Create News Item with CodeIgniter - php

Question

I've followed the documentation, but when I try to create a news item, I get the error:
"This page isn't working www.mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk didn’t send any data.
ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE"
My base url:
$config['base_url'] = 'http://www.mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk/1043809/CodeIgniterNew/';
My Routes:
$route['news/create'] = 'news/create';
$route['news/(:any)'] = 'news/view/$1';
$route['news'] = 'news';
$route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
$route['default_controller'] = 'pages/view';
My News_model.php File:
<?php
class News_model extends CI_Model {
public function __construct() {
$this->load->database();
}
public function get_news($slug = FALSE) {
if ($slug === FALSE) {
$query = $this->db->get('news');
return $query->result_array();
}
$query = $this->db->get_where('news', array('slug' => $slug));
return $query->row_array();
}
public function set_news() {
$this->load->helper('url');
$slug = url_title($this->input->post('title'), 'dash', TRUE);
$data = array(
'title' => $this->input->post('title'),
'slug' => $slug,
'text' => $this->input->post('text')
);
return $this->db->insert('news', $data);
}
}
My database.php
$db['default'] = array(
'dsn' => '',
'hostname' => 'localhost',
'username' => '1403809',
'password' => 'IhaveApassword',
'database' => 'db1403809',
'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
Here is my controller, I have two other files in the controllers folder, one called pages.php and another called Welcome.php
Controller News.php
<?php
class News extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->load->model('news_model');
$this->load->helper('url_helper');
}
public function index() {
$data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news();
$data['title'] = 'News archive';
$this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
$this->load->view('news/index', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function view($slug = NULL) {
$data['news_item'] = $this->news_model->get_news($slug);
if (empty($data['news_item'])) {
show_404();
}
$data['title'] = $data['news_item']['title'];
$this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
$this->load->view('news/view', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function create() {
$this->load->helper('form');
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$data['title'] = 'Create a news item';
$this->form_validation->set_rules('title', 'Title', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('text', 'Text', 'required');
if ($this->form_validation->run() === FALSE) {
$this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
$this->load->view('news/create');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
else {
$this->news_model->set_news();
$this->index();
}
}
}

Answer 1

Well I guess it's your server which is down:
Just to make sure it is not your code which is troublesome get a local PHP server and run it in local host. Say WAMPP on Windows or XAMPP on Mac / Linux / Windows. They are free