is it ok to have repeated codes in controllers

[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
You can create a base controller (MY_Controller), or base model (MY_Model) to do those, and then have each of your controllers extend those (or model). See this (extending core classes section): https://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-gu...asses.html

You'd have something like:

Code:

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller {
  function __construct()
  {
    parent::__construct();
  }

  public function insert($data_type, $data)
  {
    //insert $data based on $data_type (animal/hobby/jobs)
  }
  public function update($data_type, $data, $id)
  {
    //update $data based on $data_type where ID = $id
  }
}

Then you controllers would be like:

Code:

class Animal extends MY_Controller {
  function __construct()
  {
    parent::__construct();
  }

  function something()
  {
    //Use a method defined in MY_Controller
    $data = array(
      'name' => 'Cheetah',
      'location' => 'Africa'
    );
    $this->insert('animal', $data);
  }
}