Ability to move the view folder out of the Application directory

* index.php -- added the $view_folder var and VIEWPATH constant *
Loader.php -- changed the private _ci_view_paths var so that it's not
hardcoded to the view dir, but looks for the VIEWPATH constant instead

2 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 899f4ce9b..c50cfed43 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -73,6 +73,23 @@ if (defined('ENVIRONMENT'))
  *
  */
 	$application_folder = 'application';
+		
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------
+ * VIEW FOLDER NAME
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------
+ * 
+ * If you want to move the view folder out of the application 
+ * folder set the path to the folder here. The folder can be renamed
+ * and relocated anywhere on your server. If blank, it will default 
+ * to the standard location inside your application folder.  If you 
+ * do move this, use the full server path to this folder 
+ *
+ * NO TRAILING SLASH!
+ *
+ */
+	$view_folder = '';	
+
 
 /*
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -190,6 +207,22 @@ if (defined('ENVIRONMENT'))
 
 		define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/');
 	}
+	
+	// The path to the "views" folder
+	if (is_dir($view_folder)) 
+	{
+		define ('VIEWPATH', $view_folder .'/');
+	}
+	else 
+	{
+		if ( ! is_dir(APPPATH.'views/'))
+		{
+			exit("Your view folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: ".SELF);
+		}
+				
+		define ('VIEWPATH', APPPATH.'views/' );	
+	}
+	
 
 /*
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index e7fa3d3f6..452dc0b4c 100755
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class CI_Loader {
 		$this->_ci_library_paths = array(APPPATH, BASEPATH);
 		$this->_ci_helper_paths = array(APPPATH, BASEPATH);
 		$this->_ci_model_paths = array(APPPATH);
-		$this->_ci_view_paths = array(APPPATH.'views/'	=> TRUE);
+		$this->_ci_view_paths = array(VIEWPATH	=> TRUE);
 
 		log_message('debug', "Loader Class Initialized");
 	}