Codeigniter Configuration

1. Download codeigniter project file from https://codeigniter.com/download

2. Extract and place it inside htdocs or www depending upon the server.

3. create .htaccess file on the root of the project.

4. Navigate to application\config\.

5. open autoload.php and change

   • $autoload['libraries'] = array('database', 'session');
   • $autoload['helper'] = array('url','form');

6. open database.php and put database name, username, password

7. open config.php and set the base url to whatever project folder you are currently working on like $config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/CodeIgniter'; then, remove the index.php from $config['index_page'] = ''; . Add an encryption key for sessions in $config['encryption_key'] = ''; . Change the existing config settings to

   $config['sess_driver'] = 'database';
   $config['sess_table_name'] = 'ci_session';
   $config['sess_expiration'] = 7200;
   $config['sess_encrypt_cookie'] = TRUE;
   $config['sess_cookie_name'] = 'ci_session';
   $config['sess_match_ip'] = FALSE;
   $config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300;
   $config['sess_match_useragent'] = FALSE;

8. open routes.php and set default_controller $route['default_controller'] = 'def_cont';

9. Execute following SQL

   CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ci_session` (
           `id` varchar(128) NOT NULL,
           `ip_address` varchar(45) NOT NULL,
           `timestamp` int(10) unsigned DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL,
           `data` blob NOT NULL,
           KEY `ci_sessions_timestamp` (`timestamp`)
   );

to be continued...