Bootstrap Theme Integration Into CodeIgniter 4
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Last Updated On: January 18, 2020| By: Parvez
The codeigniter 4 has been launched.I am going to discuss How to Integrate Bootstrap Theme With Codeigniter 4.I will create codeigniter layout using bootstrap ace theme.
This codeigniter tutorial help to create custom layout.This is a master template which will use to render child view file, which has partial header, footer and sidebar file.I have already shared Creating Template in CodeIgniter 3 Using Bootstrap Theme.
I am taking same above bootstrap theme and functionalities, I ll integrate bootstrap theme and create layout in CodeIgniter 4.The layout and file structure is too different from codeigniter 3 to code 4.
I am assuming – You have configured and installed CodeIgniter 4 into your system , if not configured yet, please install and configure codeigniter 4 using Install & Configure Codeigniter 4 In XAMPP.
There are following libs and software need to configured-
Download CodeIgniter 4.
Download Bootstrap Theme Bootstrap Admin Theme.
WAMP, XAMPP or a Live Server
Enable mod_rewrite module(for Apache)
The bootstrap admin theme is the popular bootstrap admin theme.Its a open source free bootstrap theme.You can change theme as per your application need.
I am creating codeigniter-blog folder into xampp/htdocs/ directory and moved all files and directories from CodeIgniter 4 downloaded folder to xampp/htdocs/codeigniter-blog folder.
We will create and modify following CI files.
app/Views/default_layout.php : This file will use to create HTML layout using template.php class.
app/Config/Routes.php : This file will use to define all application routes here.
app/Config/app.php : This file will use configure application level params.
app/Views/about.php : This file will have home page content.
app/Views/home.php : This file will have about page content.
app/Controllers/Home.php : We will create a new Home controller, This file will have all handler method for routes.
Modify app.php file
We will modify configuration parameters in app/Config/app.php file, I made following changes into this file:
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$config['base_url'] = 'http://codeigniter-blog/';
We will create a default_layout.php view file into the app/Views/ folder.This file will contains all js, css libraries files with html inner container variable.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Test CI Application - <?php echo $title;?></title> <meta name="description" content="overview & stats" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0" /> <!-- bootstrap & fontawesome --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url("css/bootstrap.min.css");?>" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url("font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css");?>" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url("css/ace.min.css");?>" class="theme-stylesheet" id="theme-style" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tangerine" /> <!-- page specific plugin styles --></head><body class="no-skin"> <div id="navbar" class="navbar navbar-default"> <div class="navbar-container" id="navbar-container"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle menu-toggler pull-left" id="menu-toggler" data-target="#sidebar"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle sidebar</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <div class="navbar-header pull-left"> <a href="/" class="navbar-brand"> <small> <i class="fa fa-leaf"></i> Sample CI Example </small> </a> </div> <div class="navbar-buttons navbar-header pull-right" role="navigation"> <ul class="nav ace-nav"> <li class="light-blue"> <a data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" class="dropdown-toggle"> <img class="nav-user-photo" src="<?php echo base_url("avatars/user.jpg");?>" alt="Admin Photo" /> <span class="user-info"> <small>Welcome,</small> Admin </span> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-caret-down"></i> </a> <ul class="user-menu dropdown-menu-right dropdown-menu dropdown-yellow dropdown-caret dropdown-close"> <li> <a href="#"> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-cog"></i> Settings </a> </li> <li> <a href="#"> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-user"></i> Profile </a> </li> <li class="divider"></li> <li> <a href="#"> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-power-off"></i> Logout </a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div><!-- /.navbar-container --> </div> <div class="main-container" id="main-container"> <div id="sidebar" class="sidebar responsive"> <ul class="nav nav-list"> <li class="<?php echo $title == 'Home' ? 'active' : '' ?>"> <a href="/"> <i class="menu-icon fa fa-tachometer"></i> <span class="menu-text"> Dashboard </span> </a> <b class="arrow"></b> </li> <li class="<?php echo $title == 'about' ? 'active' : ''?>"> <a href="/about"> <i class="menu-icon fa fa-list-alt"></i> <span class="menu-text"> About us </span> </a> <b class="arrow"></b> </li> </ul><!-- /.nav-list --> <div class="sidebar-toggle sidebar-collapse" id="sidebar-collapse"> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-angle-double-left" data-icon1="ace-icon fa fa-angle-double-left" data-icon2="ace-icon fa fa-angle-double-right"></i> </div> </div> <div class="main-content"> <div class="main-content-inner"> <div class="breadcrumbs" id="breadcrumbs"> <ul class="breadcrumb"> <li> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-home home-icon"></i> <a href="/">Home</a> </li> <?php if($title != 'Home') :?> <li class="active"><?php echo $title;?></li> <?php endif;?> </ul><!-- /.breadcrumb --> <div class="nav-search" id="nav-search"> <form class="form-search"> <span class="input-icon"> <input type="text" placeholder="Search ..." class="nav-search-input" id="nav-search-input1" autocomplete="off" /> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-search nav-search-icon"></i> </span> </form> </div><!-- /.nav-search --> </div> <div class="page-content"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <!-- PAGE CONTENT BEGINS --> <?= $this->renderSection('content') ?> <!-- PAGE CONTENT ENDS --> </div><!-- /.col --> </div><!-- /.row --> </div><!-- /.page-content --> </div> </div><!-- /.main-content --> <div class="footer"> <div class="footer-inner"> <div class="footer-content"> <span class="bigger-120"> Copyright � phpflow.com. All rights reserved. </span> </div> </div> </div> <a href="#" id="btn-scroll-up" class="btn-scroll-up btn btn-sm btn-inverse"> <i class="ace-icon fa fa-angle-double-up icon-only bigger-110"></i> </a> </div><!-- /.main-container --> <!-- basic scripts --> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url("js/jquery.min.js");?>"></script> <script src="<?php echo base_url("js/bootstrap.min.js");?>"></script></body></html>
We have created default layout file, Let’s create handler method into the this file, I am creating Home.php file into the app/Controllers folder.Created a index() method into it.Please add below code into Home.php controller file.
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<?php namespace App\Controllers; class Home extends BaseController{ public function index() { $data = array(); return view('home'); }}
We have defined home view file path in index() controller method.Now we will create a new home.php view file into Views/ folder.Please add below code into this file,
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<?= $this->extend('default_layout') ?><?= $this->section('content') ?> <p>Lorem Ipsum is .... Lorem Ipsum.</p><?= $this->endSection() ?>
Let’s create a new page into codeigniter 4 tutorial, This page will have same above custom page layout.Create a about page into /Views folder, This page will render on the same page layout.We just send view to the Default Layout file and rest of theme structure same as home.
Step 1: Create a new entry route into app/Routes.php file.
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$routes->get('/about', 'Home::about');
We have mentioned home is controller and about is a method.
Step 2: Created about method into Home.php controller file.
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public function about() { $data = array(); return view('about'); }
Step 3: Created about.php view file into views folder.
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<?= $this->extend('default_layout') ?><?= $this->section('content') ?> <p>About page -Lorem Ipsum .... Lorem Ipsum.</p><?= $this->endSection() ?>
This is a codeigniter beginners tutorial help to integrate beautiful bootstrap theme with Codeigniter 4 using Layout.You can also integrate simple HTML theme using this codeigniter tutorial.We have created new controller and view file and render them using template.
