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Asked: 2026-05-27T16:00:29+00:00

In the views in codeigniter, we can write code for forms using codeigniter. For

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In the views in codeigniter, we can write code for forms using codeigniter. For example for an url the code in codeigniter is:

<?php
anchor('site/myfunction','Send');
?>

My question is whether is better write this code with html in the views:

<a href="site/myfunction">Send </a>

It’s an example, but the question is with all HTML helpers for views. CodeIgniter’s user guide suggests to use PHP functions rather than code html. The php code requests to the server while html does not. Is better use the CodeIgniter for HTML? I don’t know if when I use CodeIgniter’s helpers, the framework has contemplated these requests.

I apologize for my english. Thanks for your answer.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The reason you want to use CodeIgniters library is for the ability to quickly modify your HTML elements site-wide with very little work. For instance, let’s say you wanted all <a> tags on your site to have a class added called “ajax”. Using the anchor helper, you can accomplish this easily.

    That said, I don’t really foresee many solutions where you will be changing HTML elements site-wide. With semantic HTML, CSS, and Javascript I think you will be perfectly fine without having to use CodeIgniters HTML helpers. Also in my opinion your code will be much more readable. Use HTML.

    Regarding performance

    When you say “code php does requests to the server while html, no” you’re wrong because whenever someone visits your site they are requesting the server. The question here is how much work the PHP engine is doing versus just your normal webserver. In this case, a function call is trivial for PHP and shouldn’t be considered performance wise.

    Regarding urls

    The answer by Pi is focused on the fact that URL resolution in CodeIgniter can be weird, but with proper .htaccess or web.config configurations you should be able to use vanilla hrefs without using CodeIgniter functions.

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