You don't have permission to access /CodeIgniter/application/controllers

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
i'm new to codeigniter, trying to follow instruction on how to install it from the user manual but whenever i try a sample of a program in a controller i like this
<?php

class Site extends CI_Controller(){
function index(){
echo'hello';
}
}
?>


i got this error: Forbidden! You don't have permission to access /CodeIgniter/application/controllers

i'm using codeigniter v 2.1.2

please help!!

[eluser]johnpeace[/eluser]
Try calling the parent constructor...

Code:

public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}

[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
It looks like you tried to access your controller directly in the url, like http://yoursite.com/Codeigniter/applicat...llers/site, which you can't do and is not how CI works with URLs.

You would use:
http://yoursite.com/index.php/site
or
http://yoursite.com/site if you use the htaccess rules for making CI work without index.php in the url