codeigniter Archives - Danny Herran https://dannyherran.com/tag/codeigniter-2/ Coding is fun Sat, 17 May 2025 22:50:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dannyherran.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/favicon.png codeigniter Archives - Danny Herran https://dannyherran.com/tag/codeigniter-2/ 32 32 Seamlessly validate forms and file uploads with CodeIgniter https://dannyherran.com/2014/07/validate-forms-file-uploads-with-codeigniter/ https://dannyherran.com/2014/07/validate-forms-file-uploads-with-codeigniter/#respond Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:39:57 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=361 The Form Validation class is great to validate simple input fields such as textareas, checkboxes, text fields, etc. But what about file inputs? If you have a mix of text and file inputs, your controller can get messy if you try to validate both. Lets take a look at a neat solution that only involves […]

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]]> https://dannyherran.com/2014/07/validate-forms-file-uploads-with-codeigniter/feed/ 0 How to load and use SimplePie 1.3+ with CodeIgniter 2.1+ https://dannyherran.com/2013/06/how-to-load-and-use-simplepie-1-3-with-codeigniter-2-1/ https://dannyherran.com/2013/06/how-to-load-and-use-simplepie-1-3-with-codeigniter-2-1/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:10:32 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=382 The famous RSS parser, SimplePie, has changed a few rules in the last couple of versions. The previous methods used to install the library in CodeIgniter are now obsolete. Lets take a look at the new method to get it working in just 5 minutes. 1. Download SimplePie: http://simplepie.org/downloads/ 2. Inside ./application/third_party/ create a new […]

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]]> https://dannyherran.com/2013/06/how-to-load-and-use-simplepie-1-3-with-codeigniter-2-1/feed/ 3 Integrating the jQuery Validation plugin with Twitter Bootstrap https://dannyherran.com/2012/10/integrating-the-jquery-validation-plugin-with-twitter-bootstrap/ https://dannyherran.com/2012/10/integrating-the-jquery-validation-plugin-with-twitter-bootstrap/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:37:18 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=354 Twitter Bootstrap has some nice styling for error messages in forms. Using jQuery form validation could come handy and its actually pretty easy to integrate. The question is, how do we use the Bootstrap styling along with jQuery Validation plugin? Read on for more. I actually wanted to: a) All the form errors should be […]

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]]> https://dannyherran.com/2012/10/integrating-the-jquery-validation-plugin-with-twitter-bootstrap/feed/ 5 Error Validation Class for CodeIgniter Reactor 2.0 https://dannyherran.com/2011/05/error-validation-class-for-codeigniter-reactor-2-0/ https://dannyherran.com/2011/05/error-validation-class-for-codeigniter-reactor-2-0/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 01:34:48 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=241 CodeIgniter lacks of an error handling class for custom errors. The Form Validation class is very nice for forms, the logs are pretty useful as well, but what happens when we need to handle our own errors?. Currently there is no official solution for this so I decided to take the matter in my own […]

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]]> https://dannyherran.com/2011/05/error-validation-class-for-codeigniter-reactor-2-0/feed/ 3 Exporting your MySQL table data with PHPExcel + CodeIgniter https://dannyherran.com/2011/03/exporting-your-mysql-table-data-with-phpexcel-codeigniter/ https://dannyherran.com/2011/03/exporting-your-mysql-table-data-with-phpexcel-codeigniter/#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:24:58 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=207 Most of the time my clients need to download data from their database tables. Exporting to CSV is a pain in the rear for users and it leads to confusion (you know the colon and semicolon stuff). Today, I decided to make a very small controller that is portable and efficient for exporting full MySQL […]

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]]> https://dannyherran.com/2011/03/exporting-your-mysql-table-data-with-phpexcel-codeigniter/feed/ 33 Facebook PHP SDK and CodeIgniter for basic user authentication https://dannyherran.com/2011/02/facebook-php-sdk-and-codeigniter-for-basic-user-authentication/ https://dannyherran.com/2011/02/facebook-php-sdk-and-codeigniter-for-basic-user-authentication/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:16:56 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=185 With CodeIgniter 2, plugins are no longer an option. Usually you would just add the Facebook PHP SDK as a plugin and you were good to go, but now, you need to make a little modification to the SDK in order to use Facebook Connect on your CodeIgniter application. Lets start by explaining what is, […]

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]]> https://dannyherran.com/2011/02/facebook-php-sdk-and-codeigniter-for-basic-user-authentication/feed/ 211 CodeIgniter 2.0 is out with cool features! https://dannyherran.com/2011/02/codeigniter-2-0-is-out-with-cool-features/ https://dannyherran.com/2011/02/codeigniter-2-0-is-out-with-cool-features/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:36:58 +0000 https://dannyherran.com/?p=170 I know its a bit late, CI 2.0 has been out since January 28th, 2011, but lets talk about it anyway and recapitulate some of the new features of this framework. The new stuff is great, and this time I believe it deserves a second look if you are not much into CI. Let me […]

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