[BrendanRehman]

I use this one a good deal... in my project.

https://github.com/IgnitedCoder/codeigni...ome-helper

Super simple and easy to use... See Readme.

Enjoy,
Brendan

[Tecvid]

i have made it even more simple, n no need to update this will work even after font awesome will add new icons after update

PHP Code:

<?php
/**
 * Author: brendan@ignitedcoder.com
 * Date: 8/24/15
 * Hope this helps you, please at least leave my name in place
 * 
 * Modified by: kenan.recebli@gmail.com
 * Date: 5/3/16
 */
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
if ( ! function_exists('fa_icon'))
{
    /**
     * Icon
     *
     * Generates an Font-Awesome icon tag.
     *
     * @param    string icon
     * @param    string attributes
     * @return    string
     */
    function fa_icon($icon = '', $attributes = '')
    {
        return '<i class="fa fa-'.$icon.' '.$attributes.'">'.'</i>';
    }
}