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<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>



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