Question

What I want to do is creating a file like my_custom_settings.php in config directory and call the defined variable in view part.

let’s say in my_custom_settings.php:

define('TEMPLATE_DIR', 'assets/front');

and in view part direct in HTML:

<link href="<?=TEMPLATE_DIR?>/stylesheet/style.css">

or any other alternative solution??

PS: Now I am using base_url() to access the path

Answer 1

personally i extend the /core/helpers/url_helper.php , defaults are site_url() , base_url(), current_url(); etc … i just extended that for having base_static_url();

so put in core/helpers/url_helper.php:

if ( ! function_exists('base_static_url'))
{
    function base_static_url()
    {
        $CI =& get_instance();
        return $CI->config->slash_item('base_static_url');
    }
}

then in config.php file you just add 1 more line:

$config['base_url'] = "http://mysite.com/";
$config['base_static_url'] = "http://mysite.com/static/"; //path to your static resources folder

then you can call static resources using :

<img src="<?php echo base_static_url();?>img/myimage.png"/>