CodeIgniter Forums
Problems using base_url - Printable Version

+- CodeIgniter Forums (https://forum.codeigniter.com)
+-- Forum: Archived Discussions (https://forum.codeigniter.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=20)
+--- Forum: Archived General Discussion (https://forum.codeigniter.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=21)
+--- Thread: Problems using base_url (/showthread.php?tid=18486)

Pages: 1 2

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]skoots[/eluser]
Newbie here.
I've set my base_url (in the config file)to

Code:
http://localhost.test/

but whenever I echo
Code:
base_url()
to link to anything the resulting request always starts with:

Code:
http://localhost.test/index.php//http//localhost.test/

I'm not using an .htaccess file. Is this something I can fix in the CI setup or am I having a server problem?

Any help would be appreciated.

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]
if you want to link using an anchor then use anchor()

Code:
anchor()


Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]skoots[/eluser]
Thanks for the reply. Using
Code:
anchor()
produces the same results.

For example if I try to link to a stylesheet:

Code:
<link rel='stylesheet' href='<?=base_url()?>static/css/stylesheet.css' type='text/css' />

The resulting url is:

Code:
http://localhost.test/index.php//http//localhost.test/static/css/stylesheet.css

...which obviously wont work.

Any ideas?

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]
what happens when you echo base_url() ?

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]skoots[/eluser]
Frustratingly enough it's the correct url:
Code:
http//localhost.test/

But it doesn't work with the stylesheet link or if I use it like this:

Code:
<a >&lt;?php base_url($nav['path'])?&gt;Link</a>

The above results in a link that directs to:

Code:
http://localhost.test/index.php/http//localhost.test/(..etc)

So it echos properly in the code, but the links don't work (particularly with the stylesheet)

Might be an Apache thing...

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]
[quote author="skoots" date="1241774542"]
Code:
<a >&lt;?php base_url($nav['path'])?&gt;Link</a>
[/quote]

I honestly doubt that this thing works though.

I tried to make my url like yours and it's working just fine.

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]skoots[/eluser]
Typo in the above code.

But take the href for the stylesheet:

Code:
&lt;link rel='stylesheet' href='&lt;?=base_url()?&gt;static/css/stylesheet.css' type='text/css' /&gt;

When I look at the source code through the browser I get:

Code:
&lt;link rel='stylesheet' href='http//localhost.test/static/css/stylesheet.css' type='text/css' /&gt;

But that href tries to load the stylesheet from http://localhost.test/index.php/http//localhost.test/static/css/stylesheet.css - somehow
Code:
http://localhost.test/index.php
is included in the base_url.

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]skoots[/eluser]
bargainph thanks for your replies

I think I'll move on here - it's a small site so I'll hard code the links and I'll see if the problem is resolved when it's on a different server.

Seems like it may be a problem with my Apache setup.

thanks again.

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]Thorpe Obazee[/eluser]
It probably is a server side problem. Good luck Sad

Problems using base_url - El Forum - 05-07-2009

[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
skoots whate are your base_url and index settings in the config.php file