codeigniter - input form placeholder

Question

Hey all, how can I use the placeholder tag in CodeIgniter's form_input() helper function?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Do you mean the placeholder attribute (not tag)? form_input() takes a third parameter with additional attributes.

$opts = 'placeholder="Username"';
form_input('username', '', $opts);

Or you can pass form_input() an array.

form_input(array(
  'name' => 'username',
  'value' => '',
  'placeholder' => 'Username',
));

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