One of the benefits of using CodeIgniter is how it allows you to simplify tasks that used to be fairly complicated to code on their own. Why reinvent the wheel when you don’t have to. In this example, I’ll use the following CodeIgniter Libraries & Helpers to display a file upload form that sends the [...]
By now everyone is probably familiar with URL shorting services. I would venture to say that you are exposed to short URLs at least several times a day, especially if you are an avid Twitter user. There are a lot of companies providing these services and URL shorting apps for your own domain are becoming [...]
In this article, I’ll show you how to easily incorporate AJAX into your CodeIgniter application using jQuery. As with most development, there are multiple ways to accomplish the sale goal. This is just one practical way to get the job done. Step 1: Download the latest version of jQuery http://jquery.com/ Step 2: Create an /assets/js [...]
CodeIgniter includes a built in Profiler class that really helps debugging your php applications in real-time. I highly recommend using it if you aren’t already. It’s really simple to enable, just add this one line to your php code and refresh your application. $this->output->enable_profiler(TRUE); The profiler data will be displayed in the footer of your [...]
** UPDATED on 2010-09-06 ** After several additional months of developing PHP applications with CodeIgniter, I am still very pleased with the platform and the suite tools that it provides. I know what it takes to write an application framework, so I appreciate the simplicity in its design. In my opinion, it is just enough [...]
** UPDATED on 2010-09-06 ** Over the last few months I have been using the CodeIgniter framework for several projects. So far, I have been very pleased with its flexibility and even more so with its extensibility. On one my projects, I needed to connect to multiple databases at the same time. CI easily supports [...]