CodeIgniter - Simple base_url question

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I'm a bit confused here.

I have a simple controller which loads a view. The view contains a form and links some CSS files. I don't really want to do ../../css/global.cssin my link tag. I want to use the base_url() method and then go /css/.

I know a friend uses the following:

  <link href="{base_url}css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

However, I can't get that to work. He uses CodeIgniter 1.7 though, I'm using the latest (2.something) version. I'm new to CodeIgniter and I wanted to mess around with it, but I can't even link a simple CSS file :(

My view is in /logic/views/index.php, my css files are in /css/

Thanks a bunch.

the syntax {base_url} may be from CI's template parsing class - or I believe that smarty templates use this syntax too. (also you could just use an absolute path - /css/global.css) but your app will be more portable using the base_url! — Ross
– Ross, Commented Mar 27, 2011 at 16:06

Brad · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-27 15:45:06Z

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I put my css files in the root directory and link them like this

<?php echo link_tag('css/forie.css'); ?>  
<?php echo link_tag('css/reset.css'); ?>
<?php echo link_tag('css/main.css'); ?>

Using link_tag allows me to access them easily

answered Mar 27, 2011 at 15:45

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Tyler · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-27 15:14:44Z

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I think your problem is that base_url is a function in ci 2+ so try this instead

<link href="<?php echo base_url() ?>css/style.css" 
rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

It depends how you defined base_url if you did an ending slash otherwise just add a slash so

/css/style.css

answered Mar 27, 2011 at 15:14

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Joris Ooms Over a year ago

I tried this, probably should have mentioned it. When I do this ` <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo base_url() ?>css/global.css" media="all" />`, my page cuts off right before the link tag. I don't get any errors, it just cuts off :(

Joris Ooms Over a year ago

I had to load the URL helper as stated below.. And then I had some problems with my .htaccess file. It worked now, thanks a lot!

No Results Found Over a year ago

base_url() has existed since version 1.2

JohnP · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-27 15:15:03Z

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You can use the URL helper to ease your URL woes :)

http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html

Usage

Load it up in your bootstrap

$this->load->helper('url');

And whenever you need something you can use

echo site_url("/css/style.css");

Or just assign it as a handy base url so you can use it wherever you want.

$base_url = site_url('/');
<link href="{$base_url}css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<?php echo 'base url is' . $base_url?>

Note

Remember to define your proper base URL in the config file before using this method.

answered Mar 27, 2011 at 15:15

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Joris Ooms Over a year ago

Thanks. I used the method Tyler Rice provided in combination with part of yours, apparently I forgot to load the URL helper (silly me). Now I just have to fix something else because well.. they get linked correctly in my source code, but they still don't get loaded.

Lin · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-21 07:17:47Z

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for CI 2+ you can add $this->load->helper('url'); before you load the view and then add <link href="<?php echo base_url().'css/style.css';?>" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> into your view file.

answered Jul 21, 2011 at 7:17

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Arda Over a year ago

This does not generate relative path structure, but provides full path including http:// for every css etc.

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