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function and method with CI controller - El Forum - 08-27-2009
[eluser]ranjitbd[/eluser]
what is the difference between function and method with CI controller
function and method with CI controller - El Forum - 08-27-2009
[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
[quote author="ranjitbd" date="1251381015"]what is the difference between function and method with CI controller[/quote]
Within a controller, none.
A function is just a .. well, it's a function. The PHP.net site would describe this much better than I could, and with fewer words I suspect.
A method is what we call a function that exists within a class. (And since a controller is a class ...)
It's kind of like the distinction between an attribute and a variable ...
