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CodeIgniter Web Application Blueprints

By : Robert Foster

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CodeIgniter Web Application Blueprints

3.8 (6)

By: Robert Foster

Overview of this book

If you are a PHP programmer or developer looking for a framework to quickly develop your applications, this book is for you. The prerequisites needed would be prior experience with CodeIgniter.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Introduction and Shared Project Resources

1. Introduction and Shared Project Resources

Common resources

Downloading CodeIgniter

Installing Twitter Bootstrap

Removing index.php from the address bar

Installing and using Sparks

Creating a shared header and footer view

Common language items

Creating the MY_Controller file

Autoloading common system resources

Security considerations

Summary

2. A URL Shortener

2. A URL Shortener

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating views

Creating controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

3. Discussion Forum

3. Discussion Forum

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the models

Creating views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

4. Creating a Photo-sharing Application

4. Creating a Photo-sharing Application

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php and autoload.php files

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

5. Creating a Newsletter Signup

5. Creating a Newsletter Signup

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

6. Creating an Authentication System

6. Creating an Authentication System

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the models

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

7. Creating an E-Commerce Site

7. Creating an E-Commerce Site

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating the views

Creating the controllers

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

8. Creating a To-do List

8. Creating a To-do List

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating views

Creating the controller

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

9. Creating a Job Board

9. Creating a Job Board

Introduction

Design and wireframes

Creating the database

Adjusting the config.php file

Adjusting the routes.php file

Creating the model

Creating views

Creating the controller

Creating the language file

Putting it all together

Summary

Index

Index

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Adjusting the routes.php file

We want to redirect the user to the create controller rather than the default CodeIgniter welcome controller. To do this, we will need to amend the default controller settings in the routes.php file to reflect this. The steps are as follows:

Open the config/routes.php file for editing and find the following lines (near the bottom of the file):
```
$route['default_controller'] = "welcome";
$route['404_override'] = '';
```
First, we need to change the default controller. Initially, in a CodeIgniter application, the default controller is set to welcome. However, we don't need that, instead we want the default controller to be create, so find the following line:
```
$route['default_controller'] = "welcome";
```
Replace it with the following lines:
```
$route['default_controller'] = "create";
$route['404_override'] = '';
```
Then we need to add some rules to govern how we handle URLs coming in and form submissions.
Leave a few blank lines underneath the preceding two lines of code (default controller...

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