I'm using CodeIgniter Framework to build a php Website. I need to organize my controllers like:
application/controller/HRModuleController/<myControllers>
application/controller/AccountModuleController/<myControllers>
Can I use that way to organize my controllers and Models?
If I can how do I call the controller in the View?
<?php echo HRModuleController/EmployeeController/select_all ?>//is this Correct?
For Controllers you can do like this, By adding a root controller inside /application/core
Refer to this link -
http://glennpratama.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/multi-level-subfolder-for-controller-in-codeigniter/
No, you can't do it like that. I suggest you first read the manual. Reading an hour in it will save you dozens.
To answer your question:
When the user clicks a link, the request will go to your controller. In your controller you call your views (and models). The way to go to the next controller is by using a link, like:
Click here!
you can call the controller by $this->EmployeeContoller->select_all(arguments);
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I just started to use codeigniter. I need to know the explanation of
Views are never called directly.
Is it mean that i can not use $this->load->view('My_view') into another view?
I created a project in core php and decided to convert into codeigniter. In my project a page has different section so i created a main file recipes.php in views. I also created a folder where i put different section files to include in recipes.php. In my controller i loaded recipe view, it showed the recipe page then inside recipes view i used $this->load->('categorymenu'). It worked fine. I didnt pass any data since this section contains simple html. But im confused that it is not a right way of loading views.
So please can someone explain in detail. Am i doing the right thing or is there another way of doing it.
I also loaded the view in controller and passed to main view in controller which also worked perfect. But as i mentioned im not sure which is the right approach. My apology if this is a stupid question.
As you are naive to Codeigniter no question asked by you is stupid.
Now the answer of your question is that,
You can load a view inside another view and it is absolutely acceptable as there will be some cases when you have to put header in all pages of the web site, that time you have to load the view in another view.
Second is that the correct way to load the view is in the controller. As the controller is the mediator between the model and view. if you want some data of database to be displayed in your page you have to get that data through the function created in the model and then after you can load the view in controller and can pass the data in that.
This is code of controller
public function temp()
{
$data['recs']=$this->my_model->my_function(); //getting data to pass in view
$this->load->view('my_view',$data); //load the view
}
I'm trying to implement mvc design pattern to my existing dating-web-app project. I believe I understood the concepts and created a login model and controller without any problems. Basically, I have a base controller which initiates a view object on construct. Than I use that object to send information to the view from within the controllers as method parameters. However, I couldn't decide how to send variables to the top menu view. Since this menu displays dynamic information (request count, notification count,etc) and included in every page of the application, only two options come to my mind:
Send information to the view from every controller, which seemed like reuse of code.
Put a seperate action in the base controller and make it called automatically when other controllers extend base controller.
Which one should I choose? Or, is there a better way to do this?
This should be simple but I've spent over an hour trying to figure it out so thanks for your help.
I've got a CakePHP plugin, Usermgmt, with a controller located here:
./app/Plugin/Usermgmt/Controller/UsersController.php
I'm trying to call a function, userIdFromUsernameAndPassword(), in that controller from one of my main controllers using something like:
$userID = $this->UsersController->userIdFromUsernameAndPassword( 'user#host.com','pass' );
What do I need to import/include/initialize to be able to get this working?
I've tried various import statements such as App::uses('UsersController', 'Usermgmt.Controller'); at the top of my file, but haven't gotten anywhere.
Thanks!
Short answer: Use OOP and extend the other controller. Also get an understanding of MVC. You are not supposed to use a method of a controller inside another controller, in CakePHP this should be done as a component. They can be shared between controllers. Check the CakePHP Book.
Also the name of the plugin and the method name indicate that this is a bad plugin. This sounds like somebody did not know about the Auth component of CakePHP. Again, check the book for the AuthComponent. You want a custom authentication adapter.
If the user is logged in you can get its id by calling $this->Auth->user('id'). Read the chapter about Auth. If you want a properly done user plugin check out: CakeDC Users
Well, I've read this tutorial if I could say: http://www.symfony-project.org/book/1_1/02-Exploring-Symfony-s-Code
And, actually, I write my code very similiary. But my question, where should I insert my jQuery code? I am sure it should be in the part of the View, but are there any good examples on how should I combine it to make "live" websites?
Edit: By saying live, I mean, for example, send POST request through Ajax and get information and similar. So, no refreshes for people.
Thank you.
jQuery as a part of javascript resources should be included in html.head or in-place, depending on what should jquery do and if the code is reusable for more views.
So it has to be part of View and you're choice is to set it up in layout or action view itself
If you need the javascript on every page then add it to your master view if not then just include it to the particular view files.
In context to codeigniter:
I extend the controller with MY_Controller and initialize a property as array which would hold the scripts that are added dynamically to the view.
eg.
var $templateData['scripts'] = array();
The controllers then pass $this->templateData to the views
And the views load the extra scripts( available as $scripts) as directed by the controllers in the head tag
This way you can even avoid loading the main jquery file when not needed.
Loading jquery.js only for the controller that need it.
I have an application that when accessed its the main.php controller, which spits out the main_view.php view. Now I was wondering what is the right way to go from this view to another controller to generate the next view. The CI tutorials just talk about going from controller to view not the other way around. I have a form that I need to submit on main_view.php and then generate the next view from a database based on that info.
thnks!
You target controllers and functions in the url like this yoursite.com/controller_name/function_name. so the form on main_view.php can link to any controller/function you want, ie yoursite.com/form_controller/form_processing_function
Use site_url to ensure portability of your application:
echo site_url("controller/method");
See http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/helpers.html for more info.
Read this chapter in the user guide:
http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/form_validation.html