STEP 5-CodeIgniter comment system / shoutbox system tutorial/lesson.

STEP 5-
The Controller.

Now that we have our Files, Database and Model ready, lets get to the controller, where the REAL action takes place. Model --> <--Controller --> View! That's how it works!

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There is already a controller that came with the CodeIgniter installation, 'welcome.php', we will stick to that but remove everything inside that file except the lines - '
class Welcome extends Controller {
}'

Lets start with our functions. This time again we just have 2 functions

1. Index function , this is the default controller function in CodeIgniter.If you load your controller using URI eg:localhost/codeigniter/index.php/welcome , the index function is loaded unless you specify your function in the URI eg:localhost/codeigniter/index.php/welcome/functionname.Here's our index function-
   
   

   function index()
   {
   $this->load->Model('shoutmodel');//loading the model
   $data['shout']=$this->shoutmodel->getshout();//loading the model function 'getshout()' and storing the 'getshout' function data as array in $data variable
   $this->load->view('index',$data); //loading the view 'index.php' and sending stored data in $data variable to view
   }

   That's explains all.
   
   
2. 
   

   function shout()
   {
   $this->load->Model('shoutmodel');//loading the model
   $this->shoutmodel->newshout();//loading the model function 'newshout()'
   $data['shout']=$this->shoutmodel->getshout();//loading the model function 'getshout()' and storing the 'getshout' function data as array in $data variable
   $this->load->view('index',$data) ;//loading the view 'index.php' and sending stored data in $data variable to view
   }

The controller file without comments

class Welcome extends Controller {

function index()
{
$this->load->Model('shoutmodel');
$data['shout']=$this->shoutmodel->getshout();
$this->load->view('index',$data);
}

/*function index()
{

}*/

function shout()
{
$this->load->Model('shoutmodel');
$this->shoutmodel->newshout();
$data['shout']=$this->shoutmodel->getshout();
$this->load->view('index',$data) ;
}
}

i know its getting a little boring ... but guess what, its almost done!
TOWARDS THE LAST STEP...

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