How do I get the project basepath in CodeIgniter

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I have created a folder as user in the root directory.

My project base path is:

/var/www/myproject/

When I want to access the base path as BASEPATH from a controller it's showing:

/var/www/myproject/system/

But I want the path to be:

/var/www/myproject/

I am new to CodeIgniter. How do I set this path?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11792268/how-to-set-proper-codeigniter-base-url — Yajneshwar Mandal, Jun 19 '13 at 10:33

score 90 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Use FCPATH instead of BASEPATH for more check this link.

Codeigniter - dynamically getting relative/absolute path outside of application folder

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answered Jun 19 '13 at 10:16

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score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '13 at 10:14

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use base_url()

echo $baseurl=base_url();

if you need to pass url to a function then use site_url()

 echo site_url('controller/function');

if you need the root path then FCPATH..

echo FCPATH;

answered Jun 19 '13 at 10:14

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I am using **base_url()** to get path, but instead of localhost it's giving me server path. What could be wrong? – Asmita Dec 15 '15 at 06:56

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 11 '17 at 11:14

Following are the build-in constants you can use as per your requirements for getting the paths in Codeigniter:

EXT: The PHP file extension

FCPATH: Path to the front controller (this file) (root of CI)

SELF: The name of THIS file (index.php)

BASEPATH: Path to the system folder

APPPATH: The path to the “application” folder

Thanks.

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 30 '15 at 17:33

Obviously you mean the baseurl. If so:

base url: URL to your CodeIgniter root. Typically this will be your base URL, | WITH a trailing slash.

Root in codeigniter specifically means that the position where you can append your controller to your url.

For example, if the root is localhost/ci_installation/index.php/, then to access the mycont controller you should go to localhost/ci_installation/index.php/mycont.

So, instead of writing such a long link you can (after loading "url" helper) , replace the term localhost/ci_installation/index.php/ by base_url() and this function will return the same string url.

NOTE: if you hadn't appended index.php/ to your base_url in your config.php, then if you use base_url(), it will return something like that localhost/ci_installation/mycont. And that will not work, because you have to access your controllers from index.php, instead of that you can place a .htaccess file to your codeigniter installation position. Cope that the below code to it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /imguplod/index.php/$1 [L]

And it should work :)

and basepath reffering to the system directory link within your codeigniter , it is another subject — Mohab mohamed, Sep 30 '15 at 17:08
@petreh , im badly sorry for the bad language age and thank you for the modification i just hoped to help ,thanks — Mohab mohamed, Sep 30 '15 at 22:26
but 'inchaa'allah' it is an islamic arabic expression means that we hope god to accept some request or make something real — Mohab mohamed, Sep 30 '15 at 22:27

MJ X · Answer 5 · 2014-06-29T10:30:29.290

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Codeigniter has a function that retrieves your base path which is:

FCPATH and BASEPATH i recommand use FCPATH.

for your base url use:

<?=base_url()?>

if your php short tag is off

<?php echo base_url(); ?>

for example: if you want to link you css files which is in your base path

<script src='<?=base_url()?>js/jquery.js' type='text/javascript' />

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answered Jun 19 '13 at 10:14

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That's not the base path, but the base url – Mischa Jun 27 '14 at 13:03
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He didnt ask for base url – Mike Miller Jun 16 '15 at 07:11
but... what if he is in the deep of url? the base_url wouldn't just be the root but in C.I v3 it will include right until last /controller/ – gumuruh Nov 22 '21 at 18:08

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 19 '13 at 10:15

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Change your default controller which is in config file.

i.e : config/routes.php

$route['default_controller'] = "Your controller name";

Hope this will help.

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This does not help. The question asked how to get the root path... The default/front controller path is the `FCPATH`, changing the default controller name in _routes.php_ will not change this path... – CPHPython Jun 21 '18 at 11:42

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