We're going to create only one controller in this project, which is /path/to/codeigniter/application/controllers/signup.php.
Let's go over this controller now, look at the code, and discuss how it functions.
Create the /path/to/codeigniter/application/controllers/signup.php file and add the following code to it:
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Signup extends MY_Controller {
function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper('form');
$this->load->helper('url');
$this->load->model('Signup_model');
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div class="alert alert-danger">', '</div>');
}
public function index() {This function creates a subscriber in the database, so the first thing we need to do is set the form validation rules:
// Set validation rules $this->form_validation->...