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Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - bhagwandas - 02-28-2017
I started CodeIgniter recently and found few inconsistencies which I could not understand:
In this page:
https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/tutorial/news_section.html#
It says to use code:
$this->load->helper('url_helper');
But User guide for same at :
https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html
Says to use following code:
$this->load->helper('url');
Why two different versions?
Now comes my real problem:
$config['base_url'] = 'localhost/ci_host/'; // This was also not mentioned in tutorial.
My relevant code for application/views/news/index.php
is following:
<?php echo "Base url: ". base_url('news');?>
<?php echo "Site url: ". site_url('news');?>
<?php echo "Slug: ". $news_item['slug'];?>
<p><a href="<?php echo site_url('news/'.$news_item['slug']); ?>">View article</a></p>
And out put for same is:
Base url: localhost/ci_test/news
Site url: localhost/ci_test/index.php/news
Slug: new_item_1
Base url for slug: localhost/ci_test/news/new_item_1
View article
And "View article" takes me to following link:
http://localhost/ci_test/index.php/localhost/ci_host/index.php/news/new_item_1
But inspect on "View Article" shows following:
<a href="localhost/ci_host/index.php/news/new_item_1">View article</a>
Would be great to take me out of this.
Totally baffling me ...
My codeigniter base is located at: http://localhost/ci_test/
RE: Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - kenjis - 03-01-2017
How about this?
PHP Code:
$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/ci_host/';
RE: Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - bhagwandas - 03-01-2017
Wow..that works. Thanks a lot @kenjis .
Putting http:// really helped.
By any chance, could you enlighten me on why this happened? I am ready to get deep into the code.
But frankly these tidbits is what, pushes me away from using Frameworks. I am hoping these are less in CodeIgniter as it is very lightweight.
RE: Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - InsiteFX - 03-01-2017
When loading a helper you drop the _helper off of it and just use the name url_helper becomes url
RE: Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - kenjis - 03-01-2017
First, I recommend you read the comment for $config['base_url'].
PHP Code:
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base Site URL
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| URL to your CodeIgniter root. Typically this will be your base URL,
| WITH a trailing slash:
|
| http://example.com/
|
| WARNING: You MUST set this value!
Quote:And "View article" takes me to following link:Perhaps you are at `http://localhost/ci_test/index.php/` and the href is `localhost/ci_host/index.php/news/new_item_1`.
http://localhost/ci_test/index.php/localhost/ci_host/index.php/news/new_item_1
But inspect on "View Article" shows following:
<a href="localhost/ci_host/index.php/news/new_item_1">View article</a>
So you will go `http://localhost/ci_test/index.php/localhost/ci_host/index.php/news/new_item_1`. Right?
RE: Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - kenjis - 03-01-2017
(03-01-2017, 12:21 AM)bhagwandas Wrote: But frankly these tidbits is what, pushes me away from using Frameworks. I am hoping these are less in CodeIgniter as it is very lightweight.
Yes, conventions in CodeIgniter are less than any other frameworks.
But it still has some.
RE: Tutorial code not working for site_url and some inconsistencies in site_url - bhagwandas - 03-03-2017
Thanks a lot @kenjis .
Reinforced my faith in CodeIgniter.
All my doubts are cleared now. I was taking it wrong because of my poor understanding with html.