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A straightforward way to translate your language files in CodeIgniter

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:22:17 +0000

Months ago we discussed about different alternatives to add i18n support to CodeIgniter applications. On this opportunity we will show how easy is to maintain your language files using CodeIgniter Language File Translator by MrKirkland and Owen Christian. Basically what you need to do is download the zip here and then unpack the files under appropriate [...]

CodeIgniter in Spanish Language

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:14:28 +0000

CodeIgniter has been translated to many international languages, not only the User Guide but also the messages and errors strings in its language packs. For example, you can find Spanish translations for your CodeIgniter applications, here. [Make sure to download the right version, ie: 1.7.2] The next step once you unpack the .zip is to copy the [...]

Get Location Information based on an address, city or country name

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:48:00 +0000

In our last post we explained how to use GeoIP easily in CodeIgniter. Now we are interested in getting location information from a particular address using a Geocoder tool. For that reason, we’d recommend to take a look over How to use Google Maps API with PHP from Zimuel’s blog. Zimuel exposes the following scenario: Scenario: you [...]

Using GeoIP in CodeIgniter application

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:07:56 +0000

The company called Maxmind published free resources to use Geo localized IP services in your web applications. I remember this service is there from long time ago. Now, we are interested in getting geo information from users in a website, so it could be a good idea to integrate GeoIP services as a CodeIgniter plugin. @Burak posted [...]

How do I display result or error messages in CodeIgniter application

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:49:56 +0000

Sometimes we need to display general messages or error messages to the user noticing about certain action, for example on success or failure. Imagine you are submitting a form and then creating or updating the data in the database. You may be interested in noticing the user about the result for that action. This is the way [...]

CodeIgniter 1.7.2 released

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:15:18 +0000

The new CodeIgniter 1.7.2 release includes the following general changes: Compatibility for PHP 5.3.0 The Form Helper class has been improved New simple Cart Class has been introduced (we commented something about it in an earlier post) A new function is_php() has been introduced Also, show_error() function allows to send HTTP responses. This new release can [...]

Fast way to randomly choose an Array item

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:41:47 +0000

When dealing with arrays in PHP, I usually need to choose a random item to display, for example an image that rotates randomly in a homepage or interior page, actually doesn’t matter which page. The applications and needs may differ a lot, but here is a simple snippet that you can use to randomly select an [...]

Get a single table field value from database using CodeIgniter

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:23:19 +0000

If you want to get a single value from a database table, then an easy way to achieve that in CodeIgniter could be: $count = $this->db->query('SELECT count(*) as count FROM departments')->row()->count; Replace department by your table name, and of course, replace count(*) as count by your desired field.

How to Backup files using CodeIgniter

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:30:54 +0000

This snippet shows an easy way to compress a directory in a .zip file using the Zip library, so you can compress your files using CodeIgniter.

How do I use Constants in CodeIgniter applications?

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:19:38 +0000

Usually I need to use constants or pass them as parameter in a function. I don’t like the idea to hardcode these values in the code, nor sometimes I don’t like to use the PHP define() function to define constants since later it is a mass to search where a constant for a given entity has [...]