type="text" name="query" value="<?php if(isset($data['query']))  {echo ($data['query']);} else {echo "Type your ingredients";} ?>" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Type your ingredients') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Type your ingredients';}" />
            <input class="searchbutton" type="submit" value="Go" />
    </form>
</div>

Then handler.php looks like this:

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class handler extends CI_Controller {

	public function index()
        {
        
        $data['search'] = $this->input->get(NULL, TRUE);
        $data['title'] = array ('Search');
        
        if($data['search'] ==  'Type your ingredients'){$this->load->view('home_view'); }
        else $this->load->view('search_results_view', $data); 
        
        }
  
}

So the searchbar by default always is going to send 'Type your ingredients', unless you actually type something like... carrots, onions, etc...

that is placed as an array to $data['search'] with that function on codeigniter, and I want that when that array is 'Type your ingredients' it triggers the If.

Any help please? <(^.^)>!

[davidjones1990]

You could get rid of that whole IF statement in the form and use a placeholder. For example:

<input class="searchfield" type="text" name="query" placeholder="Type your ingredients..." value="<?php echo $data['query']; />

This should display your message in the field but not actually POST it if the form is submitted.