/**
* Generates an opening HTML form tag.
*
* // Form will submit back to the current page using POST
* echo Form::open();
*
* // Form will submit to 'search' using GET
* echo Form::open('search', array('method' => 'get'));
*
* // When "file" inputs are present, you must include the "enctype"
* echo Form::open(null, array('enctype' => 'multipart/form-data'));
*
* @param string form action, defaults to the current request URI
* @param array html attributes
* @return string
* @uses HttpIO::instance
* @uses URL::site
* @uses HTML::attributes
*/
public static function open($action = null, array $attributes = null)
{
if ($action === null) {
// Use the current URI
$action = HttpIO::current()->uri;
}
if (strpos($action, '://') === false) {
// Make the URI absolute
$action = Core::url($action);
}
// Add the form action to the attributes
$attributes['action'] = $action;
// Only accept the default character set
$attributes['accept-charset'] = Core::$charset;
if (!isset($attributes['method'])) {
// Use POST method
$attributes['method'] = 'post';
}
return '<form' . HTML::attributes($attributes) . '>';
}
