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CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development

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  1. 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
    • Two Minutes' Work: Setting up a CodeIgniter Site
    • Prerequisites
    • Installing CodeIgniter
    • Exploring the File Structure
    • The Configuration File
    • Does it Work?
    • Summary
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • CodeIgniter and Objects
    • Object-Oriented Programming
    • Adding Your own Code to the CI 'Super-Object'
    • Problems with the CI 'Super-Object'
    • Summary
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • The Verdict on CI
    • Some Code: the 'do_test' Model
    • A Balance Sheet
    • Problems with CI
    • Summary
    • Resources and Extensions
    • CI's User Forums
    • Video Tutorials
    • Resources for Other Programmes, e.g. Xampplite, MySQL, PHP
    • Summary
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