Codeigniter slug library for making Url seo friendly

Codeigniter Slug Library

With the Help of thi s library you should convert your codeigniter websites URL as Seo friendly
examples are

mysite.com/post/my-post-title

Please note that these fields map to your database table fields.

$config = array(

    'field' => 'uri',

    'title' => 'title',

    'table' => 'mytable',

    'id' => 'id',

);

$this->load->library('slug', $config);

Adding and Editing Records:

When creating a uri for adding to the database you will use something like this:

$data = array(

    'title' => 'My Test',

);

$data['uri'] = $this->slug->create_uri($data);

$this->db->insert('mytable, $data);

Then for editing: (Notice the create_uri uses the second param to compare against other fields).

$id = 1;

$data = array(

    'title' => 'My Test',

);

$data['uri'] = $this->slug->create_uri($data, $id);

$this->db->where('id', $id);

$this->db->update('mytable', $data);

Methods

__construct($config = array())

Setup the library with your config options.

$config = array(

    'table' => 'mytable',

    'id' => 'id',

    'field' => 'uri',

    'title' => 'title',

    'replacement' => 'dash' // Either dash or underscore

);

$this->load->library('slug', $config);

set_config($config = array())

Pass an array of config vars that will override setup

Paramaters

$config - (required) - Array of config options

$config = array(

    'table' => 'mytable',

    'id' => 'id',

    'field' => 'uri',

    'title' => 'title',

    'replacement' => 'dash' // Either dash or underscore

);

$this->slug->set_config($config);

create_uri($data = '', $id = '')

Creates the actual uri string and in the background validates against the table to ensure it is unique.

Paramaters

$data - (requied) Array of data

$id - (optional) Id of current record

$data = array(

    'title' => 'My Test',

);

$this->slug->create_uri($data)

$data = array(

    'title' => 'My Test',

);

$this->slug->create_uri($data, 1)

This returns a string of the new uri.