Beginners Guide to Codeigniter

Learn Codeigniter starting from the basics correctly with this Codeigniter tutorial for beginners.

Created byArunoda Susiripala

Last updated 6/2012

English

Course content

8 sections • 40 lectures • 3h 20m total length

Introduction1:49
Introduce to the course and discuss what you can get from this course.
Installing Codeigniter4:07
In this video you'll be learning how to install codeigniter

Notes on installing development setup

Befor installing codeigniter you must have install a PHP devlopment. Plese use following links if you've not installed yet.

Windows - WAMP Server

Mac - MAMP

Ubuntu Linux - Lamp
Refer the Codeigniter User Guide0:38
Codeigniter has the one of the best well documented user guide. I recommend you to follow the user guide along with what we are learning here. After once we've learned some thing, try to look at the user guide and try to learn more about it. You can follow the online user guide or the version availa…

Controllers10:00
In this video you'll be learning how to create a Controller in codeigniter and see what are the things you can do the controller
Views8:05
In this video, you'll be learning how to create a view in codeigniter and use it with the controller.

You can download the source code as a gist
Models8:19
In this video, you'll be learning how to create a model and how it can be loaded into the controller.

You can download the Source Code as a gist
Helpers3:02
In this video you will learning about Codeigniter helpers and search for available helpers in the codeigniter.

You can download the Source Code as a gist
Libraries4:05
In this video, you'll be learning how to use codeigniter libraries and search for available libraries.

You can download the source code as a gist
Using Static Files3:59
In this video, you'll be learning how to use static files like (CSS, JavaScript, Images) with codeigniter

Introduction to Databases0:44
In this section we are learning about how we can integrate databases with codeigniter. There are two methods. Traditional SQL way Codeigniter Active Records I will guide you on both. But there is no way we can say, one is better than the other. You can mix both of them in different scenarios. In th…
Connecting4:10
In this video, You'll be learning how to configure and connect to the Database(MySql) using codeigniter.

Download Sample Database

Download the Source Code as a gist
With SQL13:06
In this video, you'll be learning how to interact with a MySql database using SQL in codeigniter.

Learn SQL from W3Schools if you are familiar with

Download Source Code as a gist
With Active Records12:06
In this video, You'll be learning how to interact with the Database using Active Records.

Download the Source Code as gist

Learn more about Codeigniter Active Records

Introduction1:37
In this video, I'll explain you about the mini project and how we are building it in the next few videos.
Creating the Database3:10
In this video, I'll be showing you to create database for the mini project
Creating the base template 6:33
In this video, I'll show you how to create the basic template for our Mini Project (My Blog).

Link for the Template and CSS
Adding a Blog Post - Part 15:04
In this video, I'll show you how to add out blog post into the database.
Adding a Blog Post - Part 211:44
In this video, I'll show you how to add our blog post into the database.
Loading all the posts12:20
In this video, I'll show you how to add all the posts in my database (post table) in a single page.

Some of the PHP functions we've used

time() - http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php

date() - http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

nl2br() - http://php.net/manual/en/function.nl2br.php
Loading a Single Post10:17
In this I'll show you how to load a single post into a view.
Delete Post Functionality5:50
In this video, I'll show you how to add the delete functionality to our Blog Engine - My Blog
Recap + Exercise1:37
It's time to do some exercise on your own :)
Source Code with Database SQL
You can download the complete source code for the Mini Project and the Sample Database SQL.

XSS Prevention9:13
In this video, I will demostrate how XSS works and how to prevent it using Codeigniter.

Learn more about XSS

Download Malicious JavaScript Code we've used

Downlaod the Source Code as a gist

Codeigniter XSS Filtering User Guide
SQL Injection Prevention1:03
In this video, you will be learning about how to prevent SQL Injection attacks using codeigniter.

Learn more about SQL Injection
Hiding PHP Errors2:04
In this video you'll be learning how to prevent displaying PHP error.
Form Validation0:27
Form Validation is a good practice when we talk about Security and as well as usability. Codeigniter has a very effective and easy way to validate forms. Here is the user guide for that. It is well explained and complete. If you find something difficult or unclear please comment here. I'm happy to…
CSRF Prevention5:22
In this video, I will demonstrate CSRF attack (in a developer perspective) and how you can prevent it using codeigniter.

Learn more about the CSRF

Tool to send HTTP Requests (Chrome)

Details need to fill in the above tool (or something similar)

A detailed blog post on how CSRF protection works in Codeigniter

Config Files8:43
In this video, you'll be learning about the config files in codeigniter and create your own config files.
Autoloading2:18
In this video, You'll be learning how to load libraries, helpers and config files automatically.
Remove index.php0:37
Here is the example URL for a simple controller in codeigniter localhost/ci/index.php/user/select sometimes index.php looks bit awkward. So you might need to remove that. Codeigniter has a way to do it and it is based on apache's .htaccess file. You can use this Wiki Article to remove that. If yo…
Change Application Folder1:41
In this video, I will show you how to change the application folder into something else you specify.
Advanced URL Routing4:16
In this video, you'll be learning how about advanced URL Routing in codeigniter.

Download related Source Code

URL Routing user guide

Creating a library7:24
In this video, you'll be learning how to add a custom library to your codeigniter installation.

Download Source Code as a gist
Extend a library4:30
In this video, you'll be learning how to extend a library in codeigniter.

Download Source Code as a gist
Adding a helper4:13
In this video you'll be learning how to add a custom helper to your codeigniter installation.

Youtube sample data

Download Source Code as gist
Extend a helper3:08
In this video, I'll be showing how to extend a helper in codeigniter.

Download Source Code as a gist
Extending Core Classes 6:53
In this video, you'll be learning how to extend Core Codeigniter classes. (demonstrating, extending Controller class)

Download Source Code as a gist

Description

Codeigniter is one of the most popular and mature PHP frameworks.

With this Codeigniter tutorial for beginners, you'll be learning codeigniter from the basics, correctly. After following this Codeigniter tutorial, you will be able to customize codeigniter to suit your needs and build your project with codeigniter like a pro.

Throughout this project we are working with a Mini Project. It is help us to apply things we've learned. So you can not only gain knowledge but you can see how they can be applied in real life too.

Time is more valuable than money. I prepared this Codeigniter tutorial course to be very effective, so you can learn everything you need to know about codeigniter in less time.

Course will be mostly on videos, and you can download related materials too.

Requirements

Basic knowledge in PHP (try this course for learning PHP)
Basic knowledge in WAMP/LAMP/MAMP and MySQL will be helpful

Learn Codeigniter correctly and get most out of it with this Codeigniter tutorial.

( I'm not a native English Speaker - But I try to make it clear as possible as I can )

Beginners Guide to Codeigniter

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 7min

Basic Concepts2 lectures • 7min

Codeigniter Basics6 lectures • 38min

Using the Database4 lectures • 30min

Mini Project10 lectures • 58min

Security5 lectures • 18min

Configuration5 lectures • 18min

Extend Codeigniter5 lectures • 26min

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