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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 – a business logic example


In this example, we will demonstrate business logic. Ordering a product will trigger the model to update the product's quantity and check whether it's smaller than a certain amount.

This example will be constructed from the following controllers, model, and view:

  • application/controllers/order.php: This controller loads the model productmodel

  • $this->load->model(' productmodel'): This controller renders the view orderview, which displays all the products, and where each product has links to ordering a product

  • application/models/productmodel.php: This model contains functions, which retrieve products, updates its quantity, and checks its quantity

  • application/views/ orderview.php: The view displays all the products in a table, where each row has a link for ordering the product

Let us assume the URI to the project root is http://mydomain.com/myproject and http://mydomain.com/myproject/order.

Note

The source code is provided with this book via URLs.

The controller...