Welcome

This repository was originally made for my own personal use for convenience when writing in PHP with CodeIgniter Framework but I'll happily write up a short list of instructions about it if ever someone other than me will be using it.

At least I can finally say this is the official v1.0.0 of this personal project

Installation

1. Download this directly or use your terminal/command line to clone this with git clone http://github.com/TK-Works/ci-and-layout.

2. If you downloaded it directly, extract on desired directory, typically in a www, htdocs, or any folder where you load your PHP projects.

3. ...and after that, you're set to use it.

About the Repository

As much as simplicity is the main focus of this repo, it's simple to use as well really. Also, I assume you have at least an idea of how to handle MVC structured frameworks and at least a gist about it.

• Check first the initial configurations of the following files under application/config folder to suit your needs:

autoload.php config.php
database.php
migration.php routes.php

• The main controller is set as Main.php under application/controller, check routes.php if you are to change this.

• Inside Main.php has docblocks and comments that should be sufficient enough to guide you how to write the controller methods and passing data from controller to views via server variables denoted w/ @ symbol ex. @$var

$this->view_data = ['key' => 'value']

Ex. $this->view_data['title' => 'Hello World!']

..and when used in views, simply <?php echo @$title; ?>

• There is an extended core file under application/core named MY_controller.php.

If you are able to modify this for your needs, feel free to do so

• There is also a preset model file under application/models named MY_model.php. This already has sufficient queries for you to do CRUD executions on your application and database.

Same as ever, feel free to modify this for your needs.

• Headers and Footers are preset under application/views/layout in application.php The body would be loaded under $yield variable

• You can freely change the assets. This repository uses Materialize by default. Check them out if you're interested.