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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

Free Chapter

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

Creating the model

There is only one model in this project, tasks_model.php, that contains functions that are specific to searching and writing tasks to the database.

This is our one and only model for this project. Let's briefly go over each function in it to give us a general idea of what it does, and then we will go into more detail in the code.

There are five main functions in this model, which are as follows:

get_tasks(): This serves two functions: firstly, to display all tasks—for example, when a user first visits the site and when a user enters a new task in the form.
change_task_status(): This changes the tasks.task_status value in the database from either todo or done. A task that is set to done appears struck through in the list, whereas tasks that are set to todo are not struck through and are displayed normally; this way, a user can easily work out what is done and not done.
save_task(): This saves a task to the database when a user submits the form from point 3 (the Create item...

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