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1 files changed, 87 insertions, 87 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/tutorial/news_section.rst b/user_guide_src/source/tutorial/news_section.rst
index 82b3e3b38..b64ea2aae 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/tutorial/news_section.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/tutorial/news_section.rst
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ your database properly as described
::
- <?php
- class News_model extends CI_Model {
+ <?php
+ class News_model extends CI_Model {
- public function __construct()
- {
- $this->load->database();
- }
- }
+ public function __construct()
+ {
+ $this->load->database();
+ }
+ }
This code looks similar to the controller code that was used earlier. It
-creates a new model by extending CI\_Model and loads the database
+creates a new model by extending ``CI_Model`` and loads the database
library. This will make the database class available through the
-$this->db object.
+``$this->db`` object.
Before querying the database, a database schema has to be created.
Connect to your database and run the SQL command below. Also add some
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ seed records.
::
- CREATE TABLE news (
- id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
- title varchar(128) NOT NULL,
- slug varchar(128) NOT NULL,
- text text NOT NULL,
- PRIMARY KEY (id),
- KEY slug (slug)
- );
+ CREATE TABLE news (
+ id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+ title varchar(128) NOT NULL,
+ slug varchar(128) NOT NULL,
+ text text NOT NULL,
+ PRIMARY KEY (id),
+ KEY slug (slug)
+ );
Now that the database and a model have been set up, you'll need a method
to get all of our posts from our database. To do this, the database
@@ -61,22 +61,22 @@ following code to your model.
::
- public function get_news($slug = FALSE)
- {
- if ($slug === FALSE)
- {
- $query = $this->db->get('news');
- return $query->result_array();
- }
+ public function get_news($slug = FALSE)
+ {
+ if ($slug === FALSE)
+ {
+ $query = $this->db->get('news');
+ return $query->result_array();
+ }
- $query = $this->db->get_where('news', array('slug' => $slug));
- return $query->row_array();
- }
+ $query = $this->db->get_where('news', array('slug' => $slug));
+ return $query->row_array();
+ }
With this code you can perform two different queries. You can get all
news records, or get a news item by its `slug <#>`_. You might have
noticed that the $slug variable wasn't sanitized before running the
-query; Query Builder does this for you.
+query; :doc:`Query Builder <../database/query_builder>` does this for you.
Display the news
----------------
@@ -89,30 +89,30 @@ application/controllers/news.php.
::
- <?php
- class News extends CI_Controller {
+ <?php
+ class News extends CI_Controller {
- public function __construct()
- {
- parent::__construct();
- $this->load->model('news_model');
- }
+ public function __construct()
+ {
+ parent::__construct();
+ $this->load->model('news_model');
+ }
- public function index()
- {
- $data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news();
- }
+ public function index()
+ {
+ $data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news();
+ }
- public function view($slug)
- {
- $data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news($slug);
- }
- }
+ public function view($slug = NULL)
+ {
+ $data['news_item'] = $this->news_model->get_news($slug);
+ }
+ }
Looking at the code, you may see some similarity with the files we
-created earlier. First, the "\_\_construct" method: it calls the
-constructor of its parent class (CI\_Controller) and loads the model, so
-it can be used in all other methods in this controller.
+created earlier. First, the ``__construct()`` method: it calls the
+constructor of its parent class (``CI_Controller``) and loads the model,
+so it can be used in all other methods in this controller.
Next, there are two methods to view all news items and one for a
specific news item. You can see that the $slug variable is passed to the
@@ -125,15 +125,15 @@ the views.
::
- public function index()
- {
- $data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news();
- $data['title'] = 'News archive';
+ public function index()
+ {
+ data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news();
+ $data['title'] = 'News archive';
- $this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
- $this->load->view('news/index', $data);
- $this->load->view('templates/footer');
- }
+ $this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
+ $this->load->view('news/index', $data);
+ $this->load->view('templates/footer');
+ }
The code above gets all news records from the model and assigns it to a
variable. The value for the title is also assigned to the $data['title']
@@ -143,20 +143,20 @@ and add the next piece of code.
::
- <?php foreach ($news as $news_item): ?>
+ <?php foreach ($news as $news_item): ?>
- <h2><?php echo $news_item['title'] ?></h2>
- <div id="main">
- <?php echo $news_item['text'] ?>
- </div>
- <p><a href="<?php echo $news_item['slug'] ?>">View article</a></p>
+ <h2><?php echo $news_item['title'] ?></h2>
+ <div id="main">
+ <?php echo $news_item['text'] ?>
+ </div>
+ <p><a href="<?php echo $news_item['slug'] ?>">View article</a></p>
- <?php endforeach ?>
+ <?php endforeach ?>
Here, each news item is looped and displayed to the user. You can see we
wrote our template in PHP mixed with HTML. If you prefer to use a
template language, you can use CodeIgniter's `Template
-Parser <../libraries/parser.html>`_ class or a third party parser.
+Parser <../libraries/parser>`_ class or a third party parser.
The news overview page is now done, but a page to display individual
news items is still absent. The model created earlier is made in such
@@ -166,32 +166,32 @@ news controller and add the following lines to the file.
::
- public function view($slug)
- {
- $data['news_item'] = $this->news_model->get_news($slug);
+ public function view($slug = NULL)
+ {
+ $data['news_item'] = $this->news_model->get_news($slug);
- if (empty($data['news_item']))
- {
- show_404();
- }
+ if (empty($data['news_item']))
+ {
+ show_404();
+ }
- $data['title'] = $data['news_item']['title'];
+ $data['title'] = $data['news_item']['title'];
- $this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
- $this->load->view('news/view', $data);
- $this->load->view('templates/footer');
- }
+ $this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
+ $this->load->view('news/view', $data);
+ $this->load->view('templates/footer');
+ }
-Instead of calling the get\_news() method without a parameter, the $slug
-variable is passed, so it will return the specific news item. The only
-things left to do is create the corresponding view at
-application/views/news/view.php. Put the following code in this file.
+Instead of calling the ``get_news()`` method without a parameter, the
+``$slug`` variable is passed, so it will return the specific news item.
+The only things left to do is create the corresponding view at
+*application/views/news/view.php*. Put the following code in this file.
::
- <?php
- echo '<h2>'.$news_item['title'].'</h2>';
- echo $news_item['text'];
+ <?php
+ echo '<h2>'.$news_item['title'].'</h2>';
+ echo $news_item['text'];
Routing
-------
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ a slug to the view method in the news controller.
::
- $route['news/(:any)'] = 'news/view/$1';
- $route['news'] = 'news';
- $route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
- $route['default_controller'] = 'pages/view';
+ $route['news/(:any)'] = 'news/view/$1';
+ $route['news'] = 'news';
+ $route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
+ $route['default_controller'] = 'pages/view';
Point your browser to your document root, followed by index.php/news and
-watch your news page.
+watch your news page. \ No newline at end of file