Question

In CodeIgniter I’ve got a view file setup in the root folder, then I’ve got some Javascript files in a js folder as a sub-folder in the view. I tried doing simply:

<script src="js/jquery-blink.js" language="javscript" type="text/javascript"></script>

But this doesn’t seem to work. So is there a specific inclusion technique I need to be performing in order to include my external view requirement files?

Answer 1

By using the URL-helper you can insert a dynamic base URL which you set in the application/config/config.php:

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/ci/'; // example

Now, whenever you call the base_url(); function, CodeIgniter will replace it with the set base URL:

<script src="<?php echo base_url(); ?>js/jquery-blink.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>

This line will then become:

<script src="http://localhost/ci/js/jquery-blink.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript"></script>

Remember that you need to load the helper like this $this->load->helper('url'); or add it in the ‘helpers’ array in application/config/autoload.php