In codeigniter, how to make assets folder work by putting it in the application folder?

Question

I want to put my assets folder inside the application folder of codeigniter just like:

application > assets > css > style.css 

and I want to give assets files links in my view files.

Answer 1

The best practice in codeigniter for set up the assets as below flow:

• application
• assets
• system

But you want:

• application > assets > css > style.css
• system

but if you want to keep the assets folder inside the application, then you've to do some extra functionality as below: First, make sure that you've loaded the URL helper in your controller which is:

$this->load->helper("url");

you have to first create a helper named "my_helper.php" at "application/helpers" directory with this code:

if ( ! function_exists('asset_url()'))
{
  function asset_url() {

    return base_url().'application/assets/';

  }
}

Now, you have to load this helper into your controller as below:

$this->load->helper("my_helper");

Now replace your .htaccess code at 'application/'' directory with the below code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|assets|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

After doing all the above functionality, you have to declare your assets in view as below:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo asset_url(); ?>css/style.css">