Global POST always empty

Question

the $_POST varyable is always empty in my Codeigniter controller:

controllers/Register.php

class Register extends CI_Controller 
{
 public function index()
 {
 $this->load->view('register.html');
 }
 public function user()
 {
 var_dump($_POST);
 }
}

views/register.html (view)

<form method="post" role="form" action="register/user">
 <div class="form-group">
 <label for="email">Name:</label>
 <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name">
 </div>
 <div class="form-group">
 <label for="email">Email address:</label>
 <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email">
 </div>
 <div class="form-group">
 <label for="pwd">Password:</label>
 <input type="password" class="form-control" id="pwd">
 </div>
 <div class="checkbox">
 <label><input type="checkbox"> Remember me</label>
 </div>
 <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>

That is my .htaccess, i'm using it to remove index.php from my URL.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/1ドル [L]

var_dump($_POST) always output array(0) { }, but $_GET works fine. I'm on Linux (Arch), using Apache, Codeigniter 3, and PHP 7.

Sorry for my english. Thanks for all.

Edit:

$this->input->post() is empty too.

• b_dubb: I'm betting that the CI framework is intercepting the $_POST and converting it to $this->input->post(). Try var_dump($this->input->post());. In CI 3 you have the option of allowing $_GET in the config file. codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/input.html
• vaati: I tried that before, same problem.
• Death-is-the-real-truth: @vaati name attributes for all the form elements are missing that is problem
• vaati: OMG i can't believe. Sorry guys.
• user4419336: It is all ways good i think to use baseurl in action="<?php echo base_url('register/user');?>" make sure you have set base_url as it is required to do so in CI3 versions autoload the url helper

Answer 1

The main cause is name attributes from all the form-elements are missing

Like for example:-

<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name">

It seems you confused between id and name.

name is the attribute picked-up by $_POST.

• Jim: Also check the action="register/user" attribute on the form element. If anything attempts to redirect to add an ending slash to register/user/, it will drop the POST variables.
• Jim: I changed my answer. I was answering another question and typed part of it here.