Problems up setting up codeigniter with sparks & active record - php

Question

I am having problems getting my sparks install to work with my codeigniter install
here are the steps I took which were as follows:
I went to my root of my codeigniter project folder through my PHPCLI to install sparks using the below command
php -r "$(curl -fsSL http://getsparks.org/go-sparks)"
i installed the active record library using the spark command below
php tools\spark install -v0.0.2 php-activerecord
2a. this command gave me the follwing folder structure
-application
-sparks
-php-activerecord
-0.0.2
-config
-variables
-vendor
-system
-tests
-tools
-lib
-spark
-sparktypes
-test
-user_guide
2b. this command generates a sparks containing php active record folder that makeup the necessary components of php-activerecord, the command using generates a MY_Loader.php file which looks like this
<?php if (! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
* Sparks
*
* An open source application development framework for PHP 5.1.6 or newer
*
* #package CodeIgniter
* #author CodeIgniter Reactor Dev Team
* #author Kenny Katzgrau <katzgrau#gmail.com>
* #since CodeIgniter Version 1.0
* #filesource
*/
/**
* Loader Class
*
* Loads views and files
*
* #package CodeIgniter
* #subpackage Libraries
* #author CodeIgniter Reactor Dev Team
* #author Kenny Katzgrau <katzgrau#gmail.com>
* #category Loader
* #link http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/loader.html
*/
class MY_Loader extends CI_Loader
{
/**
* Keep track of which sparks are loaded. This will come in handy for being
* speedy about loading files later.
*
* #var array
*/
var $_ci_loaded_sparks = array();
/**
* Is this version less than CI 2.1.0? If so, accomodate
* #bubbafoley's world-destroying change at: http://bit.ly/sIqR7H
* #var bool
*/
var $_is_lt_210 = false;
/**
* Constructor. Define SPARKPATH if it doesn't exist, initialize parent
*/
function __construct()
{
if(!defined('SPARKPATH'))
{
define('SPARKPATH', 'sparks/');
}
$this->_is_lt_210 = (is_callable(array('CI_Loader', 'ci_autoloader'))
|| is_callable(array('CI_Loader', '_ci_autoloader')));
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* To accomodate CI 2.1.0, we override the initialize() method instead of
* the ci_autoloader() method. Once sparks is integrated into CI, we
* can avoid the awkward version-specific logic.
* #return Loader
*/
function initialize()
{
parent::initialize();
if(!$this->_is_lt_210)
{
$this->ci_autoloader();
}
return $this;
}
/**
* Load a spark by it's path within the sparks directory defined by
* SPARKPATH, such as 'markdown/1.0'
* #param string $spark The spark path withint he sparks directory
* #param <type> $autoload An optional array of items to autoload
* in the format of:
* array (
* 'helper' => array('somehelper')
* )
* #return <type>
*/
function spark($spark, $autoload = array())
{
if(is_array($spark))
{
foreach($spark as $s)
{
$this->spark($s);
}
}
$spark = ltrim($spark, '/');
$spark = rtrim($spark, '/');
$spark_path = SPARKPATH . $spark . '/';
$parts = explode('/', $spark);
$spark_slug = strtolower($parts[0]);
# If we've already loaded this spark, bail
if(array_key_exists($spark_slug, $this->_ci_loaded_sparks))
{
return true;
}
# Check that it exists. CI Doesn't check package existence by itself
if(!file_exists($spark_path))
{
show_error("Cannot find spark path at $spark_path");
}
if(count($parts) == 2)
{
$this->_ci_loaded_sparks[$spark_slug] = $spark;
}
$this->add_package_path($spark_path);
foreach($autoload as $type => $read)
{
if($type == 'library')
$this->library($read);
elseif($type == 'model')
$this->model($read);
elseif($type == 'config')
$this->config($read);
elseif($type == 'helper')
$this->helper($read);
elseif($type == 'view')
$this->view($read);
else
show_error ("Could not autoload object of type '$type' ($read) for spark $spark");
}
// Looks for a spark's specific autoloader
$this->ci_autoloader($spark_path);
return true;
}
/**
* Pre-CI 2.0.3 method for backward compatility.
*
* #param null $basepath
* #return void
*/
function _ci_autoloader($basepath = NULL)
{
$this->ci_autoloader($basepath);
}
/**
* Specific Autoloader (99% ripped from the parent)
*
* The config/autoload.php file contains an array that permits sub-systems,
* libraries, and helpers to be loaded automatically.
*
* #param array|null $basepath
* #return void
*/
function ci_autoloader($basepath = NULL)
{
if($basepath !== NULL)
{
$autoload_path = $basepath.'config/autoload'.EXT;
}
else
{
$autoload_path = APPPATH.'config/autoload'.EXT;
}
if(! file_exists($autoload_path))
{
return FALSE;
}
include($autoload_path);
if ( ! isset($autoload))
{
return FALSE;
}
if($this->_is_lt_210 || $basepath !== NULL)
{
// Autoload packages
if (isset($autoload['packages']))
{
foreach ($autoload['packages'] as $package_path)
{
$this->add_package_path($package_path);
}
}
}
// Autoload sparks
if (isset($autoload['sparks']))
{
foreach ($autoload['sparks'] as $spark)
{
$this->spark($spark);
}
}
if($this->_is_lt_210 || $basepath !== NULL)
{
if (isset($autoload['config']))
{
// Load any custom config file
if (count($autoload['config']) > 0)
{
$CI =& get_instance();
foreach ($autoload['config'] as $key => $val)
{
$CI->config->load($val);
}
}
}
// Autoload helpers and languages
foreach (array('helper', 'language') as $type)
{
if (isset($autoload[$type]) AND count($autoload[$type]) > 0)
{
$this->$type($autoload[$type]);
}
}
// A little tweak to remain backward compatible
// The $autoload['core'] item was deprecated
if ( ! isset($autoload['libraries']) AND isset($autoload['core']))
{
$autoload['libraries'] = $autoload['core'];
}
// Load libraries
if (isset($autoload['libraries']) AND count($autoload['libraries']) > 0)
{
// Load the database driver.
if (in_array('database', $autoload['libraries']))
{
$this->database();
$autoload['libraries'] = array_diff($autoload['libraries'], array('database'));
}
// Load all other libraries
foreach ($autoload['libraries'] as $item)
{
$this->library($item);
}
}
// Autoload models
if (isset($autoload['model']))
{
$this->model($autoload['model']);
}
}
}
}
i modify my autoload.php to include php active record as below
$autoload['sparks'] = array('php-activerecord/0.0.2');
when i run my codeigniter site i get the following error
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Use of undefined constant EXT - assumed 'EXT'
Filename: core/MY_Loader.php
Line Number: 174
Backtrace:
File: C:\xampp\htdocs\orm\application\core\MY_Loader.php
Line: 174
Function: _exception_handler
File: C:\xampp\htdocs\orm\application\core\MY_Loader.php
Line: 154
Function: ci_autoloader
File: C:\xampp\htdocs\orm\application\core\MY_Loader.php
Line: 67
Function: initialize
File: C:\xampp\htdocs\orm\index.php
Line: 274
Function: require_once
I am curious as to what could be causing this error? Please let me know if there is any other configuration that I am missing or if theres a mistake that I have made.

Answer 1

The EXT is defined in your root index.php file.
// The PHP file extension
// this global constant is deprecated.
define('EXT', '.php');
See if it's still there or not?

Answer 2

IN case that constant is not there, you can also define the autoload.php without using the constant.

Answer 3

I know this is an old post but hopefully this will save someone some time... I had the same issue and the above fix did not work. I finally fixed the issue in the htaccess file by removing the RewriteBase although I am not sure why this caused the issue in the first place.
just commented out the line as follows:
RewriteBase /
to
#RewriteBase /