Question

How can include CodeIgniter content in a regular PHP page on the same server but not part of the CI app?

For example I’m am trying to load a header from CI into WordPress. Whats the best way to include a CI controller (eg; index.php/mycontroller/header/) on the same server?

Answer 1

From http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/88635/

This is overkill, as file_get_contents($url) or similar, would be better. However, it may work for your situation:

$CI_INDEX = '/path/to/your/codeigniter/index.php';
$path = '/controller/method';
$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $path;
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $path;

chdir(dirname($CI_INDEX));
ob_start();
require($CI_INDEX);
$output = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
die($output);