<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Code Igniter User Guide</title> <style type='text/css' media='all'>@import url('../userguide.css');</style> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' media='all' href='../userguide.css' /> <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/nav.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/prototype.lite.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../scripts/moo.fx.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload = function() { myHeight = new fx.Height('nav', {duration: 400}); myHeight.hide(); } </script> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv='expires' content='-1' /> <meta http-equiv= 'pragma' content='no-cache' /> <meta name='robots' content='all' /> <meta name='author' content='Rick Ellis' /> <meta name='description' content='Code Igniter User Guide' /> </head> <body> <!-- START NAVIGATION --> <div id="nav"><div id="nav_inner"><script type="text/javascript">create_menu('../');</script></div></div> <div id="nav2"><a name="top"></a><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="myHeight.toggle();"><img src="../images/nav_toggle.jpg" width="153" height="44" border="0" title="Toggle Table of Contents" alt="Toggle Table of Contents" /></a></div> <div id="masthead"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%"> <tr> <td><h1>Code Igniter User Guide Version 1.4.0</h1></td> <td id="breadcrumb_right"><a href="../toc.html">Full Table of Contents</a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <!-- END NAVIGATION --> <!-- START BREADCRUMB --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="width:100%"> <tr> <td id="breadcrumb"> <a href="http://www.codeigniter.com/">Code Igniter Home</a> › <a href="../index.html">User Guide Home</a> › Scripts </td> <td id="searchbox"><form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/search"><input type="hidden" name="as_sitesearch" id="as_sitesearch" value="www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/" />Search User Guide <input type="text" class="input" style="width:200px;" name="q" id="q" size="31" maxlength="255" value="" /> <input type="submit" class="submit" name="sa" value="Go" /></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- END BREADCRUMB --> <br clear="all" /> <!-- START CONTENT --> <div id="content"> <h1>The Scripts Folder</h1> <p>Inside the <dfn>application</dfn> directory you'll find a folder called <kbd>scripts</kbd>. Its purpose is to give you a place to store your own script includes or classes.</p> <h2>Loading a Script</h2> <p>Your scripts can be loaded in your controllers or views using the following function:</p> <code>$this->load->script('<var>name</var>');</code> <p>Where <var>name</var> is the file name of the script, without the .php file extension.</p> <p>For example, to load a file called <dfn>utilities.php</dfn> you would do this:</p> <code>$this->load->script('<var>utilities</var>');</code> <p>If you load a script in your controller constructor it will be available automatically in any function, or you can load it in a specific function that needs it.</p> <p class="important">Note: The Script loading function above does not return a value, so don't try to assign it to a variable. Just use it as shown.</p> <h2>Loading Multiple Scripts</h2> <p>If you need to load more than one script you can specify them in an array, like this:</p> <code>$this->load->script( <samp>array(</samp>'<var>script1</var>', '<var>script2</var>', '<var>script3</var>'<samp>)</samp> );</code> <h2>Auto-loading Scripts</h2> <p>If you find that you need a particular script globally throughout your application, you can tell Code Igniter to auto-load it during system initialization. This is done by opening the <var>application/config/autoload.php</var> file and adding the script to the autoload array.</p> </div> <!-- END CONTENT --> <div id="footer"> <p> Previous Topic: <a href="plugins.html">Plugins</a> · <a href="#top">Top of Page</a> · <a href="../index.html">User Guide Home</a> · Next Topic: <a href="libraries.html">Using Code Igniter Libraries</a> <p> <p><a href="http://www.codeigniter.com">Code Igniter</a> · Copyright © 2006 · <a href="http://www.pmachine.com">pMachine, Inc.</a></p> </div> </body> </html>