CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development
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Introduction to CodeIgniter
- Introduction to CodeIgniter
- What can CodeIgniter Do for You?
- Yes, But…What is CodeIgniter? What are Frameworks?
- And Who is That Man?
- The 'Open Source' Business Model
- What CI Doesn't Do
- License
- Summary
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Two Minutes' Work: Setting up a CodeIgniter Site
- Two Minutes' Work: Setting up a CodeIgniter Site
- Prerequisites
- Installing CodeIgniter
- Exploring the File Structure
- The Configuration File
- Does it Work?
- Summary
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Navigating Your Site
- Navigating Your Site
- MVC—Just Another Acronym?
- The Structure of a CI Site: Controllers and Views
- CodeIgniter Syntax Rules
- Types of Files or Classes on a CI Site
- What are All Those Folders For?
- Designing a Better View
- Designing a Better Controller
- How CI Classes Pass Information and Control to Each Other
- Summary
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Using CI to Simplify Databases
- Using CI to Simplify Databases
- Configuration Settings
- Designing the Database for Our Site
- Active Record
- Summary
- Chapter Appendix: MYSQL Query to Set Up 'websites' Database
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Simplifying HTML Pages and Forms
- Simplifying HTML Pages and Forms
- Writing a View
- Long and Short PHP Syntax
- Nesting Views
- Practical Issues of Site Architecture
- CI's Form Helper: Entering Data
- My 'Display' Model
- CI's Validation Class: Checking Data Easily
- Summary
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Simplifying Sessions and Security
- Simplifying Sessions and Security
- Starting to Design a Practical Site with CI
- Moving Around the Site
- Security/Sessions: Using Another CI Library Class
- Security
- Summary
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CodeIgniter and Objects
- CodeIgniter and Objects
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Adding Your own Code to the CI 'Super-Object'
- Problems with the CI 'Super-Object'
- Summary
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Using CI to Test Code
- Using CI to Test Code
- Why Test, and What For?
- CI's Error Handling Class
- CI's Unit Test Class
- CI's Benchmarking Class
- CI's Profiler Class
- Testing with Mock Databases
- Control and Timing
- Summary
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Using CI to Communicate
- Using CI to Communicate
- Using the FTP Class to Test Remote Files
- Machines Talking to Machines Again—XML-RPC
- Talking to Humans for a Change: the Email Class
- Summary
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How CI Helps to Provide Dynamic Information
- How CI Helps to Provide Dynamic Information
- The Date Helper: Converting and Localizing Dates
- Working with Text: the Text Helper and Inflector Helper
- Going International: the Language Class
- Making HTML Tables the Easy Way: the Table Class
- Caching Pages
- Summary
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Using CI to Handle Files and Images
- Using CI to Handle Files and Images
- The File Helper
- The Download Helper
- The File Upload Class
- CI's Image Class
- Easy File Compression with the CI Zip Class
- Summary
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Production Versions, Updates, and Big Decisions
- Production Versions, Updates, and Big Decisions
- Connections: Check the Config Files
- Look Out for PHP 4/5 and Operating System Differences
- Coping with Change in New CI Versions
- So Should I Update If a New CI Version Comes Out?
- How to Add On to CI's Basic Classes
- Summary
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Instant CRUD—or Putting it All Together
- Instant CRUD—or Putting it All Together
- The CRUD Model: Design Philosophy
- The Standard Controller Format
- The Database Tables
- The Heart of the Model: the Array
- Function by Function: the CRUD Model
- Summary
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The Verdict on CI
- The Verdict on CI
- Some Code: the 'do_test' Model
- A Balance Sheet
- Problems with CI
- Summary
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Resources and Extensions
- Resources and Extensions
- CI's User Forums
- Video Tutorials
- Resources for Other Programmes, e.g. Xampplite, MySQL, PHP
- Summary