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CodeIgniter has a Benchmarking class that is always active, enabling the time difference between any -two marked points to be calculated.

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Note: This class is initialized automatically by the system so there is no need to do it manually.

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In addition, the benchmark is always started the moment the framework is -invoked, and ended by the output class right before sending the final view to the browser, enabling a very accurate -timing of the entire system execution to be shown.

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Using the Benchmark Class

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Note: The words "code_start" and "code_end" are arbitrary. They are simply words used to set two markers. You can -use any words you want, and you can set multiple sets of markers. Consider this example:

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If you want your benchmark data to be available to the -Profiler all of your marked points must be set up in pairs, and -each mark point name must end with _start and _end. -Each pair of points must otherwise be named identically. Example:

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Displaying Total Execution Time

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If you would like to display the total elapsed time from the moment CodeIgniter starts to the moment the final output -is sent to the browser, simply place this in one of your view templates:

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You'll notice that it's the same function used in the examples above to calculate the time between two point, except you are -not using any parameters. When the parameters are absent, CodeIgniter does not stop the benchmark until right before the final -output is sent to the browser. It doesn't matter where you use the function call, the timer will continue to run until the very end.

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Displaying Memory Consumption

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If your PHP installation is configured with --enable-memory-limit, you can display the amount of memory consumed by the entire -system using the following code in one of your view file:

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Note: This function can only be used in your view files. The consumption will reflect the total memory used by the entire app.

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CodeIgniter features wrappers around some of the most popular forms of fast and dynamic caching. All but file-based caching require specific server requirements, and a Fatal Exception will be thrown if server requirements are not met.

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Example Usage

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The following example will load the cache driver, specify APC as the driver to use, and fall back to file-based caching if APC is not available in the hosting environment.

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-     echo 'Saving to the cache!<br />';
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is_supported(driver['string'])

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This function is automatically called when accessing drivers via $this->cache->get(). However, if the individual drivers are used, make sure to call this function to ensure the driver is supported in the hosting environment.

- - -if ($this->cache->apc->is_supported())
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Alternative PHP Cache (APC) Caching

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All of the functions listed above can be accessed without passing a specific adapter to the driver loader as follows:

-$this->load->driver('cache');
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File-based Caching

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Unlike caching from the Output Class, the driver file-based caching allows for pieces of view files to be cached. Use this with care, and make sure to benchmark your application, as a point can come where disk I/O will negate positive gains by caching.

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All of the functions listed above can be accessed without passing a specific adapter to the driver loader as follows:

-$this->load->driver('cache');
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All of the functions listed above can be accessed without passing a specific adapter to the driver loader as follows:

-$this->load->driver('cache');
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Here is a very simple example showing how you can display a calendar:

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The above code will generate a calendar for the current month/year based on your server time. -To show a calendar for a specific month and year you will pass this information to the calendar generating function:

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The above code will generate a calendar showing the month of June in 2006. The first parameter specifies the year, the second parameter specifies the month.

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Passing Data to your Calendar Cells

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To add data to your calendar cells involves creating an associative array in which the keys correspond to the days -you wish to populate and the array value contains the data. The array is passed to the third parameter of the calendar -generating function. Consider this example:

- -$this->load->library('calendar');
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-$data = array(
-               3  => 'http://example.com/news/article/2006/03/',
-               7  => 'http://example.com/news/article/2006/07/',
-               13 => 'http://example.com/news/article/2006/13/',
-               26 => 'http://example.com/news/article/2006/26/'
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Using the above example, day numbers 3, 7, 13, and 26 will become links pointing to the URLs you've provided.

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Setting Display Preferences

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There are seven preferences you can set to control various aspects of the calendar. Preferences are set by passing an -array of preferences in the second parameter of the loading function. Here is an example:

- - - -$prefs = array (
-               'start_day'    => 'saturday',
-               'month_type'   => 'long',
-               'day_type'     => 'short'
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templateNoneNoneA string containing your calendar template. See the template section below.
local_timetime()NoneA Unix timestamp corresponding to the current time.
start_daysundayAny week day (sunday, monday, tuesday, etc.)Sets the day of the week the calendar should start on.
month_typelonglong, shortDetermines what version of the month name to use in the header. long = January, short = Jan.
day_typeabrlong, short, abrDetermines what version of the weekday names to use in the column headers. long = Sunday, short = Sun, abr = Su.
show_next_prevFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Determines whether to display links allowing you to toggle to next/previous months. See information on this feature below.
next_prev_urlNoneA URLSets the basepath used in the next/previous calendar links.
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To allow your calendar to dynamically increment/decrement via the next/previous links requires that you set up your calendar -code similar to this example:

- - -$prefs = array (
-               'show_next_prev'  => TRUE,
-               'next_prev_url'   => 'http://example.com/index.php/calendar/show/'
-             );
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By creating a calendar template you have 100% control over the design of your calendar. Each component of your -calendar will be placed within a pair of pseudo-variables as shown here:

- - - -$prefs['template'] = '

-   {table_open}<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">{/table_open}
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-   {heading_row_start}<tr>{/heading_row_start}
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-   {heading_previous_cell}<th><a href="{previous_url}">&lt;&lt;</a></th>{/heading_previous_cell}
-   {heading_title_cell}<th colspan="{colspan}">{heading}</th>{/heading_title_cell}
-   {heading_next_cell}<th><a href="{next_url}">&gt;&gt;</a></th>{/heading_next_cell}
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-   {week_day_cell}<td>{week_day}</td>{/week_day_cell}
-   {week_row_end}</tr>{/week_row_end}
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-   {cal_row_start}<tr>{/cal_row_start}
-   {cal_cell_start}<td>{/cal_cell_start}
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-   {cal_cell_content_today}<div class="highlight"><a href="{content}">{day}</a></div>{/cal_cell_content_today}
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-   {cal_row_end}</tr>{/cal_row_end}
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The Cart Class permits items to be added to a session that stays active while a user is browsing your site. -These items can be retrieved and displayed in a standard "shopping cart" format, allowing the user to update the quantity or remove items from the cart.

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Initializing the Shopping Cart Class

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Important: The Cart class utilizes CodeIgniter's -Session Class to save the cart information to a database, so before using the Cart class you must set up a database table -as indicated in the Session Documentation , and set the session preferences in your application/config/config.php file to utilize a database.

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Once loaded, the Cart object will be available using: $this->cart

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Adding an Item to The Cart

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To add an item to the shopping cart, simply pass an array with the product information to the $this->cart->insert() function, as shown below:

- - -$data = array(
-               'id'      => 'sku_123ABC',
-               'qty'     => 1,
-               'price'   => 39.95,
-               'name'    => 'T-Shirt',
-               'options' => array('Size' => 'L', 'Color' => 'Red')
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Important: The first four array indexes above (id, qty, price, and name) are required. -If you omit any of them the data will not be saved to the cart. The fifth index (options) is optional. -It is intended to be used in cases where your product has options associated with it. Use an array for options, as shown above.

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The five reserved indexes are:

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By using a multi-dimensional array, as shown below, it is possible to add multiple products to the cart in one action. This is useful in cases where you wish to allow people to select from among several items on the same page.

- - - -$data = array(
- -               array(
-                       'id'      => 'sku_123ABC',
-                       'qty'     => 1,
-                       'price'   => 39.95,
-                       'name'    => 'T-Shirt',
-                       'options' => array('Size' => 'L', 'Color' => 'Red')
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- -               array(
-                       'id'      => 'sku_567ZYX',
-                       'qty'     => 1,
-                       'price'   => 9.95,
-                       'name'    => 'Coffee Mug'
-                    ),
- -               array(
-                       'id'      => 'sku_965QRS',
-                       'qty'     => 1,
-                       'price'   => 29.95,
-                       'name'    => 'Shot Glass'
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Updating The Cart

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To update the information in your cart, you must pass an array containing the Row ID and quantity to the $this->cart->update() function:

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Note: If the quantity is set to zero, the item will be removed from the cart.

- - -$data = array(
-               'rowid' => 'b99ccdf16028f015540f341130b6d8ec',
-               'qty'   => 3
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-// Or a multi-dimensional array

-$data = array(
- -               array(
-                       'rowid'   => 'b99ccdf16028f015540f341130b6d8ec',
-                       'qty'     => 3
-                    ),
- -               array(
-                       'rowid'   => 'xw82g9q3r495893iajdh473990rikw23',
-                       'qty'     => 4
-                    ),
- -               array(
-                       'rowid'   => 'fh4kdkkkaoe30njgoe92rkdkkobec333',
-                       'qty'     => 2
-                    )
- -            );
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What is a Row ID?  The row ID is a unique identifier that is generated by the cart code when an item is added to the cart. The reason a -unique ID is created is so that identical products with different options can be managed by the cart.

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For example, let's say someone buys two identical t-shirts (same product ID), but in different sizes. The product ID (and other attributes) will be -identical for both sizes because it's the same shirt. The only difference will be the size. The cart must therefore have a means of identifying this -difference so that the two sizes of shirts can be managed independently. It does so by creating a unique "row ID" based on the product ID and any options associated with it.

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In nearly all cases, updating the cart will be something the user does via the "view cart" page, so as a developer, it is unlikely that you will ever have to concern yourself -with the "row ID", other then making sure your "view cart" page contains this information in a hidden form field, and making sure it gets passed to the update -function when the update form is submitted. Please examine the construction of the "view cart" page above for more information.

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$this->cart->insert();

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Permits you to add items to the shopping cart, as outlined above.

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$this->cart->update();

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Permits you to update items in the shopping cart, as outlined above.

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$this->cart->total();

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Displays the total amount in the cart.

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$this->cart->total_items();

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Displays the total number of items in the cart.

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$this->cart->contents();

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Returns TRUE (boolean) if a particular row in the cart contains options. This function is designed to be used in a loop with $this->cart->contents(), since you must pass the rowid to this function, as shown in the Displaying the Cart example above.

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Returns an array of options for a particular product. This function is designed to be used in a loop with $this->cart->contents(), since you must pass the rowid to this function, as shown in the Displaying the Cart example above.

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Permits you to destroy the cart. This function will likely be called when you are finished processing the customer's order.

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Anatomy of a Config File

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By default, CodeIgniter has one primary config file, located at application/config/config.php. If you open the file using -your text editor you'll see that config items are stored in an array called $config.

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You can add your own config items to -this file, or if you prefer to keep your configuration items separate (assuming you even need config items), -simply create your own file and save it in config folder.

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Note: If you do create your own config files use the same format as the primary one, storing your items in -an array called $config. CodeIgniter will intelligently manage these files so there will be no conflict even though -the array has the same name (assuming an array index is not named the same as another).

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Loading a Config File

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Note: CodeIgniter automatically loads the primary config file (application/config/config.php), -so you will only need to load a config file if you have created your own.

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There are two ways to load a config file:

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    Where filename is the name of your config file, without the .php file extension.

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    If you need to load multiple config files normally they will be merged into one master config array. Name collisions can occur, however, if -you have identically named array indexes in different config files. To avoid collisions you can set the second parameter to TRUE -and each config file will be stored in an array index corresponding to the name of the config file. Example:

    - - -// Stored in an array with this prototype: $this->config['blog_settings'] = $config
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    Please see the section entitled Fetching Config Items below to learn how to retrieve config items set this way.

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Fetching Config Items

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To retrieve an item from your config file, use the following function:

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Where item name is the $config array index you want to retrieve. For example, to fetch your language choice you'll do this:

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The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are trying to fetch does not exist.

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If you are using the second parameter of the $this->config->load function in order to assign your config items to a specific index -you can retrieve it by specifying the index name in the second parameter of the $this->config->item() function. Example:

- - -// Loads a config file named blog_settings.php and assigns it to an index named "blog_settings"
-$this->config->load('blog_settings', TRUE);

- -// Retrieve a config item named site_name contained within the blog_settings array
-$site_name = $this->config->item('site_name', 'blog_settings');

- -// An alternate way to specify the same item:
-$blog_config = $this->config->item('blog_settings');
-$site_name = $blog_config['site_name'];
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Setting a Config Item

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If you would like to dynamically set a config item or change an existing one, you can do so using:

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Where item_name is the $config array index you want to change, and item_value is its value.

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Environments

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- You may load different configuration files depending on the current environment. - The ENVIRONMENT constant is defined in index.php, and is described - in detail in the Handling Environments - section. -

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- To create an environment-specific configuration file, - create or copy a configuration file in application/config/{ENVIRONMENT}/{FILENAME}.php -

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For example, to create a production-only config.php, you would:

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  3. Copy your existing config.php into the above directory
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  5. Edit application/config/production/config.php so it contains your production settings
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You can place the following configuration files in environment-specific folders:

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Note: CodeIgniter always tries to load the configuration files for the current environment first. If the file does not exist, the global config file (i.e., the one in application/config/) is loaded. This means you are not obligated to place all of your configuration files in an environment folder − only the files that change per environment.

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Helper Functions

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The config class has the following helper functions:

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$this->config->site_url();

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This function retrieves the URL to your site, along with the "index" value you've specified in the config file.

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$this->config->base_url();

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This function retrieves the URL to your site, plus an optional path such as to a stylesheet or image.

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The two functions above are normally accessed via the corresponding functions in the URL Helper.

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Here is a basic example demonstrating how you might send email. Note: This example assumes you are sending the email from one of your -controllers.

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Preferences are set by passing an array of preference values to the email initialize function. Here is an example of how you might set some preferences:

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Note: Most of the preferences have default values that will be used if you do not set them.

Setting Email Preferences in a Config File

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If you prefer not to set preferences using the above method, you can instead put them into a config file. -Simply create a new file called the email.php, add the $config -array in that file. Then save the file at config/email.php and it will be used automatically. You -will NOT need to use the $this->email->initialize() function if you save your preferences in a config file.

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useragentCodeIgniterNoneThe "user agent".
protocolmailmail, sendmail, or smtpThe mail sending protocol.
mailpath/usr/sbin/sendmailNoneThe server path to Sendmail.
smtp_hostNo DefaultNoneSMTP Server Address.
smtp_userNo DefaultNoneSMTP Username.
smtp_passNo DefaultNoneSMTP Password.
smtp_port25NoneSMTP Port.
smtp_timeout5NoneSMTP Timeout (in seconds).
smtp_cryptoNo Defaulttls or sslSMTP Encryption.
wordwrapTRUETRUE or FALSE (boolean)Enable word-wrap.
wrapchars76 Character count to wrap at.
mailtypetexttext or htmlType of mail. If you send HTML email you must send it as a complete web page. Make sure you don't have any relative links or relative image paths otherwise they will not work.
charsetutf-8Character set (utf-8, iso-8859-1, etc.).
validateFALSETRUE or FALSE (boolean)Whether to validate the email address.
priority31, 2, 3, 4, 5Email Priority. 1 = highest. 5 = lowest. 3 = normal.
crlf\n"\r\n" or "\n" or "\r"Newline character. (Use "\r\n" to comply with RFC 822).
newline\n"\r\n" or "\n" or "\r"Newline character. (Use "\r\n" to comply with RFC 822).
bcc_batch_modeFALSETRUE or FALSE (boolean)Enable BCC Batch Mode.
bcc_batch_size200NoneNumber of emails in each BCC batch.
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Email Function Reference

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$this->email->from()

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Sets the email address and name of the person sending the email:

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$this->email->reply_to()

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Sets the reply-to address. If the information is not provided the information in the "from" function is used. Example:

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$this->email->to()

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Sets the email address(s) of the recipient(s). Can be a single email, a comma-delimited list or an array:

- -$this->email->to('someone@example.com'); -$this->email->to('one@example.com, two@example.com, three@example.com'); - -$list = array('one@example.com', 'two@example.com', 'three@example.com');
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$this->email->cc()

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Sets the CC email address(s). Just like the "to", can be a single email, a comma-delimited list or an array.

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$this->email->bcc()

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Sets the BCC email address(s). Just like the "to", can be a single email, a comma-delimited list or an array.

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$this->email->subject()

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$this->email->message()

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$this->email->set_alt_message()

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This is an optional message string which can be used if you send HTML formatted email. It lets you specify an alternative -message with no HTML formatting which is added to the header string for people who do not accept HTML email. -If you do not set your own message CodeIgniter will extract the message from your HTML email and strip the tags.

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$this->email->clear()

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Initializes all the email variables to an empty state. This function is intended for use if you run the email sending function -in a loop, permitting the data to be reset between cycles.

-foreach ($list as $name => $address)
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-    $this->email->clear();

- -    $this->email->to($address);
-    $this->email->from('your@example.com');
-    $this->email->subject('Here is your info '.$name);
-    $this->email->message('Hi '.$name.' Here is the info you requested.');
-    $this->email->send();
-}
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If you set the parameter to TRUE any attachments will be cleared as well:

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$this->email->send()

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The Email sending function. Returns boolean TRUE or FALSE based on success or failure, enabling it to be used -conditionally:

- -if ( ! $this->email->send())
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-    // Generate error
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$this->email->attach()

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Enables you to send an attachment. Put the file path/name in the first parameter. Note: Use a file path, not a URL. -For multiple attachments use the function multiple times. For example:

- -$this->email->attach('/path/to/photo1.jpg');
-$this->email->attach('/path/to/photo2.jpg');
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$this->email->print_debugger()

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Returns a string containing any server messages, the email headers, and the email messsage. Useful for debugging.

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Overriding Word Wrapping

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If you have word wrapping enabled (recommended to comply with RFC 822) and you have a very long link in your email it can -get wrapped too, causing it to become un-clickable by the person receiving it. CodeIgniter lets you manually override -word wrapping within part of your message like this:

- -The text of your email that
-gets wrapped normally.
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-{unwrap}http://example.com/a_long_link_that_should_not_be_wrapped.html{/unwrap}
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-More text that will be
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The Encryption Class provides two-way data encryption. It uses a scheme that either compiles -the message using a randomly hashed bitwise XOR encoding scheme, or is encrypted using -the Mcrypt library. If Mcrypt is not available on your server the encoded message will -still provide a reasonable degree of security for encrypted sessions or other such "light" purposes. -If Mcrypt is available, you'll be provided with a high degree of security appropriate for storage.

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Setting your Key

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A key is a piece of information that controls the cryptographic process and permits an encrypted string to be decoded. -In fact, the key you chose will provide the only means to decode data that was encrypted with that key, -so not only must you choose the key carefully, you must never change it if you intend use it for persistent data.

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It goes without saying that you should guard your key carefully. -Should someone gain access to your key, the data will be easily decoded. If your server is not totally under your control -it's impossible to ensure key security so you may want to think carefully before using it for anything -that requires high security, like storing credit card numbers.

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To take maximum advantage of the encryption algorithm, your key should be 32 characters in length (128 bits). -The key should be as random a string as you can concoct, with numbers and uppercase and lowercase letters. -Your key should not be a simple text string. In order to be cryptographically secure it -needs to be as random as possible.

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Your key can be either stored in your application/config/config.php, or you can design your own -storage mechanism and pass the key dynamically when encoding/decoding.

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Message Length

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It's important for you to know that the encoded messages the encryption function generates will be approximately 2.6 times longer than the original -message. For example, if you encrypt the string "my super secret data", which is 21 characters in length, you'll end up -with an encoded string that is roughly 55 characters (we say "roughly" because the encoded string length increments in -64 bit clusters, so it's not exactly linear). Keep this information in mind when selecting your data storage mechanism. Cookies, -for example, can only hold 4K of information.

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Initializing the Class

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$this->encrypt->encode()

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Performs the data encryption and returns it as a string. Example:

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Decrypts an encoded string. Example:

- - -$encrypted_string = 'APANtByIGI1BpVXZTJgcsAG8GZl8pdwwa84';
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$this->encrypt->set_mode();

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$this->encrypt->sha1();

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SHA1 encoding function. Provide a string and it will return a 160 bit one way hash. Note: SHA1, just like MD5 is non-decodable. Example:

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Enables you to re-encode data that was originally encrypted with CodeIgniter 1.x to be compatible with the Encryption library in CodeIgniter 2.x. It is only - necessary to use this method if you have encrypted data stored permanently such as in a file or database and are on a server that supports Mcrypt. "Light" use encryption - such as encrypted session data or transitory encrypted flashdata require no intervention on your part. However, existing encrypted Sessions will be - destroyed since data encrypted prior to 2.x will not be decoded.

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Why only a method to re-encode the data instead of maintaining legacy methods for both encoding and decoding? The algorithms in - the Encryption library have improved in CodeIgniter 2.x both for performance and security, and we do not wish to encourage continued use of the older methods. - You can of course extend the Encryption library if you wish and replace the new methods with the old and retain seamless compatibility with CodeIgniter 1.x - encrypted data, but this a decision that a developer should make cautiously and deliberately, if at all.

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$orig_datan/aThe original encrypted data from CodeIgniter 1.x's Encryption library
$legacy_modeMCRYPT_MODE_ECBThe Mcrypt mode that was used to generate the original encrypted data. CodeIgniter 1.x's default was MCRYPT_MODE_ECB, and it will - assume that to be the case unless overridden by this parameter.
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Creating the Upload Form

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Using a text editor, create a form called upload_form.php. In it, place this code and save it to your applications/views/ -folder:

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You'll notice we are using a form helper to create the opening form tag. File uploads require a multipart form, so the helper -creates the proper syntax for you. You'll also notice we have an $error variable. This is so we can show error messages in the event -the user does something wrong.

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The Success Page

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The Upload Folder

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You'll need a destination folder for your uploaded images. Create a folder at the root of your CodeIgniter installation called -uploads and set its file permissions to 777.

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To try your form, visit your site using a URL similar to this one:

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Initializing the Upload Class

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Similar to other libraries, you'll control what is allowed to be upload based on your preferences. In the controller you -built above you set the following preferences:

- -$config['upload_path'] = './uploads/';
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upload_pathNoneNoneThe path to the folder where the upload should be placed. The folder must be writable and the path can be absolute or relative.
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max_size0NoneThe maximum size (in kilobytes) that the file can be. Set to zero for no limit. Note: Most PHP installations have their own limit, as specified in the php.ini file. Usually 2 MB (or 2048 KB) by default.
max_width0NoneThe maximum width (in pixels) that the file can be. Set to zero for no limit.
max_height0NoneThe maximum height (in pixels) that the file can be. Set to zero for no limit.
max_filename0NoneThe maximum length that a file name can be. Set to zero for no limit.
max_filename_increment100NoneWhen overwrite is set to FALSE, use this to set the maximum filename increment for CodeIgniter to append to the filename.
encrypt_nameFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)If set to TRUE the file name will be converted to a random encrypted string. This can be useful if you would like the file saved with a name that can not be discerned by the person uploading it.
remove_spacesTRUETRUE/FALSE (boolean)If set to TRUE, any spaces in the file name will be converted to underscores. This is recommended.
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$this->upload->do_upload()

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Performs the upload based on the preferences you've set. Note: By default the upload routine expects the file to come from a form field -called userfile, and the form must be a "multipart type:

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Retrieves any error messages if the do_upload() function returned false. The function does not echo automatically, it -returns the data so you can assign it however you need.

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This is a helper function that returns an array containing all of the data related to the file you uploaded. -Here is the array prototype:

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-    [file_name]    => mypic.jpg
-    [file_type]    => image/jpeg
-    [file_path]    => /path/to/your/upload/
-    [full_path]    => /path/to/your/upload/jpg.jpg
-    [raw_name]     => mypic
-    [orig_name]    => mypic.jpg
-    [client_name]  => mypic.jpg
-    [file_ext]     => .jpg
-    [file_size]    => 22.2
-    [is_image]     => 1
-    [image_width]  => 800
-    [image_height] => 600
-    [image_type]   => jpeg
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file_nameThe name of the file that was uploaded including the file extension.
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Form Validation

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CodeIgniter provides a comprehensive form validation and data prepping class that helps minimize the amount of code you'll write.

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Overview

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Before explaining CodeIgniter's approach to data validation, let's describe the ideal scenario:

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  1. A form is displayed.
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  3. You fill it in and submit it.
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  5. If you submitted something invalid, or perhaps missed a required item, the form is redisplayed containing your data -along with an error message describing the problem.
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  7. This process continues until you have submitted a valid form.
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On the receiving end, the script must:

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  1. Check for required data.
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  3. Verify that the data is of the correct type, and meets the correct criteria. For example, if a username is submitted -it must be validated to contain only permitted characters. It must be of a minimum length, -and not exceed a maximum length. The username can't be someone else's existing username, or perhaps even a reserved word. Etc.
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  5. Sanitize the data for security.
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  7. Pre-format the data if needed (Does the data need to be trimmed? HTML encoded? Etc.)
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  9. Prep the data for insertion in the database.
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Although there is nothing terribly complex about the above process, it usually requires a significant -amount of code, and to display error messages, various control structures are usually placed within the form HTML. -Form validation, while simple to create, is generally very messy and tedious to implement.

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Form Validation Tutorial

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What follows is a "hands on" tutorial for implementing CodeIgniters Form Validation.

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In order to implement form validation you'll need three things:

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  1. A View file containing a form.
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  3. A View file containing a "success" message to be displayed upon successful submission.
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Let's create those three things, using a member sign-up form as the example.

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The Form

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Using a text editor, create a form called myform.php. In it, place this code and save it to your applications/views/ -folder:

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The Success Page

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Using a text editor, create a form called formsuccess.php. In it, place this code and save it to your applications/views/ -folder:

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Using a text editor, create a controller called form.php. In it, place this code and save it to your applications/controllers/ -folder:

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Try it!

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To try your form, visit your site using a URL similar to this one:

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If you submit the form you should simply see the form reload. That's because you haven't set up any validation -rules yet.

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Since you haven't told the Form Validation class to validate anything yet, it returns FALSE (boolean false) by default. The run() -function only returns TRUE if it has successfully applied your rules without any of them failing.

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Explanation

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You'll notice several things about the above pages:

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The form (myform.php) is a standard web form with a couple exceptions:

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  1. It uses a form helper to create the form opening. -Technically, this isn't necessary. You could create the form using standard HTML. However, the benefit of using the helper -is that it generates the action URL for you, based on the URL in your config file. This makes your application more portable in the event your URLs change.
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    This function will return any error messages sent back by the validator. If there are no messages it returns an empty string.

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The controller (form.php) has one function: index(). This function initializes the validation class and -loads the form helper and URL helper used by your view files. It also runs -the validation routine. Based on -whether the validation was successful it either presents the form or the success page.

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Setting Validation Rules

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CodeIgniter lets you set as many validation rules as you need for a given field, cascading them in order, and it even lets you prep and pre-process the field data -at the same time. To set validation rules you will use the set_rules() function:

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  3. A "human" name for this field, which will be inserted into the error message. For example, if your field is named "user" you might give it a human name of "Username". Note: If you would like the field name to be stored in a language file, please see Translating Field Names.
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Here is an example. In your controller (form.php), add this code just below the validation initialization function:

- - -$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required');
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Your controller should now look like this:

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Now submit the form with the fields blank and you should see the error messages. -If you submit the form with all the fields populated you'll see your success page.

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Setting Rules Using an Array

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Before moving on it should be noted that the rule setting function can be passed an array if you prefer to set all your rules in one action. -If you use this approach you must name your array keys as indicated:

- - -$config = array(
-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'username',
-                     'label'   => 'Username',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'password',
-                     'label'   => 'Password',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'passconf',
-                     'label'   => 'Password Confirmation',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'email',
-                     'label'   => 'Email',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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Cascading Rules

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CodeIgniter lets you pipe multiple rules together. Let's try it. Change your rules in the third parameter of rule setting function, like this:

- - -$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]|is_unique[users.username]');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'required|matches[passconf]');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'required');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'required|valid_email|is_unique[users.email]');
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The above code sets the following rules:

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Give it a try! Submit your form without the proper data and you'll see new error messages that correspond to your new rules. -There are numerous rules available which you can read about in the validation reference.

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Prepping Data

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In addition to the validation functions like the ones we used above, you can also prep your data in various ways. -For example, you can set up rules like this:

- - -$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'trim|required|min_length[5]|max_length[12]|xss_clean');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'trim|required|matches[passconf]|md5');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('passconf', 'Password Confirmation', 'trim|required');
-$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email');
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In the above example, we are "trimming" the fields, converting the password to MD5, and running the username through -the "xss_clean" function, which removes malicious data.

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Any native PHP function that accepts one parameter can be used as a rule, like htmlspecialchars, -trim, MD5, etc.

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Note: You will generally want to use the prepping functions after -the validation rules so if there is an error, the original data will be shown in the form.

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Re-populating the form

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Thus far we have only been dealing with errors. It's time to repopulate the form field with the submitted data. CodeIgniter offers several helper functions -that permit you to do this. The one you will use most commonly is:

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Open your myform.php view file and update the value in each field using the set_value() function:

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Now reload your page and submit the form so that it triggers an error. Your form fields should now be re-populated

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Note: The Function Reference section below contains functions that -permit you to re-populate <select> menus, radio buttons, and checkboxes.

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Important Note: If you use an array as the name of a form field, you must supply it as an array to the function. Example:

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Callbacks: Your own Validation Functions

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The validation system supports callbacks to your own validation functions. This permits you to extend the validation class -to meet your needs. For example, if you need to run a database query to see if the user is choosing a unique username, you can -create a callback function that does that. Let's create a example of this.

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Then add a new function called username_check to your controller. Here's how your controller should now look:

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Reload your form and submit it with the word "test" as the username. You can see that the form field data was passed to your -callback function for you to process.

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To invoke a callback just put the function name in a rule, with "callback_" as the rule prefix. If you need -to receive an extra parameter in your callback function, just add it normally after the function name between square brackets, -as in: "callback_foo[bar]", then it will be passed as the second argument of your callback function.

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Setting Error Messages

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All of the native error messages are located in the following language file: language/english/form_validation_lang.php

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If you would like to store the "human" name you passed to the set_rules() function in a language file, and therefore make the name able to be translated, here's how:

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Changing the Error Delimiters

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By default, the Form Validation class adds a paragraph tag (<p>) around each error message shown. You can either change these delimiters globally or -individually.

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Showing Errors Individually

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If you prefer to show an error message next to each form field, rather than as a list, you can use the form_error() function.

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Try it! Change your form so that it looks like this:

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If there are no errors, nothing will be shown. If there is an error, the message will appear.

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Saving Sets of Validation Rules to a Config File

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A nice feature of the Form Validation class is that it permits you to store all your validation rules for your entire application in a config file. You -can organize these rules into "groups". These groups can either be loaded automatically when a matching controller/function is called, or -you can manually call each set as needed.

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To store your validation rules, simply create a file named form_validation.php in your application/config/ folder. -In that file you will place an array named $config with your rules. As shown earlier, the validation array will have this prototype:

- - -$config = array(
-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'username',
-                     'label'   => 'Username',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'password',
-                     'label'   => 'Password',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'passconf',
-                     'label'   => 'Password Confirmation',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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-               array(
-                     'field'   => 'email',
-                     'label'   => 'Email',
-                     'rules'   => 'required'
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- - -$config = array(
-                 'signup' => array(
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'username',
-                                            'label' => 'Username',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
-                                         ),
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'password',
-                                            'label' => 'Password',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
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-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'passconf',
-                                            'label' => 'PasswordConfirmation',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
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-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'email',
-                                            'label' => 'Email',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
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-                                    ),
-                 'email' => array(
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'emailaddress',
-                                            'label' => 'EmailAddress',
-                                            'rules' => 'required|valid_email'
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-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'name',
-                                            'label' => 'Name',
-                                            'rules' => 'required|alpha'
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-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'title',
-                                            'label' => 'Title',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
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-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'message',
-                                            'label' => 'MessageBody',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
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Calling a Specific Rule Group

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- - -<?php

-class Member extends CI_Controller {
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-   function signup()
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-      $this->load->library('form_validation');
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-      if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE)
-      {
-         $this->load->view('myform');
-      }
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-         $this->load->view('formsuccess');
-      }
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- - -$config = array(
-           'member/signup' => array(
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'username',
-                                            'label' => 'Username',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
-                                         ),
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'password',
-                                            'label' => 'Password',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
-                                         ),
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'passconf',
-                                            'label' => 'PasswordConfirmation',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
-                                         ),
-                                    array(
-                                            'field' => 'email',
-                                            'label' => 'Email',
-                                            'rules' => 'required'
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If you are using checkboxes (or other fields) that have multiple options, don't forget to leave an empty bracket after each option, so that all selections will be added to the -POST array:

- - -<input type="checkbox" name="options[]" value="red" />
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- - -<input type="checkbox" name="options[color][]" value="red" />
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Rule Reference

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The following is a list of all the native rules that are available to use:

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RuleParameterDescriptionExample
requiredNoReturns FALSE if the form element is empty. 
matchesYesReturns FALSE if the form element does not match the one in the parameter.matches[form_item]
is_uniqueYesReturns FALSE if the form element is not unique to the table and field name in the parameter.is_unique[table.field]
min_lengthYesReturns FALSE if the form element is shorter then the parameter value.min_length[6]
max_lengthYesReturns FALSE if the form element is longer then the parameter value.max_length[12]
exact_lengthYesReturns FALSE if the form element is not exactly the parameter value.exact_length[8]
greater_thanYesReturns FALSE if the form element is less than the parameter value or not numeric.greater_than[8]
less_thanYesReturns FALSE if the form element is greater than the parameter value or not numeric.less_than[8]
alphaNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than alphabetical characters. 
alpha_numericNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters. 
alpha_dashNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than alpha-numeric characters, underscores or dashes. 
numericNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than numeric characters. 
integerNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than an integer. 
decimalYesReturns FALSE if the form element is not exactly the parameter value. 
is_naturalNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than a natural number: 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. 
is_natural_no_zeroNoReturns FALSE if the form element contains anything other than a natural number, but not zero: 1, 2, 3, etc. 
is_uniqueYesReturns FALSE if the form element is not unique in a database table.is_unique[table.field]
valid_emailNoReturns FALSE if the form element does not contain a valid email address. 
valid_emailsNoReturns FALSE if any value provided in a comma separated list is not a valid email. 
valid_ipNoReturns FALSE if the supplied IP is not valid. 
valid_base64NoReturns FALSE if the supplied string contains anything other than valid Base64 characters. 
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Prepping Reference

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xss_cleanNoRuns the data through the XSS filtering function, described in the Input Class page.
prep_for_formNoConverts special characters so that HTML data can be shown in a form field without breaking it.
prep_urlNoAdds "http://" to URLs if missing.
strip_image_tagsNoStrips the HTML from image tags leaving the raw URL.
encode_php_tagsNoConverts PHP tags to entities.
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Function Reference

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The following functions are intended for use in your controller functions.

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$this->form_validation->set_rules();

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$this->form_validation->run();

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Helper Reference

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set_value()

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Permits you to set the value of an input form or textarea. You must supply the field name via the first parameter of the function. -The second (optional) parameter allows you to set a default value for the form. Example:

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The above form will show "0" when loaded for the first time.

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set_select()

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If you use a <select> menu, this function permits you to display the menu item that was selected. The first parameter -must contain the name of the select menu, the second parameter must contain the value of -each item, and the third (optional) parameter lets you set an item as the default (use boolean TRUE/FALSE).

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Example:

- - -<select name="myselect">
-<option value="one" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'one', TRUE); ?> >One</option>
-<option value="two" <?php echo set_select('myselect', 'two'); ?> >Two</option>
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Permits you to display a checkbox in the state it was submitted. The first parameter -must contain the name of the checkbox, the second parameter must contain its value, and the third (optional) parameter lets you set an item as the default (use boolean TRUE/FALSE). Example:

- -<input type="checkbox" name="mycheck[]" value="1" <?php echo set_checkbox('mycheck[]', '1'); ?> />
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CodeIgniter's FTP Class permits files to be transfered to a remote server. Remote files can also be moved, renamed, -and deleted. The FTP class also includes a "mirroring" function that permits an entire local directory to be recreated remotely via FTP.

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Usage Examples

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In this example a connection is opened to the FTP server, and a local file is read and uploaded in ASCII mode. The -file permissions are set to 755. Note: Setting permissions requires PHP 5.

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In this example a list of files is retrieved from the server.

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In this example a local directory is mirrored on the server.

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-$config['hostname'] = 'ftp.example.com';
-$config['username'] = 'your-username';
-$config['password'] = 'your-password';
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$this->ftp->connect()

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Connects and logs into to the FTP server. Connection preferences are set by passing an array -to the function, or you can store them in a config file.

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-$config['hostname'] = 'ftp.example.com';
-$config['username'] = 'your-username';
-$config['password'] = 'your-password';
-$config['port']     = 21;
-$config['passive']  = FALSE;
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If you prefer you can store your FTP preferences in a config file. -Simply create a new file called the ftp.php, add the $config -array in that file. Then save the file at config/ftp.php and it will be used automatically.

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Uploads a file to your server. You must supply the local path and the remote path, and you can optionally set the mode and permissions. -Example:

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Mode options are:  ascii, binary, and auto (the default). If -auto is used it will base the mode on the file extension of the source file.

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$this->ftp->download()

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Downloads a file from your server. You must supply the remote path and the local path, and you can optionally set the mode. -Example:

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Permits you to rename a file. Supply the source file name/path and the new file name/path.

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$this->ftp->move()

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Lets you move a file. Supply the source and destination paths:

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Lets you delete a directory and everything it contains. Supply the source path to the directory with a trailing slash.

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$this->ftp->list_files()

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Permits you to retrieve a list of files on your server returned as an array. You must supply -the path to the desired directory.

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Recursively reads a local folder and everything it contains (including sub-folders) and creates a -mirror via FTP based on it. Whatever the directory structure of the original file path will be recreated on the server. -You must supply a source path and a destination path:

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$this->ftp->mkdir()

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Lets you create a directory on your server. Supply the path ending in the folder name you wish to create, with a trailing slash. -Permissions can be set by passed an octal value in the second parameter (if you are running PHP 5).

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Permits you to set file permissions. Supply the path to the file or folder you wish to alter permissions on:

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Regardless of the type of processing you would like to perform (resizing, cropping, rotation, or watermarking), the general process is -identical. You will set some preferences corresponding to the action you intend to perform, then -call one of four available processing functions. For example, to create an image thumbnail you'll do this:

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Note: You can optionally specify the HTML formatting to be applied to the errors, by submitting the opening/closing -tags in the function, like this:

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Preferences

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The preferences described below allow you to tailor the image processing to suit your needs.

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Note that not all preferences are available for every -function. For example, the x/y axis preferences are only available for image cropping. Likewise, the width and height -preferences have no effect on cropping. The "availability" column indicates which functions support a given preference.

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image_libraryGD2GD, GD2, ImageMagick, NetPBMSets the image library to be used.R, C, X, W
library_pathNoneNoneSets the server path to your ImageMagick or NetPBM library. If you use either of those libraries you must supply the path.R, C, X
source_imageNoneNoneSets the source image name/path. The path must be a relative or absolute server path, not a URL.R, C, S, W
dynamic_outputFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Determines whether the new image file should be written to disk or generated dynamically. Note: If you choose the dynamic setting, only one image can be shown at a time, and it can't be positioned on the page. It simply outputs the raw image dynamically to your browser, along with image headers.R, C, X, W
quality90%1 - 100%Sets the quality of the image. The higher the quality the larger the file size.R, C, X, W
new_imageNoneNoneSets the destination image name/path. You'll use this preference when creating an image copy. The path must be a relative or absolute server path, not a URL.R, C, X, W
widthNoneNoneSets the width you would like the image set to.R, C
heightNoneNoneSets the height you would like the image set to.R, C
create_thumbFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Tells the image processing function to create a thumb.R
thumb_marker_thumbNoneSpecifies the thumbnail indicator. It will be inserted just before the file extension, so mypic.jpg would become mypic_thumb.jpgR
maintain_ratioTRUETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Specifies whether to maintain the original aspect ratio when resizing or use hard values.R, C
master_dimautoauto, width, heightSpecifies what to use as the master axis when resizing or creating thumbs. For example, let's say you want to resize an image to 100 X 75 pixels. If the source image size does not allow perfect resizing to those dimensions, this setting determines which axis should be used as the hard value. "auto" sets the axis automatically based on whether the image is taller then wider, or vice versa.R
rotation_angleNone90, 180, 270, vrt, horSpecifies the angle of rotation when rotating images. Note that PHP rotates counter-clockwise, so a 90 degree rotation to the right must be specified as 270.X
x_axisNoneNoneSets the X coordinate in pixels for image cropping. For example, a setting of 30 will crop an image 30 pixels from the left.C
y_axisNoneNoneSets the Y coordinate in pixels for image cropping. For example, a setting of 30 will crop an image 30 pixels from the top.C
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If you prefer not to set preferences using the above method, you can instead put them into a config file. -Simply create a new file called image_lib.php, add the $config -array in that file. Then save the file in: config/image_lib.php and it will be used automatically. You -will NOT need to use the $this->image_lib->initialize function if you save your preferences in a config file.

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The image resizing function lets you resize the original image, create a copy (with or without resizing), -or create a thumbnail image.

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All preferences listed in the table above are available for this function except these three: rotation_angle, x_axis, and y_axis.

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The resizing function will create a copy of the image file (and preserve the original) if you set -a path and/or a new filename using this preference:

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Here's an example showing how you might crop an image:

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-$config['library_path'] = '/usr/X11R6/bin/';
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-$config['wm_text'] = 'Copyright 2006 - John Doe';
-$config['wm_type'] = 'text';
-$config['wm_font_path'] = './system/fonts/texb.ttf';
-$config['wm_font_size'] = '16';
-$config['wm_font_color'] = 'ffffff';
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wm_typetexttext, overlaySets the type of watermarking that should be used.
source_imageNoneNoneSets the source image name/path. The path must be a relative or absolute server path, not a URL.
dynamic_outputFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Determines whether the new image file should be written to disk or generated dynamically. Note: If you choose the dynamic setting, only one image can be shown at a time, and it can't be positioned on the page. It simply outputs the raw image dynamically to your browser, along with image headers.
quality90%1 - 100%Sets the quality of the image. The higher the quality the larger the file size.
paddingNoneA numberThe amount of padding, set in pixels, that will be applied to the watermark to set it away from the edge of your images.
wm_vrt_alignmentbottomtop, middle, bottomSets the vertical alignment for the watermark image.
wm_hor_alignmentcenterleft, center, rightSets the horizontal alignment for the watermark image.
wm_hor_offsetNoneNoneYou may specify a horizontal offset (in pixels) to apply to the watermark position. The offset normally moves the watermark to the right, except if you have your alignment set to "right" then your offset value will move the watermark toward the left of the image.
wm_vrt_offsetNoneNoneYou may specify a vertical offset (in pixels) to apply to the watermark position. The offset normally moves the watermark down, except if you have your alignment set to "bottom" then your offset value will move the watermark toward the top of the image.
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wm_textNoneNoneThe text you would like shown as the watermark. Typically this will be a copyright notice.
wm_font_pathNoneNoneThe server path to the True Type Font you would like to use. If you do not use this option, the native GD font will be used.
wm_font_size16NoneThe size of the text. Note: If you are not using the True Type option above, the number is set using a range of 1 - 5. Otherwise, you can use any valid pixel size for the font you're using.
wm_font_colorffffffNoneThe font color, specified in hex. Note, you must use the full 6 character hex value (ie, 993300), rather than the three character abbreviated version (ie fff).
wm_shadow_colorNoneNoneThe color of the drop shadow, specified in hex. If you leave this blank a drop shadow will not be used. Note, you must use the full 6 character hex value (ie, 993300), rather than the three character abbreviated version (ie fff).
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wm_overlay_pathNoneNoneThe server path to the image you wish to use as your watermark. Required only if you are using the overlay method.
wm_opacity501 - 100Image opacity. You may specify the opacity (i.e. transparency) of your watermark image. This allows the watermark to be faint and not completely obscure the details from the original image behind it. A 50% opacity is typical.
wm_x_transp4A numberIf your watermark image is a PNG or GIF image, you may specify a color on the image to be "transparent". This setting (along with the next) will allow you to specify that color. This works by specifying the "X" and "Y" coordinate pixel (measured from the upper left) within the image that corresponds to a pixel representative of the color you want to be transparent.
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Using POST, COOKIE, or SERVER Data

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CodeIgniter comes with three helper functions that let you fetch POST, COOKIE or SERVER items. The main advantage of using the provided -functions rather than fetching an item directly ($_POST['something']) is that the functions will check to see if the item is set and -return false (boolean) if not. This lets you conveniently use data without having to test whether an item exists first. -In other words, normally you might do something like this:

- - -if ( ! isset($_POST['something']))
-{
-    $something = FALSE;
-}
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-{
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-}
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With CodeIgniter's built in functions you can simply do this:

- -$something = $this->input->post('something'); - -

The three functions are:

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$this->input->post()

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The first parameter will contain the name of the POST item you are looking for:

- -$this->input->post('some_data'); - -

The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are attempting to retrieve does not exist.

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The second optional parameter lets you run the data through the XSS filter. It's enabled by setting the second parameter to boolean TRUE;

- -$this->input->post('some_data', TRUE); - -

To return an array of all POST items call without any parameters.

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To return all POST items and pass them through the XSS filter set the first parameter NULL while setting the second parameter to boolean;

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The function returns FALSE (boolean) if there are no items in the POST.

- - - $this->input->post(NULL, TRUE); // returns all POST items with XSS filter -
- $this->input->post(); // returns all POST items without XSS filter -
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$this->input->get()

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This function is identical to the post function, only it fetches get data:

- -$this->input->get('some_data', TRUE); - -

To return an array of all GET items call without any parameters.

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To return all GET items and pass them through the XSS filter set the first parameter NULL while setting the second parameter to boolean;

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The function returns FALSE (boolean) if there are no items in the GET.

- - - $this->input->get(NULL, TRUE); // returns all GET items with XSS filter -
- $this->input->get(); // returns all GET items without XSS filtering -
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$this->input->get_post()

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This function will search through both the post and get streams for data, looking first in post, and then in get:

- -$this->input->get_post('some_data', TRUE); - -

$this->input->cookie()

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This function is identical to the post function, only it fetches cookie data:

- -$this->input->cookie('some_data', TRUE); - -

$this->input->server()

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This function is identical to the above functions, only it fetches server data:

- -$this->input->server('some_data'); - - -

$this->input->set_cookie()

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Sets a cookie containing the values you specify. There are two ways to pass information to this function so that a cookie can be set: -Array Method, and Discrete Parameters:

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Array Method

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Using this method, an associative array is passed to the first parameter:

- -$cookie = array(
-    'name'   => 'The Cookie Name',
-    'value'  => 'The Value',
-    'expire' => '86500',
-    'domain' => '.some-domain.com',
-    'path'   => '/',
-    'prefix' => 'myprefix_',
-    'secure' => TRUE
-);
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-$this->input->set_cookie($cookie); -
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Notes:

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Only the name and value are required. To delete a cookie set it with the expiration blank.

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The expiration is set in seconds, which will be added to the current time. Do not include the time, but rather only the -number of seconds from now that you wish the cookie to be valid. If the expiration is set to -zero the cookie will only last as long as the browser is open.

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For site-wide cookies regardless of how your site is requested, add your URL to the domain starting with a period, like this: .your-domain.com

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The path is usually not needed since the function sets a root path.

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The prefix is only needed if you need to avoid name collisions with other identically named cookies for your server.

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The secure boolean is only needed if you want to make it a secure cookie by setting it to TRUE.

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Discrete Parameters

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If you prefer, you can set the cookie by passing data using individual parameters:

- -$this->input->set_cookie($name, $value, $expire, $domain, $path, $prefix, $secure); - -

$this->input->cookie()

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Lets you fetch a cookie. The first parameter will contain the name of the cookie you are looking for (including any prefixes):

- -cookie('some_cookie'); - -

The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are attempting to retrieve does not exist.

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The second optional parameter lets you run the data through the XSS filter. It's enabled by setting the second parameter to boolean TRUE;

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cookie('some_cookie', TRUE);

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$this->input->ip_address()

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Returns the IP address for the current user. If the IP address is not valid, the function will return an IP of: 0.0.0.0

-echo $this->input->ip_address(); - - -

$this->input->valid_ip($ip)

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Takes an IP address as input and returns TRUE or FALSE (boolean) if it is valid or not. Note: The $this->input->ip_address() function above -validates the IP automatically.

- -if ( ! $this->input->valid_ip($ip))
-{
-     echo 'Not Valid';
-}
-else
-{
-     echo 'Valid';
-}
- - -

$this->input->user_agent()

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Returns the user agent (web browser) being used by the current user. Returns FALSE if it's not available.

-echo $this->input->user_agent(); -

See the User Agent Class for methods which extract information from the user agent string.

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$this->input->request_headers()

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Useful if running in a non-Apache environment where apache_request_headers() will not be supported. Returns an array of headers.

- -$headers = $this->input->request_headers(); - -

$this->input->get_request_header();

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Returns a single member of the request headers array.

- -$this->input->get_request_header('some-header', TRUE); - - -

$this->input->is_ajax_request()

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Checks to see if the HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH server header has been set, and returns a boolean response.

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$this->input->is_cli_request()

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Checks to see if the STDIN constant is set, which is a failsafe way to see if PHP is being run on the command line.

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Javascript Class

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CodeIgniter provides a library to help you with certain common functions that you may want to use with Javascript. Please note that CodeIgniter does not require the jQuery library to run, and that any scripting library will work equally well. The jQuery library is simply presented as a convenience if you choose to use it.

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Initializing the Class

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To initialize the Javascript class manually in your controller constructor, use the $this->load->library function. Currently, the only available library is jQuery, which will automatically be loaded like this:

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The Javascript class also accepts parameters, js_library_driver (string) default 'jquery' and autoload (bool) default TRUE. You may override the defaults if you wish by sending an associative array:

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Again, presently only 'jquery' is available. You may wish to set autoload to FALSE, though, if you do not want the jQuery library to automatically include a script tag for the main jQuery script file. This is useful if you are loading it from a location outside of CodeIgniter, or already have the script tag in your markup.

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Setup and Configuration

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Set these variables in your view

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As a Javascript library, your files must be available to your application.

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As Javascript is a client side language, the library must be able to write content into your final output. This generally means a view. You'll need to include the following variables in the <head> sections of your output.

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$library_src, is where the actual library file will be loaded, as well as any subsequent plugin script calls; $script_head is where specific events, functions and other commands will be rendered.

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Set the path to the librarys with config items

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There are some configuration items in Javascript library. These can either be set in application/config.php, within its own config/javascript.php file, or within any controller usings the set_item() function.

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An image to be used as an "ajax loader", or progress indicator. Without one, the simple text message of "loading" will appear when Ajax calls need to be made.

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$config['javascript_location'] = 'http://localhost/codeigniter/themes/js/jquery/';
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The jQuery Class

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To initialize the jQuery class manually in your controller constructor, use the $this->load->library function:

- -$this->load->library('jquery'); - -

You may send an optional parameter to determine whether or not a script tag for the main jQuery file will be automatically included when loading the library. It will be created by default. To prevent this, load the library as follows:

- -$this->load->library('jquery', FALSE); - -

Once loaded, the jQuery library object will be available using: $this->jquery

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jQuery Events

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Events are set using the following syntax.

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$this->jquery->event('element_path', code_to_run());

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In the above example:

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Effects

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The query library supports a powerful Effects repertoire. Before an effect can be used, it must be loaded:

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$this->jquery->effect([optional path] plugin name); -// for example -$this->jquery->effect('bounce'); -

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hide() / show()

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Each of this functions will affect the visibility of an item on your page. hide() will set an item invisible, show() will reveal it.

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$this->jquery->hide(target, optional speed, optional extra information);
- $this->jquery->show(target, optional speed, optional extra information);

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toggle()

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toggle() will change the visibility of an item to the opposite of its current state, hiding visible elements, and revealing hidden ones.

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$this->jquery->toggle(target);

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animate()

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$this->jquery->animate(target, parameters, optional speed, optional extra information);

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For a full summary, see http://docs.jquery.com/Effects/animate

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Here is an example of an animate() called on a div with an id of "note", and triggered by a click using the jQuery library's click() event.

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$params = array(
- 'height' => 80,
- 'width' => '50%',
- 'marginLeft' => 125
-);
-$this->jquery->click('#trigger', $this->jquery->animate('#note', $params, normal));

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fadeIn() / fadeOut()

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$this->jquery->fadeIn(target, optional speed, optional extra information);
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toggleClass()

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This function will add or remove a CSS class to its target.

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$this->jquery->toggleClass(target, class)

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fadeIn() / fadeOut()

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These effects cause an element(s) to disappear or reappear over time.

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$this->jquery->fadeIn(target, optional speed, optional extra information);
- $this->jquery->fadeOut(target, optional speed, optional extra information);

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slideUp() / slideDown() / slideToggle()

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These effects cause an element(s) to slide.

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$this->jquery->slideUp(target, optional speed, optional extra information);
- $this->jquery->slideDown(target, optional speed, optional extra information);
-$this->jquery->slideToggle(target, optional speed, optional extra information);

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Plugins

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Some select jQuery plugins are made available using this library.

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corner()

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Used to add distinct corners to page elements. For full details see http://www.malsup.com/jquery/corner/

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$this->jquery->corner(target, corner_style);

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$this->jquery->corner("#note", "cool tl br");

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The Language Class provides functions to retrieve language files and lines of text for purposes of internationalization.

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In your CodeIgniter system folder you'll find one called language containing sets of language files. You can create -your own language files as needed in order to display error and other messages in other languages.

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Language files are typically stored in your system/language directory. Alternately you can create a folder called language inside -your application folder and store them there. CodeIgniter will look first in your application/language -directory. If the directory does not exist or the specified language is not located there CI will instead look in your global -system/language folder.

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Note:  Each language should be stored in its own folder. For example, the English files are located at: -system/language/english

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Creating Language Files

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Language files must be named with _lang.php as the file extension. For example, let's say you want to create a file -containing error messages. You might name it: error_lang.php

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Within the file you will assign each line of text to an array called $lang with this prototype:

- -$lang['language_key'] = "The actual message to be shown"; - -

Note: It's a good practice to use a common prefix for all messages in a given file to avoid collisions with -similarly named items in other files. For example, if you are creating error messages you might prefix them with error_

- -$lang['error_email_missing'] = "You must submit an email address";
-$lang['error_url_missing'] = "You must submit a URL";
-$lang['error_username_missing'] = "You must submit a username";
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Loading A Language File

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In order to fetch a line from a particular file you must load the file first. Loading a language file is done with the following code:

- -$this->lang->load('filename', 'language'); - -

Where filename is the name of the file you wish to load (without the file extension), and language -is the language set containing it (ie, english). If the second parameter is missing, the default language set in your -application/config/config.php file will be used.

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Fetching a Line of Text

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Once your desired language file is loaded you can access any line of text using this function:

- -$this->lang->line('language_key'); - -

Where language_key is the array key corresponding to the line you wish to show.

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Note: This function simply returns the line. It does not echo it for you.

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Using language lines as form labels

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Auto-loading Languages

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If you find that you need a particular language globally throughout your application, you can tell CodeIgniter to auto-load it during system initialization. This is done by opening the application/config/autoload.php file and adding the language(s) to the autoload array.

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Loader, as the name suggests, is used to load elements. These elements can be libraries (classes) View files, -Helpers, Models, or your own files.

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Note: This class is initialized automatically by the system so there is no need to do it manually.

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$this->load->library('class_name', $config, 'object name')

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This function is used to load core classes. Where class_name is the name of the class you want to load. -Note: We use the terms "class" and "library" interchangeably.

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For example, if you would like to send email with CodeIgniter, the first step is to load the email class within your controller:

- -$this->load->library('email'); - -

Once loaded, the library will be ready for use, using $this->email->some_function().

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Library files can be stored in subdirectories within the main "libraries" folder, or within your personal application/libraries folder. -To load a file located in a subdirectory, simply include the path, relative to the "libraries" folder. -For example, if you have file located at:

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You will load it using:

- -$this->load->library('flavors/chocolate'); - -

You may nest the file in as many subdirectories as you want.

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Additionally, multiple libraries can be loaded at the same time by passing an array of libraries to the load function.

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Setting options

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The second (optional) parameter allows you to optionally pass configuration setting. You will typically pass these as an array:

- - -$config = array (
-                  'mailtype' => 'html',
-                  'charset'  => 'utf-8,
-                  'priority' => '1'
-               );
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Assigning a Library to a different object name

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If the third (optional) parameter is blank, the library will usually be assigned to an object with the same name as the library. For example, if the library is named Session, it -will be assigned to a variable named $this->session.

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If you prefer to set your own class names you can pass its value to the third parameter:

- -$this->load->library('session', '', 'my_session');

- -// Session class is now accessed using:

- -$this->my_session - -
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$this->load->view('file_name', $data, true/false)

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This function is used to load your View files. If you haven't read the Views section of the -user guide it is recommended that you do since it shows you how this function is typically used.

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The first parameter is required. It is the name of the view file you would like to load.  Note: The .php file extension does not need to be specified unless you use something other than .php.

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The second optional parameter can take -an associative array or an object as input, which it runs through the PHP extract function to -convert to variables that can be used in your view files. Again, read the Views page to learn -how this might be useful.

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The third optional parameter lets you change the behavior of the function so that it returns data as a string -rather than sending it to your browser. This can be useful if you want to process the data in some way. If you -set the parameter to true (boolean) it will return data. The default behavior is false, which sends it -to your browser. Remember to assign it to a variable if you want the data returned:

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$this->load->model('Model_name');

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$this->load->model('Model_name');

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If your model is located in a sub-folder, include the relative path from your models folder. For example, if you have a model located at application/models/blog/queries.php you'll load it using:

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$this->load->model('blog/queries');

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If you would like your model assigned to a different object name you can specify it via the second parameter of the loading - function:

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$this->load->database('options', true/false)

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This function lets you load the database class. The two parameters are optional. Please see the -database section for more info.

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$this->load->vars($array)

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This function takes an associative array as input and generates variables using the PHP extract function. -This function produces the same result as using the second parameter of the $this->load->view() function above. The reason you might -want to use this function independently is if you would like to set some global variables in the constructor of your controller -and have them become available in any view file loaded from any function. You can have multiple calls to this function. The data get cached -and merged into one array for conversion to variables. -

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This function checks the associative array of variables available to your views. This is useful if for any reason a var is set in a library or another controller method using $this->load->vars(). -

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This function loads helper files, where file_name is the name of the file, without the _helper.php extension.

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$this->load->file('filepath/filename', true/false)

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This is a generic file loading function. Supply the filepath and name in the first parameter and it will open and read the file. -By default the data is sent to your browser, just like a View file, but if you set the second parameter to true (boolean) -it will instead return the data as a string.

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Application "Packages"

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An application package allows for the easy distribution of complete sets of resources in a single directory, complete with its own libraries, models, helpers, config, and language files. It is recommended that these packages be placed in the application/third_party folder. Below is a sample map of an package directory

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Sample Package "Foo Bar" Directory Map

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The following is an example of a directory for an application package named "Foo Bar".

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-config/
-helpers/
-language/
-libraries/
-models/
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Whatever the purpose of the "Foo Bar" application package, it has its own config files, helpers, language files, libraries, and models. To use these resources in your controllers, you first need to tell the Loader that you are going to be loading resources from a package, by adding the package path.

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$this->load->add_package_path()

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Adding a package path instructs the Loader class to prepend a given path for subsequent requests for resources. As an example, the "Foo Bar" application package above has a library named Foo_bar.php. In our controller, we'd do the following:

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$this->load->remove_package_path()

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When your controller is finished using resources from an application package, and particularly if you have other application packages you want to work with, you may wish to remove the package path so the Loader no longer looks in that folder for resources. To remove the last path added, simply call the method with no parameters.

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$this->load->remove_package_path()

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Or to remove a specific package path, specify the same path previously given to add_package_path() for a package.:

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Package view files

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By Default, package view files paths are set when add_package_path() is called. View paths are looped through, and once a match is encountered that view is loaded.

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In this instance, it is possible for view naming collisions within packages to occur, and possibly the incorrect package being loaded. To ensure against this, set an optional second parameter of FALSE when calling add_package_path().

- - -$this->load->add_package_path(APPPATH.'my_app', FALSE);
-$this->load->view('my_app_index'); // Loads
-$this->load->view('welcome_message'); // Will not load the default welcome_message b/c the second param to add_package_path is FALSE
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-$this->load->remove_package_path(APPPATH.'my_app');
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Permits you to set the mime-type of your page so you can serve JSON data, JPEG's, XML, etc easily.

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$this->output->set_header();

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Permits you to manually set server headers, which the output class will send for you when outputting the final rendered display. Example:

- - -$this->output->set_header("HTTP/1.0 200 OK");
-$this->output->set_header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
-$this->output->set_header('Last-Modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', $last_update).' GMT');
-$this->output->set_header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");
-$this->output->set_header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0");
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$this->output->set_status_header(code, 'text');

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Permits you to manually set a server status header. Example:

- -$this->output->set_status_header('401');
-// Sets the header as: Unauthorized
- -

See here for a full list of headers.

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$this->output->enable_profiler();

- -

Permits you to enable/disable the Profiler, which will display benchmark and other data -at the bottom of your pages for debugging and optimization purposes.

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To enable the profiler place the following function anywhere within your Controller functions:

-$this->output->enable_profiler(TRUE); - -

When enabled a report will be generated and inserted at the bottom of your pages.

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To disable the profiler you will use:

-$this->output->enable_profiler(FALSE); - -

$this->output->set_profiler_sections();

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Permits you to enable/disable specific sections of the Profiler when enabled. Please refer to the Profiler documentation for further information.

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$this->output->cache();

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If you are not familiar with the term "pagination", it refers to links that allows you to navigate from page to page, like this:

- -« First  < 1 2 3 4 5 >  Last » - -

Example

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Here is a simple example showing how to create pagination in one of your controller functions:

- - -$this->load->library('pagination');

-$config['base_url'] = 'http://example.com/index.php/test/page/';
-$config['total_rows'] = 200;
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-$this->pagination->initialize($config); - -

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- - - -

The create_links() function returns an empty string when there is no pagination to show.

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Setting preferences in a config file

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If you prefer not to set preferences using the above method, you can instead put them into a config file. -Simply create a new file called pagination.php, add the $config -array in that file. Then save the file in: config/pagination.php and it will be used automatically. You -will NOT need to use the $this->pagination->initialize function if you save your preferences in a config file.

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Customizing the Pagination

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The following is a list of all the preferences you can pass to the initialization function to tailor the display.

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$config['uri_segment'] = 3;

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The pagination function automatically determines which segment of your URI contains the page number. If you need -something different you can specify it.

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$config['num_links'] = 2;

- -

The number of "digit" links you would like before and after the selected page number. For example, the number 2 - will place two digits on either side, as in the example links at the very top of this page.

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$config['use_page_numbers'] = TRUE;

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By default, the URI segment will use the starting index for the items you are paginating. If you prefer to show the the actual page number, set this to TRUE.

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$config['page_query_string'] = TRUE;

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By default, the pagination library assume you are using URI Segments, and constructs your links something like

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http://example.com/index.php/test/page/20

-

If you have $config['enable_query_strings'] set to TRUE your links will automatically be re-written using Query Strings. This option can also be explictly set. Using $config['page_query_string'] set to TRUE, the pagination link will become.

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http://example.com/index.php?c=test&m=page&per_page=20

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Note that "per_page" is the default query string passed, however can be configured using $config['query_string_segment'] = 'your_string'

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Adding Enclosing Markup

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If you would like to surround the entire pagination with some markup you can do it with these two prefs:

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$config['full_tag_open'] = '<p>';

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The opening tag placed on the left side of the entire result.

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$config['full_tag_close'] = '</p>';

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The closing tag placed on the right side of the entire result.

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Customizing the First Link

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$config['first_link'] = 'First';

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The text you would like shown in the "first" link on the left. If you do not want this link rendered, you can set its value to FALSE.

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$config['first_tag_open'] = '<div>';

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The opening tag for the "first" link.

- -

$config['first_tag_close'] = '</div>';

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The closing tag for the "first" link.

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Customizing the Last Link

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$config['last_link'] = 'Last';

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The text you would like shown in the "last" link on the right. If you do not want this link rendered, you can set its value to FALSE.

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$config['last_tag_open'] = '<div>';

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The opening tag for the "last" link.

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$config['last_tag_close'] = '</div>';

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The closing tag for the "last" link.

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Customizing the "Next" Link

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$config['next_link'] = '&gt;';

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The text you would like shown in the "next" page link. If you do not want this link rendered, you can set its value to FALSE.

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$config['next_tag_open'] = '<div>';

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The opening tag for the "next" link.

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$config['next_tag_close'] = '</div>';

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The closing tag for the "next" link.

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Customizing the "Previous" Link

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$config['prev_link'] = '&lt;';

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The text you would like shown in the "previous" page link. If you do not want this link rendered, you can set its value to FALSE.

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$config['prev_tag_open'] = '<div>';

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The opening tag for the "previous" link.

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$config['prev_tag_close'] = '</div>';

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The closing tag for the "previous" link.

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Customizing the "Current Page" Link

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$config['cur_tag_open'] = '<b>';

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The opening tag for the "current" link.

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$config['cur_tag_close'] = '</b>';

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The closing tag for the "current" link.

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Customizing the "Digit" Link

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$config['num_tag_open'] = '<div>';

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The opening tag for the "digit" link.

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$config['num_tag_close'] = '</div>';

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The closing tag for the "digit" link.

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Hiding the Pages

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If you wanted to not list the specific pages (for example, you only want "next" and "previous" links), you can suppress their rendering by adding:

- - -$config['display_pages'] = FALSE; - - - -

Adding a class to every anchor

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If you want to add a class attribute to every link rendered by the pagination class, you can set the config "anchor_class" equal to the classname you want.

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- -<html>
-<head>
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-</head>
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-{/blog_entries}
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These variables are not actual PHP variables, but rather plain text representations that allow you to eliminate -PHP from your templates (view files).

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Note: CodeIgniter does not require you to use this class -since using pure PHP in your view pages lets them run a little faster. However, some developers prefer to use a template engine if -they work with designers who they feel would find some confusion working with PHP.

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Initializing the Class

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Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the Parser class is initialized in your controller using the $this->load->library function:

- -$this->load->library('parser'); -

Once loaded, the Parser library object will be available using: $this->parser

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The following functions are available in this library:

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$this->parser->parse()

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This method accepts a template name and data array as input, and it generates a parsed version. Example:

- -$this->load->library('parser');
-
-$data = array(
-            'blog_title' => 'My Blog Title',
-            'blog_heading' => 'My Blog Heading'
-            );
-
-$this->parser->parse('blog_template', $data);
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The first parameter contains the name of the view file (in this example the file would be called blog_template.php), -and the second parameter contains an associative array of data to be replaced in the template. In the above example, the -template would contain two variables: {blog_title} and {blog_heading}

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There is no need to "echo" or do something with the data returned by $this->parser->parse(). It is automatically -passed to the output class to be sent to the browser. However, if you do want the data returned instead of sent to the output class you can -pass TRUE (boolean) to the third parameter:

- -$string = $this->parser->parse('blog_template', $data, TRUE); - -

$this->parser->parse_string()

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This method works exactly like parse(), only accepts a string as the first parameter in place of a view file.

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Variable Pairs

- -

The above example code allows simple variables to be replaced. What if you would like an entire block of variables to be -repeated, with each iteration containing new values? Consider the template example we showed at the top of the page:

- -<html>
-<head>
-<title>{blog_title}</title>
-</head>
-<body>
-
-<h3>{blog_heading}</h3>
-
-{blog_entries}
-<h5>{title}</h5>
-<p>{body}</p>
-{/blog_entries}
- -</body>
-</html>
- -

In the above code you'll notice a pair of variables: {blog_entries} data... {/blog_entries}. -In a case like this, the entire chunk of data between these pairs would be repeated multiple times, corresponding -to the number of rows in a result.

- -

Parsing variable pairs is done using the identical code shown above to parse single variables, -except, you will add a multi-dimensional array corresponding to your variable pair data. -Consider this example:

- - -$this->load->library('parser');
-
-$data = array(
-              'blog_title'   => 'My Blog Title',
-              'blog_heading' => 'My Blog Heading',
-              'blog_entries' => array(
-                                      array('title' => 'Title 1', 'body' => 'Body 1'),
-                                      array('title' => 'Title 2', 'body' => 'Body 2'),
-                                      array('title' => 'Title 3', 'body' => 'Body 3'),
-                                      array('title' => 'Title 4', 'body' => 'Body 4'),
-                                      array('title' => 'Title 5', 'body' => 'Body 5')
-                                      )
-            );
-
-$this->parser->parse('blog_template', $data);
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If your "pair" data is coming from a database result, which is already a multi-dimensional array, you can simply -use the database result_array() function:

- - -$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM blog");
-
-$this->load->library('parser');
-
-$data = array(
-              'blog_title'   => 'My Blog Title',
-              'blog_heading' => 'My Blog Heading',
-              'blog_entries' => $query->result_array()
-            );
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XSS Filtering

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CodeIgniter comes with a Cross Site Scripting Hack prevention filter which can either run automatically to filter -all POST and COOKIE data that is encountered, or you can run it on a per item basis. By default it does not -run globally since it requires a bit of processing overhead, and since you may not need it in all cases.

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The XSS filter looks for commonly used techniques to trigger Javascript or other types of code that attempt to hijack cookies -or do other malicious things. If anything disallowed is encountered it is rendered safe by converting the data to character entities.

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-Note: This function should only be used to deal with data upon submission. It's not something that should be used for general runtime processing since it requires a fair amount of processing overhead.

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To filter data through the XSS filter use this function:

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$this->security->xss_clean()

- -

Here is an usage example:

- -$data = $this->security->xss_clean($data); - -

If you want the filter to run automatically every time it encounters POST or COOKIE data you can enable it by opening your -application/config/config.php file and setting this:

- -$config['global_xss_filtering'] = TRUE; - -

Note: If you use the form validation class, it gives you the option of XSS filtering as well.

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An optional second parameter, is_image, allows this function to be used to test images for potential XSS attacks, useful for file upload security. When this second parameter is set to TRUE, instead of returning an altered string, the function returns TRUE if the image is safe, and FALSE if it contained potentially malicious information that a browser may attempt to execute.

- -if ($this->security->xss_clean($file, TRUE) === FALSE)
-{
-    // file failed the XSS test
-}
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$this->security->sanitize_filename()

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When accepting filenames from user input, it is best to sanitize them to prevent directory traversal and other security related issues. To do so, use the sanitize_filename() method of the Security class. Here is an example:

- -$filename = $this->security->sanitize_filename($this->input->post('filename')); - -

If it is acceptable for the user input to include relative paths, e.g. file/in/some/approved/folder.txt, you can set the second optional parameter, - $relative_path to TRUE.

- -$filename = $this->security->sanitize_filename($this->input->post('filename'), TRUE); - - - -

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

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You can enable csrf protection by opening your application/config/config.php file and setting this:

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If you use the form helper the form_open() function will automatically insert a hidden csrf field in your forms.

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Select URIs can be whitelisted from csrf protection (for example API endpoints expecting externally POSTed content). You can add these URIs by editing the 'csrf_exclude_uris' config parameter:

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The Session class permits you maintain a user's "state" and track their activity while they browse your site. -The Session class stores session information for each user as serialized (and optionally encrypted) data in a cookie. -It can also store the session data in a database table for added security, as this permits the session ID in the -user's cookie to be matched against the stored session ID. By default only the cookie is saved. If you choose to -use the database option you'll need to create the session table as indicated below. -

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Note: The Session class does not utilize native PHP sessions. It -generates its own session data, offering more flexibility for developers.

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Note: Even if you are not using encrypted sessions, you must set -an encryption key in your config file which is used to aid in preventing session data manipulation.

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Initializing a Session

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Sessions will typically run globally with each page load, so the session class must either be -initialized in your -controller constructors, or it can be -auto-loaded by the system. -For the most part the session class will run unattended in the background, so simply initializing the class -will cause it to read, create, and update sessions.

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To initialize the Session class manually in your controller constructor, use the $this->load->library function:

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Once loaded, the Sessions library object will be available using: $this->session

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How do Sessions work?

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When a page is loaded, the session class will check to see if valid session data exists in the user's session cookie. -If sessions data does not exist (or if it has expired) a new session will be created and saved in the cookie. -If a session does exist, its information will be updated and the cookie will be updated. With each update, the session_id will be regenerated.

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It's important for you to understand that once initialized, the Session class runs automatically. There is nothing -you need to do to cause the above behavior to happen. You can, as you'll see below, work with session data or -even add your own data to a user's session, but the process of reading, writing, and updating a session is automatic.

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What is Session Data?

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A session, as far as CodeIgniter is concerned, is simply an array containing the following information:

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The above data is stored in a cookie as a serialized array with this prototype:

- -[array]
-(
-     'session_id'    => random hash,
-     'ip_address'    => 'string - user IP address',
-     'user_agent'    => 'string - user agent data',
-     'last_activity' => timestamp
-)
- -

If you have the encryption option enabled, the serialized array will be encrypted before being stored in the cookie, -making the data highly secure and impervious to being read or altered by someone. More info regarding encryption -can be found here, although the Session class will take care of initializing -and encrypting the data automatically.

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Note: Session cookies are only updated every five minutes by default to reduce processor load. If you repeatedly reload a page -you'll notice that the "last activity" time only updates if five minutes or more has passed since the last time -the cookie was written. This time is configurable by changing the $config['sess_time_to_update'] line in your system/config/config.php file.

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Retrieving Session Data

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Any piece of information from the session array is available using the following function:

- -$this->session->userdata('item'); - -

Where item is the array index corresponding to the item you wish to fetch. For example, to fetch the session ID you -will do this:

- -$session_id = $this->session->userdata('session_id'); - -

Note: The function returns FALSE (boolean) if the item you are trying to access does not exist.

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Adding Custom Session Data

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A useful aspect of the session array is that you can add your own data to it and it will be stored in the user's cookie. -Why would you want to do this? Here's one example:

- -

Let's say a particular user logs into your site. Once authenticated, -you could add their username and email address to the session cookie, making that data globally available to you without -having to run a database query when you need it.

- -

To add your data to the session array involves passing an array containing your new data to this function:

- -$this->session->set_userdata($array); - -

Where $array is an associative array containing your new data. Here's an example:

- - -

$newdata = array(
-                    'username'  => 'johndoe',
-                    'email'     => 'johndoe@some-site.com',
-                    'logged_in' => TRUE
-                );
-
- $this->session->set_userdata($newdata);

-

If you want to add userdata one value at a time, set_userdata() also supports this syntax.

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$this->session->set_userdata('some_name', 'some_value');

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Note: Cookies can only hold 4KB of data, so be careful not to exceed the capacity. The -encryption process in particular produces a longer data string than the original so keep careful track of how much data you are storing.

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Retrieving All Session Data

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An array of all userdata can be retrieved as follows:

-$this->session->all_userdata() - -

And returns an associative array like the following:

- -
-Array
-(
-    [session_id] => 4a5a5dca22728fb0a84364eeb405b601
-    [ip_address] => 127.0.0.1
-    [user_agent] => Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_7;
-    [last_activity] => 1303142623
-)
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Removing Session Data

-

Just as set_userdata() can be used to add information into a session, unset_userdata() can be used to remove it, by passing the session key. For example, if you wanted to remove 'some_name' from your session information:

-

$this->session->unset_userdata('some_name');

-

This function can also be passed an associative array of items to unset.

-

$array_items = array('username' => '', 'email' => '');
-
-$this->session->unset_userdata($array_items);

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Flashdata

-

CodeIgniter supports "flashdata", or session data that will only be available for the next server request, and are then automatically cleared. These can be very useful, and are typically used for informational or status messages (for example: "record 2 deleted").

-

Note: Flash variables are prefaced with "flash_" so avoid this prefix in your own session names.

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To add flashdata:

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$this->session->set_flashdata('item', 'value');

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You can also pass an array to set_flashdata(), in the same manner as set_userdata().

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To read a flashdata variable:

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$this->session->flashdata('item');

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If you find that you need to preserve a flashdata variable through an additional request, you can do so using the keep_flashdata() function.

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$this->session->keep_flashdata('item');

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Saving Session Data to a Database

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While the session data array stored in the user's cookie contains a Session ID, -unless you store session data in a database there is no way to validate it. For some applications that require little or no -security, session ID validation may not be needed, but if your application requires security, validation is mandatory. Otherwise, an old session -could be restored by a user modifying their cookies.

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When session data is available in a database, every time a valid session is found in the user's cookie, a database -query is performed to match it. If the session ID does not match, the session is destroyed. Session IDs can never -be updated, they can only be generated when a new session is created.

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In order to store sessions, you must first create a database table for this purpose. Here is the basic -prototype (for MySQL) required by the session class:

- - - -

Note: By default the table is called ci_sessions, but you can name it anything you want -as long as you update the application/config/config.php file so that it contains the name you have chosen. -Once you have created your database table you can enable the database option in your config.php file as follows:

- -$config['sess_use_database'] = TRUE; - -

Once enabled, the Session class will store session data in the DB.

- -

Make sure you've specified the table name in your config file as well:

- -$config['sess_table_name'] = 'ci_sessions'; - -

Note: The Session class has built-in garbage collection which clears out expired sessions so you -do not need to write your own routine to do it.

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Destroying a Session

-

To clear the current session:

-$this->session->sess_destroy(); -

Note: This function should be the last one called, and even flash variables will no longer be available. If you only want some items destroyed and not all, use unset_userdata().

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sess_cookie_nameci_sessionNoneThe name you want the session cookie saved as.
sess_expiration7200NoneThe number of seconds you would like the session to last. The default value is 2 hours (7200 seconds). If you would like a non-expiring session set the value to zero: 0
sess_expire_on_closeFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Whether to cause the session to expire automatically when the browser window is closed.
sess_encrypt_cookieFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Whether to encrypt the session data.
sess_use_databaseFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Whether to save the session data to a database. You must create the table before enabling this option.
sess_table_nameci_sessionsAny valid SQL table nameThe name of the session database table.
sess_time_to_update300Time in secondsThis options controls how often the session class will regenerate itself and create a new session id.
sess_match_ipFALSETRUE/FALSE (boolean)Whether to match the user's IP address when reading the session data. Note that some ISPs dynamically - changes the IP, so if you want a non-expiring session you will likely set this to FALSE.
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The Table Class provides functions that enable you to auto-generate HTML tables from arrays or database result sets.

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Initializing the Class

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Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the Table class is initialized in your controller using the $this->load->library function:

- -$this->load->library('table'); -

Once loaded, the Table library object will be available using: $this->table

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Examples

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Here is an example showing how you can create a table from a multi-dimensional array. -Note that the first array index will become the table heading (or you can set your own headings using the -set_heading() function described in the function reference below).

- - -$this->load->library('table');
-
-$data = array(
-             array('Name', 'Color', 'Size'),
-             array('Fred', 'Blue', 'Small'),
-             array('Mary', 'Red', 'Large'),
-             array('John', 'Green', 'Medium')
-             );
-
-echo $this->table->generate($data); -
- -

Here is an example of a table created from a database query result. The table class will automatically generate the -headings based on the table names (or you can set your own headings using the set_heading() function described -in the function reference below).

- - -$this->load->library('table');
-
-$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM my_table");
-
-echo $this->table->generate($query); -
- - -

Here is an example showing how you might create a table using discrete parameters:

- - -$this->load->library('table');
-
-$this->table->set_heading('Name', 'Color', 'Size');
-
-$this->table->add_row('Fred', 'Blue', 'Small');
-$this->table->add_row('Mary', 'Red', 'Large');
-$this->table->add_row('John', 'Green', 'Medium');
-
-echo $this->table->generate(); -
- -

Here is the same example, except instead of individual parameters, arrays are used:

- - -$this->load->library('table');
-
-$this->table->set_heading(array('Name', 'Color', 'Size'));
-
-$this->table->add_row(array('Fred', 'Blue', 'Small'));
-$this->table->add_row(array('Mary', 'Red', 'Large'));
-$this->table->add_row(array('John', 'Green', 'Medium'));
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-echo $this->table->generate(); -
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Changing the Look of Your Table

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The Table Class permits you to set a table template with which you can specify the design of your layout. Here is the template -prototype:

- - -$tmpl = array (
-                    'table_open'          => '<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">',
-
-                    'heading_row_start'   => '<tr>',
-                    'heading_row_end'     => '</tr>',
-                    'heading_cell_start'  => '<th>',
-                    'heading_cell_end'    => '</th>',
-
-                    'row_start'           => '<tr>',
-                    'row_end'             => '</tr>',
-                    'cell_start'          => '<td>',
-                    'cell_end'            => '</td>',
-
-                    'row_alt_start'       => '<tr>',
-                    'row_alt_end'         => '</tr>',
-                    'cell_alt_start'      => '<td>',
-                    'cell_alt_end'        => '</td>',
-
-                    'table_close'         => '</table>'
-              );
- -
-$this->table->set_template($tmpl); -
- -

Note:  You'll notice there are two sets of "row" blocks in the template. These permit you to create alternating row colors or design elements that alternate with each -iteration of the row data.

- -

You are NOT required to submit a complete template. If you only need to change parts of the layout you can simply submit those elements. -In this example, only the table opening tag is being changed:

- - -$tmpl = array ( 'table_open'  => '<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="mytable">' );
- -
-$this->table->set_template($tmpl); -
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Function Reference

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$this->table->generate()

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Returns a string containing the generated table. Accepts an optional parameter which can be an array or a database result object.

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$this->table->set_caption()

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Permits you to add a caption to the table.

- -$this->table->set_caption('Colors'); - -

$this->table->set_heading()

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Permits you to set the table heading. You can submit an array or discrete params:

- -$this->table->set_heading('Name', 'Color', 'Size'); -$this->table->set_heading(array('Name', 'Color', 'Size')); - -

$this->table->add_row()

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Permits you to add a row to your table. You can submit an array or discrete params:

- -$this->table->add_row('Blue', 'Red', 'Green'); -$this->table->add_row(array('Blue', 'Red', 'Green')); - -

If you would like to set an individual cell's tag attributes, you can use an associative array for that cell. The associative key 'data' defines the cell's data. Any other key => val pairs are added as key='val' attributes to the tag:

- -$cell = array('data' => 'Blue', 'class' => 'highlight', 'colspan' => 2);
-$this->table->add_row($cell, 'Red', 'Green');
-
-// generates
-// <td class='highlight' colspan='2'>Blue</td><td>Red</td><td>Green</td> -
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$this->table->make_columns()

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This function takes a one-dimensional array as input and creates -a multi-dimensional array with a depth equal to the number of -columns desired. This allows a single array with many elements to be -displayed in a table that has a fixed column count. Consider this example:

- - -$list = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six', 'seven', 'eight', 'nine', 'ten', 'eleven', 'twelve');
-
-$new_list = $this->table->make_columns($list, 3);
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-$this->table->generate($new_list);
-
-// Generates a table with this prototype
-
-<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
-<tr>
-<td>one</td><td>two</td><td>three</td>
-</tr><tr>
-<td>four</td><td>five</td><td>six</td>
-</tr><tr>
-<td>seven</td><td>eight</td><td>nine</td>
-</tr><tr>
-<td>ten</td><td>eleven</td><td>twelve</td></tr>
-</table>
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$this->table->set_template()

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Permits you to set your template. You can submit a full or partial template.

- - -$tmpl = array ( 'table_open'  => '<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" class="mytable">' );
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-$this->table->set_template($tmpl); -
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$this->table->set_empty()

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Let's you set a default value for use in any table cells that are empty. You might, for example, set a non-breaking space:

- - -$this->table->set_empty("&nbsp;"); - - -

$this->table->clear()

- -

Lets you clear the table heading and row data. If you need to show multiple tables with different data you should -to call this function after each table has been generated to empty the previous table information. Example:

- - -$this->load->library('table');
-
-$this->table->set_heading('Name', 'Color', 'Size');
-$this->table->add_row('Fred', 'Blue', 'Small');
-$this->table->add_row('Mary', 'Red', 'Large');
-$this->table->add_row('John', 'Green', 'Medium');
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-echo $this->table->generate();
-
-$this->table->clear();
-
-$this->table->set_heading('Name', 'Day', 'Delivery');
-$this->table->add_row('Fred', 'Wednesday', 'Express');
-$this->table->add_row('Mary', 'Monday', 'Air');
-$this->table->add_row('John', 'Saturday', 'Overnight');
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-echo $this->table->generate(); -
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$this->table->function

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Allows you to specify a native PHP function or a valid function array object to be applied to all cell data.

- -$this->load->library('table');
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-$this->table->set_heading('Name', 'Color', 'Size');
-$this->table->add_row('Fred', '<strong>Blue</strong>', 'Small');
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-$this->table->function = 'htmlspecialchars';
-echo $this->table->generate();
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In the above example, all cell data would be ran through PHP's htmlspecialchars() function, resulting in:

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Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the Trackback class is initialized in your controller using the $this->load->library function:

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Once loaded, the Trackback library object will be available using: $this->trackback

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Sending Trackbacks

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A Trackback can be sent from any of your controller functions using code similar to this example:

- -$this->load->library('trackback');
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-$tb_data = array(
-                'ping_url'  => 'http://example.com/trackback/456',
-                'url'       => 'http://www.my-example.com/blog/entry/123',
-                'title'     => 'The Title of My Entry',
-                'excerpt'   => 'The entry content.',
-                'blog_name' => 'My Blog Name',
-                'charset'   => 'utf-8'
-                );
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-if ( ! $this->trackback->send($tb_data))
-{
-     echo $this->trackback->display_errors();
-}
-else
-{
-     echo 'Trackback was sent!';
-}
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Description of array data:

- - - -

The Trackback sending function returns TRUE/FALSE (boolean) on success or failure. If it fails, you can retrieve the error message using:

- -$this->trackback->display_errors(); - - -

Receiving Trackbacks

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Before you can receive Trackbacks you must create a weblog. If you don't have a blog yet there's no point in continuing.

- -

Receiving Trackbacks is a little more complex than sending them, only because you will need a database table in which to store them, -and you will need to validate the incoming trackback data. You are encouraged to implement a thorough validation process to -guard against spam and duplicate data. You may also want to limit the number of Trackbacks you allow from a particular IP within -a given span of time to further curtail spam. The process of receiving a Trackback is quite simple; -the validation is what takes most of the effort.

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Your Ping URL

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In order to accept Trackbacks you must display a Trackback URL next to each one of your weblog entries. This will be the URL -that people will use to send you Trackbacks (we will refer to this as your "Ping URL").

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Your Ping URL must point to a controller function where your Trackback receiving code is located, and the URL -must contain the ID number for each particular entry, so that when the Trackback is received you'll be -able to associate it with a particular entry.

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For example, if your controller class is called Trackback, and the receiving function is called receive, your -Ping URLs will look something like this:

- -http://example.com/index.php/trackback/receive/entry_id - -

Where entry_id represents the individual ID number for each of your entries.

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Creating a Trackback Table

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Before you can receive Trackbacks you must create a table in which to store them. Here is a basic prototype for such a table:

- - - - -

The Trackback specification only requires four pieces of information to be sent in a Trackback (url, title, excerpt, blog_name), -but to make the data more useful we've added a few more fields in the above table schema (date, IP address, etc.).

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Processing a Trackback

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Here is an example showing how you will receive and process a Trackback. The following -code is intended for use within the controller function where you expect to receive Trackbacks.

- -$this->load->library('trackback');
-$this->load->database();
-
-if ($this->uri->segment(3) == FALSE)
-{
-    $this->trackback->send_error("Unable to determine the entry ID");
-}
-
-if ( ! $this->trackback->receive())
-{
-    $this->trackback->send_error("The Trackback did not contain valid data");
-}
-
-$data = array(
-                'tb_id'      => '',
-                'entry_id'   => $this->uri->segment(3),
-                'url'        => $this->trackback->data('url'),
-                'title'      => $this->trackback->data('title'),
-                'excerpt'    => $this->trackback->data('excerpt'),
-                'blog_name'  => $this->trackback->data('blog_name'),
-                'tb_date'    => time(),
-                'ip_address' => $this->input->ip_address()
-                );
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Notes:

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The entry ID number is expected in the third segment of your URL. This is based on the URI example we gave earlier:

- -http://example.com/index.php/trackback/receive/entry_id - -

Notice the entry_id is in the third URI segment, which you can retrieve using:

- -$this->uri->segment(3); - -

In our Trackback receiving code above, if the third segment is missing, we will issue an error. Without a valid entry ID, there's no -reason to continue.

- -

The $this->trackback->receive() function is simply a validation function that looks at the incoming data -and makes sure it contains the four pieces of data that are required (url, title, excerpt, blog_name). -It returns TRUE on success and FALSE on failure. If it fails you will issue an error message.

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The incoming Trackback data can be retrieved using this function:

- -$this->trackback->data('item') - -

Where item represents one of these four pieces of info: url, title, excerpt, or blog_name

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If the Trackback data is successfully received, you will issue a success message using:

- -$this->trackback->send_success(); - -

Note: The above code contains no data validation, which you are encouraged to add.

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- -$this->load->library('typography'); -

Once loaded, the Typography library object will be available using: $this->typography

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auto_typography()

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Formats text so that it is semantically and typographically correct HTML. Takes a string as input and returns it with -the following formatting:

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Usage example:

- -$string = $this->typography->auto_typography($string); - -

Parameters

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There is one optional parameters that determines whether the parser should reduce more then two consecutive line breaks down to two. Use boolean TRUE or FALSE.

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By default the parser does not reduce line breaks. In other words, if no parameters are submitted, it is the same as doing this:

- -$string = $this->typography->auto_typography($string, FALSE); - - -

Note: Typographic formatting can be processor intensive, particularly if you have a lot of content being formatted. -If you choose to use this function you may want to consider -caching your pages.

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format_characters()

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This function is similar to the auto_typography function above, except that it only does character conversion:

- - - -

Usage example:

- -$string = $this->typography->format_characters($string); - - -

nl2br_except_pre()

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Converts newlines to <br /> tags unless they appear within <pre> tags. -This function is identical to the native PHP nl2br() function, except that it ignores <pre> tags.

- -

Usage example:

- -$string = $this->typography->nl2br_except_pre($string); - -

protect_braced_quotes

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When using the Typography library in conjunction with the Template Parser library it can often be desirable to protect single - and double quotes within curly braces. To enable this, set the protect_braced_quotes class property to TRUE.

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CodeIgniter's Unit Test class is quite simple, consisting of an evaluation function and two result functions. -It's not intended to be a full-blown test suite but rather a simple mechanism to evaluate your code -to determine if it is producing the correct data type and result. -

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Once loaded, the Unit Test object will be available using: $this->unit

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Running Tests

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Running a test involves supplying a test and an expected result to the following function:

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$this->unit->run( test, expected result, 'test name', 'notes');

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Where test is the result of the code you wish to test, expected result is the data type you expect, -test name is an optional name you can give your test, and notes are optional notes. Example:

- -$test = 1 + 1;
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The expected result you supply can either be a literal match, or a data type match. Here's an example of a literal:

- -$this->unit->run('Foo', 'Foo'); - -

Here is an example of a data type match:

- -$this->unit->run('Foo', 'is_string'); - -

Notice the use of "is_string" in the second parameter? This tells the function to evaluate whether your test is producing a string -as the result. Here is a list of allowed comparison types:

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Generating Reports

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You can either display results after each test, or your can run several tests and generate a report at the end. -To show a report directly simply echo or return the run function:

- -echo $this->unit->run($test, $expected_result); - -

To run a full report of all tests, use this:

- -echo $this->unit->report(); - -

The report will be formatted in an HTML table for viewing. If you prefer the raw data you can retrieve an array using:

- -echo $this->unit->result(); - - -

Strict Mode

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By default the unit test class evaluates literal matches loosely. Consider this example:

- -$this->unit->run(1, TRUE); - -

The test is evaluating an integer, but the expected result is a boolean. PHP, however, due to it's loose data-typing -will evaluate the above code as TRUE using a normal equality test:

- -if (1 == TRUE) echo 'This evaluates as true'; - -

If you prefer, you can put the unit test class in to strict mode, which will compare the data type as well as the value:

- -if (1 === TRUE) echo 'This evaluates as FALSE'; - -

To enable strict mode use this:

- -$this->unit->use_strict(TRUE); - -

Enabling/Disabling Unit Testing

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If you would like to leave some testing in place in your scripts, but not have it run unless you need it, you can disable -unit testing using:

- -$this->unit->active(FALSE) - -

Unit Test Display

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When your unit test results display, the following items show by default:

- - - -You can customize which of these items get displayed by using $this->unit->set_items(). For example, if you only wanted the test name and the result displayed:

- -

Customizing displayed tests

- - - $this->unit->set_test_items(array('test_name', 'result')); - - -

Creating a Template

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If you would like your test results formatted differently then the default you can set your own template. Here is an -example of a simple template. Note the required pseudo-variables:

- - -$str = '
-<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1">
-    {rows}
-        <tr>
-        <td>{item}</td>
-        <td>{result}</td>
-        </tr>
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Note: This class is initialized automatically by the system so there is no need to do it manually.

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$this->uri->segment(n)

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Permits you to retrieve a specific segment. Where n is the segment number you wish to retrieve. -Segments are numbered from left to right. For example, if your full URL is this:

- -http://example.com/index.php/news/local/metro/crime_is_up - -

The segment numbers would be this:

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    -
  1. news
  2. -
  3. local
  4. -
  5. metro
  6. -
  7. crime_is_up
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By default the function returns FALSE (boolean) if the segment does not exist. There is an optional second parameter that -permits you to set your own default value if the segment is missing. -For example, this would tell the function to return the number zero in the event of failure:

- -$product_id = $this->uri->segment(3, 0); - -

It helps avoid having to write code like this:

- -if ($this->uri->segment(3) === FALSE)
-{
-    $product_id = 0;
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$this->uri->rsegment(n)

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This function is identical to the previous one, except that it lets you retrieve a specific segment from your -re-routed URI in the event you are using CodeIgniter's URI Routing feature.

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$this->uri->slash_segment(n)

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This function is almost identical to $this->uri->segment(), except it adds a trailing and/or leading slash based on the second -parameter. If the parameter is not used, a trailing slash added. Examples:

- -$this->uri->slash_segment(3);
-$this->uri->slash_segment(3, 'leading');
-$this->uri->slash_segment(3, 'both');
- -

Returns:

- -
    -
  1. segment/
  2. -
  3. /segment
  4. -
  5. /segment/
  6. -
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$this->uri->slash_rsegment(n)

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This function is identical to the previous one, except that it lets you add slashes a specific segment from your -re-routed URI in the event you are using CodeIgniter's URI Routing feature.

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$this->uri->uri_to_assoc(n)

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This function lets you turn URI segments into and associative array of key/value pairs. Consider this URI:

- -index.php/user/search/name/joe/location/UK/gender/male - -

Using this function you can turn the URI into an associative array with this prototype:

- -[array]
-(
-    'name' => 'joe'
-    'location' => 'UK'
-    'gender' => 'male'
-)
- -

The first parameter of the function lets you set an offset. By default it is set to 3 since your -URI will normally contain a controller/function in the first and second segments. Example:

- - -$array = $this->uri->uri_to_assoc(3);
-
-echo $array['name']; -
- - -

The second parameter lets you set default key names, so that the array returned by the function will always contain expected indexes, even if missing from the URI. Example:

- - -$default = array('name', 'gender', 'location', 'type', 'sort');
-
-$array = $this->uri->uri_to_assoc(3, $default);
- -

If the URI does not contain a value in your default, an array index will be set to that name, with a value of FALSE.

- -

Lastly, if a corresponding value is not found for a given key (if there is an odd number of URI segments) the value will be set to FALSE (boolean).

- - -

$this->uri->ruri_to_assoc(n)

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This function is identical to the previous one, except that it creates an associative array using the -re-routed URI in the event you are using CodeIgniter's URI Routing feature.

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$this->uri->assoc_to_uri()

- -

Takes an associative array as input and generates a URI string from it. The array keys will be included in the string. Example:

- -$array = array('product' => 'shoes', 'size' => 'large', 'color' => 'red');
-
-$str = $this->uri->assoc_to_uri($array);
-
-// Produces: product/shoes/size/large/color/red -
- - -

$this->uri->uri_string()

- -

Returns a string with the complete URI. For example, if this is your full URL:

- -http://example.com/index.php/news/local/345 - -

The function would return this:

- -/news/local/345 - - -

$this->uri->ruri_string()

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This function is identical to the previous one, except that it returns the -re-routed URI in the event you are using CodeIgniter's URI Routing feature.

- - - -

$this->uri->total_segments()

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Returns the total number of segments.

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$this->uri->total_rsegments()

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This function is identical to the previous one, except that it returns the total number of segments in your -re-routed URI in the event you are using CodeIgniter's URI Routing feature.

- - - -

$this->uri->segment_array()

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Returns an array containing the URI segments. For example:

- - -$segs = $this->uri->segment_array();
-
-foreach ($segs as $segment)
-{
-    echo $segment;
-    echo '<br />';
-}
- -

$this->uri->rsegment_array()

- -

This function is identical to the previous one, except that it returns the array of segments in your -re-routed URI in the event you are using CodeIgniter's URI Routing feature.

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The User Agent Class provides functions that help identify information about the browser, mobile device, or robot visiting your site. -In addition you can get referrer information as well as language and supported character-set information.

- -

Initializing the Class

- -

Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the User Agent class is initialized in your controller using the $this->load->library function:

- -$this->load->library('user_agent'); -

Once loaded, the object will be available using: $this->agent

- -

User Agent Definitions

- -

The user agent name definitions are located in a config file located at: application/config/user_agents.php. You may add items to the -various user agent arrays if needed.

- -

Example

- -

When the User Agent class is initialized it will attempt to determine whether the user agent browsing your site is -a web browser, a mobile device, or a robot. It will also gather the platform information if it is available.

- - - -$this->load->library('user_agent');
-
-if ($this->agent->is_browser())
-{
-    $agent = $this->agent->browser().' '.$this->agent->version();
-}
-elseif ($this->agent->is_robot())
-{
-    $agent = $this->agent->robot();
-}
-elseif ($this->agent->is_mobile())
-{
-    $agent = $this->agent->mobile();
-}
-else
-{
-    $agent = 'Unidentified User Agent';
-}
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-echo $agent;
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Function Reference

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$this->agent->is_browser()

-

Returns TRUE/FALSE (boolean) if the user agent is a known web browser.

- - if ($this->agent->is_browser('Safari'))
-{
-    echo 'You are using Safari.';
-}
-else if ($this->agent->is_browser())
-{
-    echo 'You are using a browser.';
-}
- -

Note:  The string "Safari" in this example is an array key in the list of browser definitions. -You can find this list in application/config/user_agents.php if you want to add new browsers or change the stings.

- -

$this->agent->is_mobile()

-

Returns TRUE/FALSE (boolean) if the user agent is a known mobile device.

- - if ($this->agent->is_mobile('iphone'))
-{
-    $this->load->view('iphone/home');
-}
-else if ($this->agent->is_mobile())
-{
-    $this->load->view('mobile/home');
-}
-else
-{
-    $this->load->view('web/home');
-}
- -

$this->agent->is_robot()

-

Returns TRUE/FALSE (boolean) if the user agent is a known robot.

- -

Note:  The user agent library only contains the most common robot -definitions. It is not a complete list of bots. There are hundreds of them so searching for each one would not be -very efficient. If you find that some bots that commonly visit your site are missing from the list you can add them to your -application/config/user_agents.php file.

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$this->agent->is_referral()

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Returns TRUE/FALSE (boolean) if the user agent was referred from another site.

- - -

$this->agent->browser()

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Returns a string containing the name of the web browser viewing your site.

- -

$this->agent->version()

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Returns a string containing the version number of the web browser viewing your site.

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$this->agent->mobile()

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Returns a string containing the name of the mobile device viewing your site.

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$this->agent->robot()

-

Returns a string containing the name of the robot viewing your site.

- -

$this->agent->platform()

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Returns a string containing the platform viewing your site (Linux, Windows, OS X, etc.).

- -

$this->agent->referrer()

-

The referrer, if the user agent was referred from another site. Typically you'll test for this as follows:

- - if ($this->agent->is_referral())
-{
-    echo $this->agent->referrer();
-}
- - -

$this->agent->agent_string()

-

Returns a string containing the full user agent string. Typically it will be something like this:

- -Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060613 Camino/1.0.2 - - -

$this->agent->accept_lang()

-

Lets you determine if the user agent accepts a particular language. Example:

- -if ($this->agent->accept_lang('en'))
-{
-    echo 'You accept English!';
-}
- -

Note: This function is not typically very reliable -since some browsers do not provide language info, and even among those that do, it is not always accurate.

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$this->agent->accept_charset()

-

Lets you determine if the user agent accepts a particular character set. Example:

- -if ($this->agent->accept_charset('utf-8'))
-{
-    echo 'You browser supports UTF-8!';
-}
- -

Note: This function is not typically very reliable -since some browsers do not provide character-set info, and even among those that do, it is not always accurate.

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CodeIgniter's XML-RPC classes permit you to send requests to another server, or set up -your own XML-RPC server to receive requests.

- - -

What is XML-RPC?

- -

Quite simply it is a way for two computers to communicate over the internet using XML. -One computer, which we will call the client, sends an XML-RPC request to -another computer, which we will call the server. Once the server receives and processes the request it -will send back a response to the client.

- -

For example, using the MetaWeblog API, an XML-RPC Client (usually a desktop publishing tool) will -send a request to an XML-RPC Server running on your site. This request might be a new weblog entry -being sent for publication, or it could be a request for an existing entry for editing. - -When the XML-RPC Server receives this request it will examine it to determine which class/method should be called to process the request. -Once processed, the server will then send back a response message.

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For detailed specifications, you can visit the XML-RPC site.

- -

Initializing the Class

- -

Like most other classes in CodeIgniter, the XML-RPC and XML-RPCS classes are initialized in your controller using the $this->load->library function:

- -

To load the XML-RPC class you will use:

-$this->load->library('xmlrpc'); -

Once loaded, the xml-rpc library object will be available using: $this->xmlrpc

- -

To load the XML-RPC Server class you will use:

- -$this->load->library('xmlrpc');
-$this->load->library('xmlrpcs'); -
-

Once loaded, the xml-rpcs library object will be available using: $this->xmlrpcs

- -

Note:  When using the XML-RPC Server class you must load BOTH the XML-RPC class and the XML-RPC Server class.

- - - -

Sending XML-RPC Requests

- -

To send a request to an XML-RPC server you must specify the following information:

- - - -

Here is a basic example that sends a simple Weblogs.com ping to the Ping-o-Matic

- - -$this->load->library('xmlrpc');
-
-$this->xmlrpc->server('http://rpc.pingomatic.com/', 80);
-$this->xmlrpc->method('weblogUpdates.ping');
- -
-$request = array('My Photoblog', 'http://www.my-site.com/photoblog/');
-$this->xmlrpc->request($request);
-
-if ( ! $this->xmlrpc->send_request())
-{
-    echo $this->xmlrpc->display_error();
-}
- -

Explanation

- -

The above code initializes the XML-RPC class, sets the server URL and method to be called (weblogUpdates.ping). The -request (in this case, the title and URL of your site) is placed into an array for transportation, and -compiled using the request() function. -Lastly, the full request is sent. If the send_request() method returns false we will display the error message -sent back from the XML-RPC Server.

- -

Anatomy of a Request

- -

An XML-RPC request is simply the data you are sending to the XML-RPC server. Each piece of data in a request -is referred to as a request parameter. The above example has two parameters: -The URL and title of your site. When the XML-RPC server receives your request, it will look for parameters it requires.

- -

Request parameters must be placed into an array for transportation, and each parameter can be one -of seven data types (strings, numbers, dates, etc.). If your parameters are something other than strings -you will have to include the data type in the request array.

- -

Here is an example of a simple array with three parameters:

- -$request = array('John', 'Doe', 'www.some-site.com');
-$this->xmlrpc->request($request);
- -

If you use data types other than strings, or if you have several different data types, you will place -each parameter into its own array, with the data type in the second position:

- - -$request = array (
-                   array('John', 'string'),
-                   array('Doe', 'string'),
-                   array(FALSE, 'boolean'),
-                   array(12345, 'int')
-                 ); -
-$this->xmlrpc->request($request);
- -The Data Types section below has a full list of data types. - - - -

Creating an XML-RPC Server

- -

An XML-RPC Server acts as a traffic cop of sorts, waiting for incoming requests and redirecting them to the -appropriate functions for processing.

- -

To create your own XML-RPC server involves initializing the XML-RPC Server class in your controller where you expect the incoming -request to appear, then setting up an array with mapping instructions so that incoming requests can be sent to the appropriate -class and method for processing.

- -

Here is an example to illustrate:

- - -$this->load->library('xmlrpc');
-$this->load->library('xmlrpcs');
-
-$config['functions']['new_post'] = array('function' => 'My_blog.new_entry'),
-$config['functions']['update_post'] = array('function' => 'My_blog.update_entry');
-$config['object'] = $this;
-
-$this->xmlrpcs->initialize($config);
-$this->xmlrpcs->serve();
- -

The above example contains an array specifying two method requests that the Server allows. -The allowed methods are on the left side of the array. When either of those are received, they will be mapped to the class and method on the right.

- -

The 'object' key is a special key that you pass an instantiated class object with, which is necessary when the method you are mapping to is not - part of the CodeIgniter super object.

- -

In other words, if an XML-RPC Client sends a request for the new_post method, your -server will load the My_blog class and call the new_entry function. -If the request is for the update_post method, your -server will load the My_blog class and call the update_entry function.

- -

The function names in the above example are arbitrary. You'll decide what they should be called on your server, -or if you are using standardized APIs, like the Blogger or MetaWeblog API, you'll use their function names.

- -

There are two additional configuration keys you may make use of when initializing the server class: debug can be set to TRUE in order to enable debugging, and xss_clean may be set to FALSE to prevent sending data through the Security library's xss_clean function. - -

Processing Server Requests

- -

When the XML-RPC Server receives a request and loads the class/method for processing, it will pass -an object to that method containing the data sent by the client.

- -

Using the above example, if the new_post method is requested, the server will expect a class -to exist with this prototype:

- -class My_blog extends CI_Controller {
-
-    function new_post($request)
-    {
-
-    }
-} -
- -

The $request variable is an object compiled by the Server, which contains the data sent by the XML-RPC Client. -Using this object you will have access to the request parameters enabling you to process the request. When -you are done you will send a Response back to the Client.

- -

Below is a real-world example, using the Blogger API. One of the methods in the Blogger API is getUserInfo(). -Using this method, an XML-RPC Client can send the Server a username and password, in return the Server sends -back information about that particular user (nickname, user ID, email address, etc.). Here is how the processing -function might look:

- - -class My_blog extends CI_Controller {
-
-    function getUserInfo($request)
-    {
- -        $username = 'smitty';
-        $password = 'secretsmittypass';

- -        $this->load->library('xmlrpc');
-    
-        $parameters = $request->output_parameters();
-    
-        if ($parameters['1'] != $username AND $parameters['2'] != $password)
-        {
-            return $this->xmlrpc->send_error_message('100', 'Invalid Access');
-        }
-    
-        $response = array(array('nickname'  => array('Smitty','string'),
-                                'userid'    => array('99','string'),
-                                'url'       => array('http://yoursite.com','string'),
-                                'email'     => array('jsmith@yoursite.com','string'),
-                                'lastname'  => array('Smith','string'),
-                                'firstname' => array('John','string')
-                                ),
-                         'struct');
-
-        return $this->xmlrpc->send_response($response);
-    }
-} -
- -

Notes:

-

The output_parameters() function retrieves an indexed array corresponding to the request parameters sent by the client. -In the above example, the output parameters will be the username and password.

- -

If the username and password sent by the client were not valid, and error message is returned using send_error_message().

- -

If the operation was successful, the client will be sent back a response array containing the user's info.

- - -

Formatting a Response

- -

Similar to Requests, Responses must be formatted as an array. However, unlike requests, a response is an array -that contains a single item. This item can be an array with several additional arrays, but there -can be only one primary array index. In other words, the basic prototype is this:

- -$response = array('Response data', 'array'); - -

Responses, however, usually contain multiple pieces of information. In order to accomplish this we must put the response into its own -array so that the primary array continues to contain a single piece of data. Here's an example showing how this might be accomplished:

- - -$response = array (
-                   array(
-                         'first_name' => array('John', 'string'),
-                         'last_name' => array('Doe', 'string'),
-                         'member_id' => array(123435, 'int'),
-                         'todo_list' => array(array('clean house', 'call mom', 'water plants'), 'array'),
-                        ),
-                 'struct'
-                 ); -
- -

Notice that the above array is formatted as a struct. This is the most common data type for responses.

- -

As with Requests, a response can be one of the seven data types listed in the Data Types section.

- - -

Sending an Error Response

- -

If you need to send the client an error response you will use the following:

- -return $this->xmlrpc->send_error_message('123', 'Requested data not available'); - -

The first parameter is the error number while the second parameter is the error message.

- - - - - - -

Creating Your Own Client and Server

- -

To help you understand everything we've covered thus far, let's create a couple controllers that act as -XML-RPC Client and Server. You'll use the Client to send a request to the Server and receive a response.

- -

The Client

- -

Using a text editor, create a controller called xmlrpc_client.php. -In it, place this code and save it to your applications/controllers/ folder:

- - - -

Note: In the above code we are using a "url helper". You can find more information in the Helpers Functions page.

- -

The Server

- -

Using a text editor, create a controller called xmlrpc_server.php. -In it, place this code and save it to your applications/controllers/ folder:

- - - -

Try it!

- -

Now visit the your site using a URL similar to this:

-example.com/index.php/xmlrpc_client/ - -

You should now see the message you sent to the server, and its response back to you.

- -

The client you created sends a message ("How's is going?") to the server, along with a request for the "Greetings" method. -The Server receives the request and maps it to the "process" function, where a response is sent back.

- -

Using Associative Arrays In a Request Parameter

- -

If you wish to use an associative array in your method parameters you will need to use a struct datatype:

- -$request = array(
-                  array(
-                        // Param 0
-                        array(
-                              'name'=>'John'
-                              ),
-                              'struct'
-                        ),
-                        array(
-                              // Param 1
-                              array(
-                                    'size'=>'large',
-                                    'shape'=>'round'
-                                    ),
-                              'struct'
-                        )
-                  );
- $this->xmlrpc->request($request);
- -

You can retrieve the associative array when processing the request in the Server.

- -$parameters = $request->output_parameters();
- $name = $parameters['0']['name'];
- $size = $parameters['1']['size'];
- $size = $parameters['1']['shape'];
- -

XML-RPC Function Reference

- -

$this->xmlrpc->server()

-

Sets the URL and port number of the server to which a request is to be sent:

-$this->xmlrpc->server('http://www.sometimes.com/pings.php', 80); - -

$this->xmlrpc->timeout()

-

Set a time out period (in seconds) after which the request will be canceled:

-$this->xmlrpc->timeout(6); - -

$this->xmlrpc->method()

-

Sets the method that will be requested from the XML-RPC server:

-$this->xmlrpc->method('method'); - -

Where method is the name of the method.

- -

$this->xmlrpc->request()

-

Takes an array of data and builds request to be sent to XML-RPC server:

-$request = array(array('My Photoblog', 'string'), 'http://www.yoursite.com/photoblog/');
-$this->xmlrpc->request($request);
- -

$this->xmlrpc->send_request()

-

The request sending function. Returns boolean TRUE or FALSE based on success for failure, enabling it to be used conditionally.

- -

$this->xmlrpc->set_debug(TRUE);

-

Enables debugging, which will display a variety of information and error data helpful during development.

- - -

$this->xmlrpc->display_error()

-

Returns an error message as a string if your request failed for some reason.

-echo $this->xmlrpc->display_error(); - -

$this->xmlrpc->display_response()

-

Returns the response from the remote server once request is received. The response will typically be an associative array.

-$this->xmlrpc->display_response(); - -

$this->xmlrpc->send_error_message()

-

This function lets you send an error message from your server to the client. First parameter is the error number while the second parameter -is the error message.

-return $this->xmlrpc->send_error_message('123', 'Requested data not available'); - -

$this->xmlrpc->send_response()

-

Lets you send the response from your server to the client. An array of valid data values must be sent with this method.

-$response = array(
-                 array(
-                        'flerror' => array(FALSE, 'boolean'),
-                        'message' => "Thanks for the ping!"
-                     )
-                 'struct');
-return $this->xmlrpc->send_response($response);
- - - -

Data Types

- -

According to the XML-RPC spec there are seven types -of values that you can send via XML-RPC:

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CodeIgniter's Zip Encoding Class classes permit you to create Zip archives. Archives can be downloaded to your -desktop or saved to a directory.

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Initializing the Class

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- -$this->load->library('zip'); -

Once loaded, the Zip library object will be available using: $this->zip

- - -

Usage Example

- -

This example demonstrates how to compress a file, save it to a folder on your server, and download it to your desktop.

- - -$name = 'mydata1.txt';
-$data = 'A Data String!';
-
-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data);
-
-// Write the zip file to a folder on your server. Name it "my_backup.zip"
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Function Reference

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$this->zip->add_data()

- -

Permits you to add data to the Zip archive. The first parameter must contain the name you would like -given to the file, the second parameter must contain the file data as a string:

- - -$name = 'my_bio.txt';
-$data = 'I was born in an elevator...';
-
-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data); -
- -

You are allowed multiple calls to this function in order to -add several files to your archive. Example:

- - -$name = 'mydata1.txt';
-$data = 'A Data String!';
-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data);
-
-$name = 'mydata2.txt';
-$data = 'Another Data String!';
-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data);
-
- -

Or you can pass multiple files using an array:

- - -$data = array(
-                'mydata1.txt' => 'A Data String!',
-                'mydata2.txt' => 'Another Data String!'
-            );
-
-$this->zip->add_data($data);
-
-$this->zip->download('my_backup.zip'); -
- -

If you would like your compressed data organized into sub-folders, include the path as part of the filename:

- - -$name = 'personal/my_bio.txt';
-$data = 'I was born in an elevator...';
-
-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data); -
- -

The above example will place my_bio.txt inside a folder called personal.

- - -

$this->zip->add_dir()

- -

Permits you to add a directory. Usually this function is unnecessary since you can place your data into folders when -using $this->zip->add_data(), but if you would like to create an empty folder you can do so. Example:

- -$this->zip->add_dir('myfolder'); // Creates a folder called "myfolder" - - - -

$this->zip->read_file()

- -

Permits you to compress a file that already exists somewhere on your server. Supply a file path and the zip class will -read it and add it to the archive:

- - -$path = '/path/to/photo.jpg';

-$this->zip->read_file($path); -

- // Download the file to your desktop. Name it "my_backup.zip"
-$this->zip->download('my_backup.zip'); -
- -

If you would like the Zip archive to maintain the directory structure of the file in it, pass TRUE (boolean) in the -second parameter. Example:

- - - -$path = '/path/to/photo.jpg';

-$this->zip->read_file($path, TRUE); -

- // Download the file to your desktop. Name it "my_backup.zip"
-$this->zip->download('my_backup.zip'); -
- -

In the above example, photo.jpg will be placed inside two folders: path/to/

- - - -

$this->zip->read_dir()

- -

Permits you to compress a folder (and its contents) that already exists somewhere on your server. Supply a file path to the -directory and the zip class will recursively read it and recreate it as a Zip archive. All files contained within the -supplied path will be encoded, as will any sub-folders contained within it. Example:

- - -$path = '/path/to/your/directory/';

-$this->zip->read_dir($path); -

- // Download the file to your desktop. Name it "my_backup.zip"
-$this->zip->download('my_backup.zip'); -
- -

By default the Zip archive will place all directories listed in the first parameter inside the zip. If you want the tree preceding the target folder to be ignored -you can pass FALSE (boolean) in the second parameter. Example:

- - -$path = '/path/to/your/directory/';

-$this->zip->read_dir($path, FALSE); -
- -

This will create a ZIP with the folder "directory" inside, then all sub-folders stored correctly inside that, but will not include the folders /path/to/your.

- - - - -

$this->zip->archive()

- -

Writes the Zip-encoded file to a directory on your server. Submit a valid server path ending in the file name. Make sure the -directory is writable (666 or 777 is usually OK). Example:

- -$this->zip->archive('/path/to/folder/myarchive.zip'); // Creates a file named myarchive.zip - - -

$this->zip->download()

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Causes the Zip file to be downloaded from your server. The function must be passed the name you would like the zip file called. -Example:

- -$this->zip->download('latest_stuff.zip'); // File will be named "latest_stuff.zip" - -

Note:  Do not display any data in the controller in which you call this function since it sends various server headers -that cause the download to happen and the file to be treated as binary.

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$this->zip->get_zip()

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Returns the Zip-compressed file data. Generally you will not need this function unless you want to do something unique with the data. -Example:

- - -$name = 'my_bio.txt';
-$data = 'I was born in an elevator...';
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-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data);

- -$zip_file = $this->zip->get_zip(); -
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$this->zip->clear_data()

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The Zip class caches your zip data so that it doesn't need to recompile the Zip archive for each function you use above. -If, however, you need to create multiple Zips, each with different data, you can clear the cache between calls. Example:

- - -$name = 'my_bio.txt';
-$data = 'I was born in an elevator...';
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-$this->zip->add_data($name, $data);
-$zip_file = $this->zip->get_zip();
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-$this->zip->clear_data(); -

- -$name = 'photo.jpg';
-$this->zip->read_file("/path/to/photo.jpg"); // Read the file's contents
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-$this->zip->download('myphotos.zip'); -
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