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Asked: 2026-05-31T02:06:38+00:00

Excuse me if this is slightly newbie. I have the main view located @

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Excuse me if this is slightly newbie.

I have the main view located @ app/views/index.php as:

<?php echo $head ?>

</head>
<body>

<div id="container">
    <h1>Welcome to CodeIgniter!</h1>

    <div id="body">
        <p>The page you are looking at is being generated dynamically by CodeIgniter.</p>

        <p>If you would like to edit this page you'll find it located at:</p>
        <code>application/views/welcome_message.php</code>

        <p>The corresponding controller for this page is found at:</p>
        <code>application/controllers/welcome.php</code>

        <p>If you are exploring CodeIgniter for the very first time, you should start by reading the <a href="user_guide/">User Guide</a>.</p>
    </div>

    <p class="footer">Page rendered in <strong>{elapsed_time}</strong> seconds</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

The header_meta.php file located at (app/views):

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Title</title>
    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="img/favicon.ico" />
    <!--meta-->

the controller, named SpecialPage.php located at app/controllers/:

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class SpecialPage extends CI_Controller {

    function SpecialPage(){
        parent::CI_Controller();
    }

    public function index()
    {
        $head = $this->load->view('header_meta', '', true);
        $this->load->view('index', array('head' => $head));
    }
}

/* End of file welcome.php */
/* Location: ./application/controllers/welcome.php */

Error I’m getting on SpecialPage.php controller:
Call to undefined method CI_Controller::CI_Controller() on line 6
which is:
function SpecialPage(){
parent::CI_Controller();
}

Why is this still just showing a 404 error?????

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  1. Editorial Team

    I suppose it’s this line:

    <?php $this->load->view('header_meta.php'); ?>

    The “.php” extension seems to be the culprit.

    BTW, I do not recommend using PHP code in your views (except echoes and loops). Much better is to compose it in your controller:

    $head = $this->load->view('header_meta', '', true);
$this->load->view('index', array('head' => $head));

    Obviously, the “$t>l>v()” must be changed to “echo $head”. Or, the way I prefer (using a template view):

    $body = $this->load->view('index', '', true);
$this->load->view('template', array('body' => $body));
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