Codeigniter redirect design fail - codeigniter

Question

So i have and action button of edit and the fields to be edited on the same page using php. my problem is when i reload the edit button it will come back to the same page and add an additional url data.
function view_branch()
{
$this->load->view('includes/a_header');
$this->profile();
$this->load->view('includes/a_footer');
$this->load->view('admin/content/view_branch');
}
on top is my original method which views my html page view_branch
on the bottom is the button that reloads the page go to controller and finds the edit_branch method
$row[] = '<td class="w3-row" >
<form method="post" class="w3-half"
action="edit_branch/'.$foo->BranchId.'" id="Edit">
<button class="btn btn-default">
<i class="fa fa-edit"></i>
</button>
</form>
</td>';
so this button will go to my controller with the method name edit_branch that holds
public function edit_branch()
{
$this->view_branch();
}
what will happen is that it creates another url that would cause and error
two url edit_branch
http://localhost/GFC/index.php/Admin_Dashboard/edit_branch/edit_branch/CEB1

Answer 1

You could construct the url differently using site_url(). Try this:
$row[] = '<td class="w3-row" >
<form method="post"
class="w3-half"
action="' . site_url('admin_dashboard/edit_branch/'.$foo->BranchId) . '"
id="Edit">
</form>
</td>';
Note: make sure the URL Helper is loaded before using the site_url() function