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Programming with CodeIgniter MVC

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Programming with CodeIgniter MVC

Overview of this book

The CodeIgniter Model-View-Controller framework provides genius simplicity, flexibility, and efficient resource usage, boosting performance and reusability. "Programming with CodeIgniter MVC" reviews the unique features of CodeIgniter using simple, easy-to-follow, and practical examples. Programming with CodeIgniter MVC provides a simple step-by-step guide to efficiently utilizingthe CodeIgniter MVC framework for developing web applications. This book is packed with engaging examples to understand the usage of controllers, libraries, and (Codeigniter) CI Models. This book commences with a quick discussion of the CodeIgniter Integration with  external plugins such as Flickr API, Google Maps and more will be reviewed with clear usage examples. It will then cover CI naming convention rules, mandatory and optional configurations, and usage within a CI project. It will also cover user defined configurations. By the end of this book, you will not only understand user-defined libraries in a CI framework, but also their services, role, usage, and scope with the help of an example-based approach. The book also covers helpers, models, and views, as well as their usage. Using this book, youwill soonbe able to develop feature-rich web applications using the CodeIgniter MVC framework. "Programming with CodeIgniter MVC" is a one-stop solution to developing solutions with CodeIgniter MVC.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Programming with CodeIgniter MVC
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Appendix
Index

Example 2 – using third-party libraries such as the Google Maps CI library wrapper


In this example, we will see how to install and use the Google Maps CI library with some cool services. First, we need to download the library files from http://biostall.com/codeigniter-google-maps-v3-api-library.

In the downloaded TAR file, we shall find the following libraries:

  • Googlemaps.php: This is the Google Maps API library for CI. We shall place it at application/libraries/.

  • Jsmin.php: This is an auxiliary code for the library to generate the JavaScript generated code for enabling the smart Google Maps UI interaction. We shall also place it at application/libraries/.

  • Google Maps V3 API: This is a PDF file for in-depth, possible library settings and usage.

In this example, we will provide an initial page showing several marked places together on the Google Map window that we will create in our application. In that visualized view, we will enable the user to zoom into predefined selected places we have marked...