Changes to CodeIgniter Release Version
core
- The contents of "core" have not been touched.
- index.php placed in new "html" directory.
- "core" directory renamed to "ci-core"
- "application" directory renamed to "ci-app" (I change this again for each individual app).
application/config/config.php
- base_url set to http://$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']/
- index_page set to empty string (always use mod_rewrite)
- ? added to permitted_uri_chars
- Changed uri_protocol to PATH_INFO
application/config/constants.php
- Added IS_AJAX constant for requests which came via AJAX
- Added LIVE constant to differentiate dev and live environments
application/core
- Added MY_Controller.php
- Support for "notices" and "global errors"
- Support for $this->_header() and $this->_footer() functions which use views/common/header.php and views/common/footer.php
- A _json function which outputs JSON with the correct Content-Type header.
- Added MY_Input.php
- Allows for query strings when required (e.g. Twitter OAuth)
application/libraries
- Added View.php library which allows multiple calls to set variables in views
- Syntax changes from $this->load->view() to $this->view->load() and $this->view->set()
application/helpers
- include_specific_js()
- By adding a variable to the view $js_files which is an array, call this function in the header view to output js_files which are in /js/specific.
- include_js_templates()
- By adding a variable to the view $js_templates which is an array, call this function in the header view to output js_templates which are in /js/templates.
- add_notice() and show_notices()
- Add notices to be shown on the next page load
- add_global_error() and show_global_errors()
- Add errors to be shown on the next page load