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authoradmin <devnull@localhost>2006-09-21 07:36:15 +0200
committeradmin <devnull@localhost>2006-09-21 07:36:15 +0200
commit885b0343036695ad673fc24ba7682fc155c54036 (patch)
tree648e3d80b6082c905cc291e0bb1d033f57bf06ba /user_guide
parentcfc1fb38f0d7cd49c735730a603f7ca5a98a664d (diff)
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide')
-rw-r--r--user_guide/general/changelog.html3
-rw-r--r--user_guide/helpers/cookie_helper.html26
-rw-r--r--user_guide/libraries/database/active_record.html2
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/general/changelog.html b/user_guide/general/changelog.html
index ca04b140c..80ffe7a4e 100644
--- a/user_guide/general/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/general/changelog.html
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ Change Log
<li>Added <a href="../helpers/inflector_helper.html">Inflector helper</a>.</li>
<li>Added element() function in the <a href="../helpers/array_helper.html">array helper</a>.</li>
<li>Added <a href="../libraries/output.html">$this->output->set_header()</a> function, which allows you to set server headers.</li>
+<li>Added RAND() to active record orderby() function.</li>
+<li>Added <dfn>delete_cookie()</dfn> and <dfn>get_cookie()</dfn> to <a href="../helpers/cookie_helper.html">Cookie helper</a>, even though the input class has a cookie fetching function.</li>
<li>Removed the is_numeric test from the db->escape() function.</li>
<li>Fixed a MySQLi bug that was causing error messages not to contain proper errror data.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug in the email class which was causing it to ignore explicitly set alternative headers.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug that was causing a PHP error when the Exceptions class was called within the _get_config() function.</li>
+<li>Fixed an oversight in the cookie helper in which the config file cookie settings were not being honored.</li>
<li>Added some code to allow email attachments to be reset when sending batches of email.</li>
<li>Deprecated the following database functions: $this->db->smart_escape_str() and $this->db->fields().</li>
</ul>
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/cookie_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/cookie_helper.html
index 3e89df74d..9c17cdd5c 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/cookie_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/cookie_helper.html
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Cookie Helper
<h2>set_cookie()</h2>
<p>Sets a cookie containing the values you specify. There are two ways to pass information this function so that a cookie can be set:
-Arrray Method, and Discreet Parameters:</p>
+Array Method, and Discreet Parameters:</p>
<h4>Array Method</h4>
@@ -112,6 +112,30 @@ zero the cookie will only last as long as the browser is open.</p>
<code>set_cookie($name, $value, $expire, $domain, $path, $prefix);</code>
+<h2>get_cookie()</h2>
+
+<p>Lets you fetch a cookie. The first parameter will contain the name of the cookie you are looking for:</p>
+
+<code>get_cookie('some_cookie');</code>
+
+<p>The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are attempting to retrieve does not exist.</p>
+
+<p>The second optional parameter lets you run the data through the XSS filter. It's enabled by setting the second parameter to boolean TRUE;</p>
+
+<code>get_cookie('some_cookie', TRUE);</code>
+
+
+
+<h2>delete_cookie()</h2>
+
+<p>Lets you delete a cookie. Unless you've set a custom path or other values, only the name of the cookie is needed:</p>
+
+<code>delete_cookie("name");</code>
+
+<p>This function is otherwise identical to <dfn>set_cookie()</dfn>, except that it does not have the value and expiration parameters. You can submit an array
+of values in the first parameter or you can set discreet parameters.</p>
+
+<code>delete_cookie($name, $domain, $path, $prefix)</code>
</div>
diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/database/active_record.html b/user_guide/libraries/database/active_record.html
index 793f41f1e..b45c5d14e 100644
--- a/user_guide/libraries/database/active_record.html
+++ b/user_guide/libraries/database/active_record.html
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ $this->db->orlike('body', $match);
<h2>$this->db->orderby();</h2>
<p>Lets you set an ORDER BY clause. The first parameter contains the name of the column you would like to order by.
-The second parameter lets you set the direction of the result. Options are <kbd>asc</kbd> or <kbd>desc</kbd></p>
+The second parameter lets you set the direction of the result. Options are <kbd>asc</kbd> or <kbd>desc</kbd> or <kbd>RAND()</kbd></p>
<code>$this->db->orderby("title", "desc");
<br /><br />// Produces: ORDER BY title DESC