Question

i am newbie here in codeigniter. i was asked to build a-dooid-like-site or a-aboutme-like-site for my local college so they can make their own identity card. i plan building this website using codeigniter since i heard codeigniter is the most easy to understand and i dont have more than 2 weeks to complete the task.

my questions is :

1. if the dooid build up with codeigniter, how could i make a function
   that allows people choosing their direct url. i mean, if i have a
   class “User” and there is a “show” method that need
   “username” as a parameter. the URL should seems like this one:

         www.Mysite.com/User/show/<username>
   

   how could they make a their own url like this one:

         www.Mysite.com/<username>
   

2. i plan to restrict some “method” guest and it will
   be enabled when user login into site. i mean if i have a class
   “user” there is a “edit_profiles” method. guest can see the
   “show” method but logged in users will be able to
   “edit_profiles” after login. on the same class.

3. can you tell me how the codeigniter session library class concept? i confused with native session php. is there anybody that can show me some links contains session class tutorial that stores session into databases?

Answer 1

1. Yes this is possible, look into the documentation for custom routes:
   http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html

2. For access control it is simplest to use a prebuilt login library
   such as ionauth or tankauth both or which provide the
   features you’ll require.

3. The sessions used by CI do not use PHP native sessions. The best guide is in the dosumentation: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/sessions.html Where the data is stored is determined by the sessions in the config file and is described in the documentation.