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64<h1>Loader Class</h1>
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66<p>Loader, as the name suggests, is used to load elements. These elements can be libraries (classes) <a href="../general/views.html">View files</a>,
67<a href="../general/helpers.html">Helpers</a>, <a href="../general/plugins.html">Plugins</a>, or your own files.</p>
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69<p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> This class is initialized automatically by the system so there is no need to do it manually.</p>
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71<p>The following functions are available in this class:</p>
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admin2f0bac82006-10-09 17:36:45 +0000[diff] [blame]75<h2>$this->load->library('<var>class_name</var>')</h2>
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77<p>This function is used to load core classes. Where <var>class_name</var> is the name of the class you want to load.
78Note: We use the terms "class" and "library" interchangeably.</p>
79
80<p>For example, if you would like to send email with Code Igniter, the first step is to load the email class within your controller:</p>
81
82<code>$this->load->library('email');</code>
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84<p>Once loaded, the library will be ready for use, using <kbd>$this->email-></kbd><samp><em>some_function</em>()</samp>.
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86Each library is described in detail in its own page, so please read theinformation regarding each one you would like to use.</p>
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admincf493902006-10-10 07:12:31 +0000[diff] [blame]88<p>Parameters can be passed to the library via an array in the second parameter.
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admin2f0bac82006-10-09 17:36:45 +0000[diff] [blame]92<p>If you would like your libraries assigned to a different variable name then the default you can specify the name in the second paramter:</p>
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94<code>
95$this->load->library('email', 'E'); // Assigns the email object to "E"<br />
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97<kbd>$this->E-></kbd><samp><em>some_function</em>()</samp>
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adminb0dd10f2006-08-25 17:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]102<h2>$this->load->view('<var>file_name</var>', <samp>$data</samp>, <kbd>true/false</kbd>)</h2>
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104<p>This function is used to load your View files. If you haven't read the <a href="../general/views.html">Views</a> section of the
105user guide it is recommended that you do since it shows you how this function is typically used.</p>
106
107<p>The first parameter is required. It is the name of the view file you would like to load.</p>
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109<p>The second <strong>optional</strong> parameter can take
110an associative array or an object as input, which it runs through the PHP <a href="http://www.php.net/extract">extract</a> function to
111convert to variables that can be used in your view files. Again, read the <a href="../general/views.html">Views</a> page to learn
112how this might be useful.</p>
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114<p>The third <strong>optional</strong> parameter lets you change the behavior of the function so that it returns data as a string
115rather than sending it to your browser. This can be useful if you want to process the data in some way. If you
116set the parameter to <kbd>true</kbd> (boolean) it will return data. The default behavior is <kbd>false</kbd>, which sends it
117to your browser. Remember to assign it to a variable if you wan the data returned:</p>
118
119<code>$string = $this->load->view('<var>myfile</var>', '', <kbd>true</kbd>);</code>
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adminb0dd10f2006-08-25 17:25:49 +0000[diff] [blame]122<h2>$this->load->database('<var>options</var>', <kbd>true/false</kbd>)</h2>
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124<p>This function lets you load the database class. The two parameters are <strong>optional</strong>. Please see the
125<a href="./database/index.html">database</a> section for more info.</p>
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128<h2>$this->load->scaffolding('<var>table_name</var>')</h2>
129
130<p>This function lets you enable scaffolding. Please see the
131<a href="../general/scaffolding.html">scaffolding</a> section for more info.</p>
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135<h2>$this->load->vars(<samp>$array</samp>)</h2>
136
137<p>This function takes an associative array as input and generates variables using the PHP <a href="http://www.php.net/extract">extract</a> function.
138This function produces the same result as using the second parameter of the <dfn>$this->load->view()</dfn> function above. The reason you might
139want to use this function independently is if you would like to set some global variables in the constructor of your controller
140and have them become available in any view file loaded from any function. You can have multiple calls to this function. The data get cached
141and merged into one array for conversion to variables.
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145<h2>$this->load->helper('<var>file_name</var>')</h2>
146<p>This function loads helper files, where <var>file_name</var> is the name of the file, without the <kbd>_helper.php</kbd> extension.</p>
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149<h2>$this->load->plugin('<var>file_name</var>')</h2>
150<p>This function loads plugins files, where <var>file_name</var> is the name of the file, without the <kbd>_plugin.php</kbd> extension.</p>
151
152<h2>$this->load->file('<var>filepath/filename</var>', <kbd>true/false</kbd>)</h2>
153<p>This is a generic file loading function. Supply the filepath and name in the first parameter and it will open and read the file.
154By default the data is sent to your browser, just like a View file, but if you set the second parameter to <kbd>true</kbd> (boolean)
155it will instead return the data as a string.</p>
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158<h2>$this->load->lang('<var>file_name</var>')</h2>
159<p>This function is an alias of the <a href="language.html">language loading function</a>: $this->lang->load()</p>
160
161<h2>$this->load->config('<var>file_name</var>')</h2>
162<p>This function is an alias of the <a href="config.html">config file loading function</a>: $this->config->load()</p>
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