CodeIgniter for Beginners: Build a Complete Web Application

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction and Setup

Lecture 1: Introduction and Welcome: How to Get the Most out of the Course

Lecture 2: Install a Web Server with PHP, Database Server and phpMyAdmin

Lecture 3: Create an Empty Database in the Local Database Server

Lecture 4: Install Composer

Lecture 5: Install the CodeIgniter Framework

Lecture 6: Configure the Framework to Development Mode

Lecture 7: Configure the Web Server to Access the Framework using a Virtual Host

Lecture 8: Configure the Framework's Base URL Setting

Lecture 9: A Word about Versions

Lecture 10: Upgrade Guide

Lecture 11: Common Installation & Configuration Issues and their Solutions

Chapter 2: CodeIgniter and MVC Basics: Controllers, Views and Layouts

Lecture 1: MVC Basics: How a Framework is Different to Plain PHP

Lecture 2: View Basics: Create and Display the Homepage

Lecture 3: Add Another Controller and View to Display a List of Articles

Lecture 4: Addendum: Changes to the Routing File from Version 4.4.0

Lecture 5: Routing: How CodeIgniter Decides Which Controller and Method to Run

Lecture 6: Reduce Code Repetition by Using Multiple Views

Lecture 7: Include One View in Another

Lecture 8: Pass Data to a View from a Controller

Lecture 9: View Layouts: Create a Base Layout for Common View Code

Lecture 10: Change the Home Index View to Extend the Default Layout

Lecture 11: Change the Articles Index View to Extend the Default Layout

Chapter 3: Database Data: Migrations and Models

Lecture 1: Display Dynamic Data in a View

Lecture 2: Configure the Framework to Connect to the Database

Lecture 3: Check if the Database Connection Credentials are Correct

Lecture 4: Database Migrations: Add a Class to Create a Database Table from PHP

Lecture 5: Create the Database Table by Running the Migration

Lecture 6: Models: Connect to the Database and Select Data Automatically

Lecture 7: Debugging Tools: the Debug Bar and the dd Function

Chapter 4: Displaying and Inserting Database Data

Lecture 1: Add a Method and Route to Show an Individual Record

Lecture 2: Retrieve the Data for an Individual Record and Display it in a View

Lecture 3: Add Robust Links Between Pages Using the site_url Helper Function

Lecture 4: Display a Page for Adding a New Record

Lecture 5: Add a Form with Input Elements

Lecture 6: Add a Classless Stylesheet to Get Styling Quickly

Lecture 7: Process the Submitted Form and Get its Data

Lecture 8: Use the Model to Insert a New Record

Chapter 5: Validation and Output Escaping

Lecture 1: Validate the Form Data with Validation Rules in the Model

Lecture 2: Redirect Back to the Form and Display the Validation Error Messages

Lecture 3: Show Old Data in the Form When it's Redisplayed

Lecture 4: Change the Default Validation Messages

Lecture 5: Redirect to the Show Page with a Flash Message if Validation Passes

Lecture 6: Prevent XSS Attacks by Escaping Untrusted Data

Chapter 6: Entity Classes: Editing and Deleting Existing Records

Lecture 1: Add a Form to Edit an Existing Record

Lecture 2: Process the Submitted Form and Update the Record

Lecture 3: Extract Shared Form Code out into a Shared View

Lecture 4: Entity Classes: Create a Class to Represent a Single Database Row

Lecture 5: Use an Entity Object in the Views

Lecture 6: Change the Create Method to Use the Article Entity Class

Lecture 7: Detect if Any Attributes Have Changed When Updating Using the Entity Class

Lecture 8: Extract Common Controller Code out to the Constructor

Lecture 9: Show a 404 Not Found Page if the Record isn't Found

Lecture 10: Add a Confirmation Page for Deleting a Record

Lecture 11: Process the Confirmation and Delete the Record

Chapter 7: Routing: Autorouting and RESTful Resource Handling

Lecture 1: Specify the HTTP Verb for Each Route

Lecture 2: Autorouting: Match URL Segments to Controllers, Actions and Parameters

Lecture 3: Use Named Routes to Make the Code Less Fragile

Lecture 4: Spoof the HTTP DELETE Method When Deleting a Record

Lecture 5: RESTful Routing: Start Converting the Routes

Lecture 6: Convert the Route to Delete a Resource to be RESTful

Lecture 7: Generate Most of the RESTful Routes Automatically

Chapter 8: Registration and Login using Shield

Lecture 1: Install CodeIgniter Shield

Lecture 2: Register a New User and Log In and Out

Lecture 3: Remember the Login Between Browser Sessions

Lecture 4: Configure the Framework with an SMTP Server to Send Emails

Lecture 5: Send a Test Email to Check the Configuration is Correct

Lecture 6: Use a Magic Login Link if Password Forgotten

Lecture 7: Enable Account Activation by email

Chapter 9: Customise Shield

Lecture 1: Customising Shield Views: Remove the Username Field from the Register Page

Lecture 2: Customise the Registration Form Server-Side Validation Rules

Lecture 3: Add an Input for the User's First Name to the Registration Form

Lecture 4: Add a Column for First Name to the Users Table

Lecture 5: Create a User Provider Class to Save the First Name to the Database

Lecture 6: Display the First Name on the Homepage When Logged In

Lecture 7: Display a Form for the User to Reset Their Own Password

Lecture 8: Add a Method to Process and Validate the New Password

Lecture 9: Update the User in the Database with the New Password

Lecture 10: Show the Set Password Page after Using a Magic Login Link

Chapter 10: User Administration

Lecture 1: Add a Controller in a Module for User Administration

Lecture 2: Add a Routes Config File to the Admin Module

Lecture 3: Use the User Model to List all the User Accounts

Lecture 4: Paginate the List of User Records

Lecture 5: Order the List of Records and Add an Index to the Database Table

Lecture 6: Show the Details of an Individual User Record

Lecture 7: Use Different Methods to Specify the Admin Module Routes

Lecture 8: Link the Index to the Show Page and Humanize the Created At Field

Lecture 9: Add a Helper to Display Boolean Values in Views

Lecture 10: Add an Option to Ban Users to Prevent Login

Chapter 11: Requiring Authentication Using Filters

Lecture 1: Require the User to Login to Access a Specific Method