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Storing image locations using constants. - El Forum - 08-04-2011
[eluser]XstreamINsanity[/eluser]
I want to use the constants.php file to store common image locations. I have a menu and each item has an image of it's own, and currently for each image in the view, I have:
<?php echo $this->config->item('base_url'); ?>/images/database.png"/>
Or whatever the filename is. What I want to do is store a constant "DB_IMG" in this instance, and simply be able to say in my view:
<?php echo DB_IMG; ?>
One question I have is can I use the $this->config->item('base_url') inside the constants.php file? Secondly, is it a good practice to store image names as constants in a constants file? Thanks for all of the help.
Storing image locations using constants. - El Forum - 08-04-2011
[eluser]John_Betong_002[/eluser]
Did you try it?
Did it work?
If it did not give the expected result did you consult the "User Guide"?
Storing image locations using constants. - El Forum - 08-09-2011
[eluser]XstreamINsanity[/eluser]
No, it didn't work. I looked at the User Guide some, but I didn't see anything specifically that shows how to add your own constants. I'm still looking though.
Storing image locations using constants. - El Forum - 08-09-2011
[eluser]John_Betong_002[/eluser]
Try this:
./application/config/constants.php
Code:
$base_url= $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
define
(
'DB_IMG',
"<img src='http://" .$base_url .' class='db_img' alt='#' />"
);You could also take a look at creating an additional config.php file.
edit: problem due to square brackets, code got truncated so rewrote, now displays OK.
Storing image locations using constants. - El Forum - 08-09-2011
[eluser]XstreamINsanity[/eluser]
What got truncated on the $SERVER part of the code? One thing I've done so far is put the parts of the source that aren't a part of the base url into the database. But that is only a temporary fix. I did that for my menu but I'd rather it not be in the database. Thanks for the help so far.