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You're reading from CodeIgniter 2 Cookbook As a PHP developer, you may have wondered how much difference the Codeigniter framework might make when creating web applications. Now you can find out with a host of customizable recipes ready to insert into your own work.

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2013

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781782162308

Length 306 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

CodeIgniter

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Robert Foster

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

CodeIgniter 2 Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

1. CodeIgniter Basics FREE CHAPTER

2. User Management

3. Creating E-commerce Features

4. Email, HTML Table, and Text Libraries

5. Managing Data In and Out

6. Working with Databases

7. Creating a Secure User Environment

8. Calendaring, Right Place, and Right Time

9. Extending the Core

10. Working with Images

11. SEO, Caching, and Logging

Index

Using HTTPS with CodeIgniter

Using SSL is a huge topic, as is online security in general; therefore, I strongly recommend you read widely about web security (because this recipe isn't really a security primer). However, if you specifically wish to protect certain pages with an SSL certificate, there is an easy way to do it. We can create a CodeIgniter helper file to toggle SSL support on or off. Let's see how to do it.

Getting ready

I'm sure you know of the benefits of requiring certain pages in a website to be protected with an SSL certificate. The sight of that green address bar and little padlock can go a long way in allaying a user's concerns with entering data in a website. CodeIgniter doesn't come with SSL support built-in; however, it is perfectly easy to implement using a simple helper. Obviously, SSL support isn't the be-all and end-all of website security, and should always be implemented alongside other security measures to mitigate against unwanted visitors.