add ability to replace {locale} to request->getLocale() in form_open(action)

Author: samsonasik

system/Helpers/form_helper.php

@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ function form_open(string $action = '', $attributes = [], array $hidden = []): s
 		} // If an action is not a full URL then turn it into one
 		elseif (strpos($action, '://') === false)
 		{
+			// If an action has {locale}
+			if (strpos($action, '{locale}') !== false)
+			{
+				$action = str_replace('{locale}', Services::request()->getLocale(), $action);
+			}
+
 			$action = site_url($action);
 		}
 

tests/system/Helpers/FormHelperTest.php

@@ -55,6 +55,29 @@ public function testFormOpenBasic()
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, form_open('foo/bar', $attributes));
 	}
 
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	public function testFormOpenHasLocale()
+	{
+		$config            = new App();
+		$config->baseURL   = '';
+		$config->indexPage = 'index.php';
+		$request           = Services::request($config);
+		$request->uri      = new URI('http://example.com/');
+
+		Services::injectMock('request', $request);
+		$expected = <<<EOH
+<form action="http://example.com/index.php/en/foo/bar" name="form" id="form" method="POST" accept-charset="utf-8">
+
+EOH;
+
+		$attributes = [
+			'name'   => 'form',
+			'id'     => 'form',
+			'method' => 'POST',
+		];
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, form_open('{locale}/foo/bar', $attributes));
+	}
+
 	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	public function testFormOpenWithoutAction()
 	{