From 8eef9c77512d4fad5357d3cbda83b89f844d7d16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Cianflone <joe@mileonemedia.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:39:06 -0400
Subject: 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
---
 index.php | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

(limited to 'index.php')

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/' );	
+	}
+	
 
 /*
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------
-- 
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