CodeIgniter - accessing $config variable in view

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Pretty often I need to access $config variables in views. I know I can pass them from controller to load->view(). But it seems excessive to do it explicitly.

Is there some way or trick to access $config variable from CI views without disturbing controllers with spare code?

score 200 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 10 '17 at 16:31

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$this->config->item() works fine.

For example, if the config file contains $config['foo'] = 'bar'; then $this->config->item('foo') == 'bar'

edited Oct 10 '17 at 16:31

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answered Apr 13 '10 at 18:31

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nice helpful answer – Yagnesh bhalala Jul 03 '20 at 12:51

score 29 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 24 '15 at 11:13

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Also, the Common function config_item() works pretty much everywhere throughout the CodeIgniter instance. Controllers, models, views, libraries, helpers, hooks, whatever.

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answered Apr 14 '10 at 20:25

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Thanks for this -- I was having trouble accessing a config value from a hook. For anyone else, this works great. – CashIsClay Jun 21 '13 at 18:22
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But, `config_item()` doesn't have the collision protection which is available in `$this->config->item()` – Ijas Ameenudeen Mar 03 '14 at 15:50

score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '10 at 17:15

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You can do something like that:

$ci = get_instance(); // CI_Loader instance
$ci->load->config('email');
echo $ci->config->item('name');

answered Apr 13 '10 at 17:15

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Actualy within a view $this refers to CI_Loader and get_instance() refers to the CI_Base() as always. – Phil Sturgeon Apr 13 '10 at 18:32

score 8 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 19 '11 at 23:24

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$this->config->item('config_var') did not work for my case.

I could only use the config_item('config_var'); to echo variables in the view

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answered Oct 19 '11 at 00:59

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score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 13 '10 at 22:46

Your controller should collect all the information from databases, configs, etc. There are many good reasons to stick to this. One good reason is that this will allow you to change the source of that information quite easily and not have to make any changes to your views.

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 21 '16 at 23:29

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This is how I did it. In config.php

$config['HTML_TITLE'] = "SO TITLE test";

In applications/view/header.php (assuming html code)

<title><?=$this->config->item("HTML_TITLE");?> </title>

answered Dec 21 '16 at 23:29

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score 2 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 15 '15 at 03:35

echo $this->config->config['ur config file']

If your config file also come to picture you have to access like this for example I include an app.php in config folder I have a variable

$config['50001'] = "your  message"

Now I want access in my controller or model .

Try following two cases one should work

case1:

$msg = $this->config->item('ur config file');

echo $msg['50001'];    //out put:  "your message";

case2:

 $msg = $this->config->item('50001');

 echo $msg;    //out put:  "your message"

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 13 '10 at 18:59

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Whenever I need to access config variables I tend to use: $this->config->config['variable_name'];

answered Apr 13 '10 at 18:59

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I don't know why but since today $this->config->item('var_name'); didn't work anymore for me.. thanks for the alternative way. just wondering.. is this method legal? – dapidmini Jan 30 '19 at 09:54

score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Mar 16 '16 at 18:51

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$config['cricket'] = 'bat'; in config.php file

$this->config->item('cricket') use this in view

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answered Mar 16 '16 at 18:31

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 28 '19 at 10:11

If you are trying to accessing config variable into controller than use

$this->config->item('{variable name which you define into config}');

If you are trying to accessing the config variable into outside the controller(helper/hooks) then use

$mms = get_instance();  
$mms->config->item('{variable which you define into config}');

rahim.nagori · Answer 11 · 2020-11-05T17:46:07.640

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Example, if you have:

$config['base_url'] = 'www.example.com'

set in your config.php then

echo base_url();

This works very well almost at every place.
/* Edit */
This might work for the latest versions of codeigniter (4 and above).

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answered Jun 17 '20 at 11:13

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