Subfolders in CodeIgniter

Question

Hi all,

I'm new to CodeIgniter and I need some help. I'd like to implement the following:

View a user's profile via: http://localhost/profile/johndoe

...but administrate a user's profile via: http://localhost/admin/profile/johndoe

and then be able to accomplish even further processing via: http://localhost/admin/profile/create ...and... http://localhost/admin/profile/edit/johndoe

I've already created the admin object and secured it. Do I have to create a profile function under admin and work with the URI to process accordingly? or is there a better way?

Answer 1

This is not such a good idea.

If you want to implement those URLs, you need two controllers:

1. Profile, with the function index
2. Admin, with the function profile

In Admin, the profile function has to read the first argument (create/edit/[userid]) and then do something accordingly. (You also must make sure that no user can call himself "create" or "edit".)

I would instead use only one controller with the functions show, edit and create (or add). Much easier. Then you would get these URLs:

• http://localhost/profile/show/johndoe
• http://localhost/profile/edit/johndoe
• http://localhost/profile/create/johndoe

Answer 2

I found the solution I was looking for: http://www.clipmarks.com/clipmark/75D02C9E-3E76-483E-8CCE-30403D891969/

Thanks Christian D, I like your solution better than mine. I'm going with it.