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where should I position my extended controllers? - El Forum - 05-04-2012
[eluser]bill19[/eluser]
Hello ,
I am planning to use extended controllers for the first time.
right now I have:
Code:
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller {
}
class Admin_Controller extends MY_Controller {
}
class Common_Auth_Controller extends MY_Controller {
}All in 1 file called MY_Controller.php in the application/libraries folder. Is this the best practice?
Thanks,
Bill
where should I position my extended controllers? - El Forum - 05-04-2012
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
Extensions to the core, like CI_Controller, go in /application/core. The file must be named MY_Controller.php, and CI will autoload it when a controller is called.
CI like to have 1 class per file. If you want more extensions than 1 level, I'd suggest reading Phils article on Base Classes and check out how he autoloads them.
where should I position my extended controllers? - El Forum - 05-04-2012
[eluser]Ajaxboy[/eluser]
3 classes in 1 file extending the CI_Controller class.. not good practice
where should I position my extended controllers? - El Forum - 05-11-2012
[eluser]bill19[/eluser]
I am having trouble redirecting to my extended controllers, including my Home controller. I have placed them all in /application/core. However:
Code:
redirect('/application/core/Home');does not work.
my url string reads:
Quote:http://localhost/auth/index.php/application/core/Home
Thank you,
Bill
where should I position my extended controllers? - El Forum - 05-11-2012
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
You misunderstand. Only MY_Controller (which extends CI_Controller) goes in /application/core.
The rest of your controllers just go in /application/controllers like normal, but they extend MY_Controller instead of the normal CI_Controller. You can't direcly access anything in /application or /system from the URL. Those are protected. You just use the regular CI urls.
Like
Code:
redirect('controller/method');
echo anchor('controller/method', 'My Anchor');
//etc.where should I position my extended controllers? - El Forum - 05-11-2012
[eluser]bill19[/eluser]
Hi CroNiX,
Thanks for clarifying that. I've got it working now.
best regards,
Bill