This is my presentation for CICONF 2012. I have plenty more to say, please contact me if you have any questions or suggestions on what you think are pretty good practices. Thanks!

1. Pretty Good Practices
How I use CodeIgniter to increase productivity

2. Who Am I?
• Adam Jackett
• @darkhouseca
• Proudly Self/Community Taught

3. Pretty Good Practices
• HMVC
• Base Controllers
• Migrations
• CRUD Models
• Form Models
• ORM Models

4. HMVC
• Modular Extensions by wiredesignz
• https://bitbucket.org/wiredesignz/
codeigniter-modular-extensions-hmvc

5. HMVC
Simple blog module structure

6. HMVC
Routes for admin panels

7. HMVC
Load a model from another module

8. HMVC
Run a controller method from another module
Or load a controller into a variable

9. Base Controllers
Typical application/core setup

10. Base Controllers
Add this to the end of your config.php

11. Base Controllers
MY_Controller.php

12. Base Controllers
Admin_Controller.php

13. Migrations
• Easily upgrade or downgrade
• Database agnostic
• Version control

14. Migrations
Create a users table

15. Migrations
Create a roles table

16. Migrations
Create a role users pivot table

17. Migrations
Add constraints

18. Migrations
Down method

19. Migrations
Automatic Migrations in Base Controller

20. CRUD Models
• Jamie Rumbelow’s Base Model
• https://github.com/jamierumbelow/
codeigniter-base-model

21. CRUD Models
• get($id)
• get_by($field, $value) //or array
• get_many_by($field, $value) //or array
• get_all()

22. CRUD Models
• get($field, $value) //or id, or array
• get_all($field, $value) //or array

23. CRUD Models
Observers

24. CRUD Models
Filters

25. Form Models
• Form validation in a model just for that
form
• Store options for select boxes, radio
buttons, etc.

26. Form Models
core/Form_Model.php

27. Form Models
user_form_model.php

28. Form Models
Password reset

29. Form Models
Multiple step forms

30. ORM Models
• Doctrine
• Datamapper
• PHPActiveRecord
• RedBean
• NotORM
• Eloquent

31. Thank You!