links in codeigniter

[I-AM-OBODO]

hi,

pls how can I add links in codeigniter? do I need to create a method in the controller? I have a header that contains navigation with links.

thanks

[trq]

You might want to be more specific. Adding a link is as simple as adding the html to your view.

[I-AM-OBODO]

on the header I have a couple of navigation: home  about. contact. etc. how do I link them to corresponding pages.

[trq]

See my previous reply.

[Mahngiel]

Reading the CI docs is a great way to learn stuff.  What you're looking for in this case is the anchor() function.

[I-AM-OBODO]

You might want to be more specific. Adding a link is as simple as adding the html to your view.

 

This is my header.php file and how i linked it. its not linking to the page:

<div align="center"><a href="<?php  echo('index.php/home') ?>">Home</a>   <a href="<?php anchor('index.php/about') ?>">About</a>   <a href="#">Company</a>   <a href="#">Tutorials</a> </div>

 

pls how do i resolve this? i used two methods there; the echo and anchor but to no avail

 

thanks

[Mahngiel]

<?php echo anchor('target_controller/method', 'anchor text'); ?>

 

So your code:

<div align="center">
<a href="<?php  echo('index.php/home') ?>">Home</a>   
<a href="<?php anchor('index.php/about') ?>">About</a>   
<a href="#">Company</a>   
<a href="#">Tutorials</a> 
</div>

Should look like this:

<div align="center">
<?php echo anchor('home', 'Home'); ?>   
<?php echo anchor('about', 'About'); ?>   
<a href="#">Company</a>   
<a href="#">Tutorials</a> 
</div>

 

 

I left in the html tags for the # links, because CI will parse those as natural links when you use the anchor function.

 

Also, you do not need to indicated 'index.php' as that is already configured in your config/routes.php setup, and links are created by pointing to the controller.

 

[I-AM-OBODO]

<?php echo anchor('target_controller/method', 'anchor text'); ?>

 

So your code:

<div align="center">
<a href="<?php  echo('index.php/home') ?>">Home</a>   
<a href="<?php anchor('index.php/about') ?>">About</a>   
<a href="#">Company</a>   
<a href="#">Tutorials</a> 
</div>

Should look like this:

<div align="center">
<?php echo anchor('home', 'Home'); ?>   
<?php echo anchor('about', 'About'); ?>   
<a href="#">Company</a>   
<a href="#">Tutorials</a> 
</div>

 

 

I left in the html tags for the # links, because CI will parse those as natural links when you use the anchor function.

 

Also, you do not need to indicated 'index.php' as that is already configured in your config/routes.php setup, and links are created by pointing to the controller.

 

 

Thank you very very much Mahngiel. Its been solved. I altered my config file and that caused a major problem even after i have used the format you provided.

On the config file,  $config['base_url'] = 'localhost'; and here i had $config['index_page'] = 'home.php';

but on seeing the error it gave me i knew there was a problem from there so i changed: $config['base_url'] = ''; and $config['index_page'] = 'index.php'; and it did the magic plus the format you showed me.

thanks a zillion dozen times