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09-01-2009, 06:53 PM

[eluser]montanaflynn[/eluser]
Maybe I am missing something but I am having trouble echoing the base_url as defined in the config.php in a view. How would you go about doing this? I have tried adding

Code:
&lt;?php echo $base_url;?&gt;

in the view but it gives an error "Message: Undefined variable: base_url"

Some background info:

This is my first time using a PHP framework and I have decided to convert my static site to Codeignitor. This is what I have done so far:

Filled out the system/config/config.php file & routes.php to make home.php the default controller.

Created a home.php controller with the following:

Code:
&lt;?php

    class Home extends Controller {

    function index()

    {

        $data['title'] = "This is the page title";

            $data['desc'] = "My site description is complete!";

            $this->load->view('homeView', $data);

    }

    }

?&gt;

Created a homeView.php view with the following (simplyfied):

Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>

&lt;html&gt;

&lt;head&gt;

  &lt;title&gt;&lt;?php echo $title;?&gt;&lt;/title&gt;

  &lt;meta name="description" content="&lt;?php echo $desc;?&gt;" /&gt;

  &lt;style src="&lt;?php echo $base_url;?&gt;/css/style.css" type="text/css"&gt;

  [removed]

&lt;/head&gt;

&lt;body&gt;

<h1>&lt;?php echo $title;?&gt;</h1>

&lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;

Everything works except the base_url, I have a feeling I need to define it in the controller. Any suggestions?