Questions tagged [codeigniter]
CodeIgniter is an open-source PHP web development framework created by EllisLab Inc and it has been adopted by British Columbia Institute of Technology. The framework implements a modified version of the Model-View-Controller design pattern. Use this tag for questions about CodeIgniter classes, methods, functions, syntax and use.
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Ideas For Sending Messages from Contact Us Page in Website as a Notification Email to an Administrator
What is the best way to send messages from a Contact Us page in a website as a notification email to an administrator ? So far, this is what I did but I feel like this is not really the proper way. I ...
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Should on each test create and nuke a testing database?
In my case I inherited a poorly engineered code, on that piece of code I have been tasked to increase the code coverage in integration tests. But instead of the usual pattern: Create/Populate a test ...
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How to setup REST API in Codeigniter 3.0
I am creating the REST API using codeigniter. I downloaded this library and installed in my application. It works great! https://github.com/chriskacerguis/codeigniter-restserver But I have an doubt. ...
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How to best approach adding a new template to an existing CodeIgniter project?
I am trying to add a new template to an existing CodeIgniter 3.0 project where the original developer had not planned for additional templates/themes. The primary objectives are to: a) make a usable ...
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How can I do to use Angular 5/6 for frontend and Codeigniter 3 for backend in the same web app?
I have this project I want to do, using Angular 5/6 for frontend and Codeigniter 3 for backend. The problem is that I don't know how to combine the two, and all the tutorials I looked were using ...
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Is this Codeigniter HMVC folder structure good practice?
The web App has four distinct user areas. The frontend for people off the street The user area for logged in users A teacher zone An Admin c-panel I am using CodeIgniter with the HMVC extension. Here ...
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Secure REST APIs
I am building Rest APIs for an iPhone app using the PHP framework CodeIgniter. Please let me know how I can ensure that the API is accessible via the app only. This means that if anyone wants to ...
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Script to protect code duplication [duplicate]
I want to sell my source code, it's written in PHP and CodeIgniter. And it's actually a CMS for personal website. My intention is to create only one license for one use only, if someone buy this code ...
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Is it always better to use __construct() in CodeIgniter's Models and Views, even if it's not needed? [closed]
Sometimes we have Models and Controllers where the function __construct() just doesn't do anything, but is sitting on the top of all the methods in CodeIgniter's models and controllers. A lot of ...
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What happens to super handler with instance variables
What will happen if I extend a class A to a controller B, when A has instance variables (private, protected)? I have a main controller MY_Controller(handler) which has several methods: can_modify (...
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What might be a good way to get hands on experience with Object Oriented PHP [closed]
I am a Computer Science student. I took a course on OOP, and I understand the concepts (classes, extending, encapsulation, etc). I'm also a web developer, have been doing it for about three years; I'...
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Secure Form Submission
This is probably a no brainer, but I've not been able to find an answer that is definitive. I have a Codeigniter site running on Apache with mod_rewrite (to get rid of index.php) and mod_ssl for ...
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Reporting Solution in PHP / CodeIgniter - Server side logic vs client side
I'm building a report for an end user. They would like to see a list of all widgets... but then also like to see widgets with missing attributes, like missing names, or missing size. So i was ...
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Slower Ajax Response
Does putting the view logic inside the controller increase page load speed? Because I have a controller action calling a view which I am loading through ajax and I am getting a very slow response. Why ...
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Making Class Diagram for MVC Pattern Project
I have a question about making a class diagram for an MVC based college senior project. If we have 2 actors of users in my system, lets say Undergrad and Graduate students are the children of ...
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