IDEA: Controller Extended by Default

I do like that this puts it in the same directory and namespace as the controllers that will extend it. I think it will still need a route though, because otherwise visiting example.com/base will give cause "Controller method is not found: index" since the controller itself is valid.
If everyone is feeling good about this I will open a pull request as the next part of the conversation. Here is my updated skeleton proposal given this new location:

PHP Code:

<?php namespace App\Controllers;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;

class Base extends Controller
{
    protected $helpers = [ ];
    
    public function __construct()
    {

    }
} 


And I'd recommend adding this to system/Config/Routes.php:

PHP Code:

// Prevent access to Base controller
$routes->add('base/(:any)', function()
{
    throw \CodeIgniter\Exceptions\PageNotFoundException::forPageNotFound();
}); 


*Note: forPageNotFound() currently incorrectly requires a parameter. I have a pull request to fix this: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/pull/1842