Question

I am using CodeIgniter. I am trying to load an external javascript file.The .js file is placed in the views folder itself.

I use the following code for loading the js file in the view file

<script src="/countdown.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

But it does not load the js file.
The same code works if i simply put it in the view file.
Can someone point out what i am missing here.

Answer 1

One possible solution is what I had to do when I had to include things such as CSS and Javascript.

What I did, was put the css and js files into the root of the codeigniter directory (the directory that the application folder is in, and called them like this:

<script src="<?php echo base_url("countdown.js"); ?>" type="text/javascript"></script>

This will make the call from the directory that application/ is contained in.

Good luck!