[Question - Solved] Adding/editing site variables from controllers

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• admin

  June 2011 edited 8:23PM

  So you are wanting a page counter like variable that is also editable in the admin?
• Flame_N

  June 2011 edited June 2011

  I need a variable that I can access and edit and save for later use in any page of the website.
• admin

  June 2011 edited 8:23PM

  That sounds like something that a site variable should be able to do for you. If you need to update the value of a site variable outside of the admin, then you could load and use the sitevariables_model to do updates (in a view or controller):
  // in a view example $CI->load->module_model(FUEL_FOLDER, 'sitevariables_model'); $new_value = array('value' => 'my_new_value'); $where = array('name' => 'counter'); $CI->sitevariables_model->update($new_value, $where);
  As a side note, and something you may already know, site variables are automatically loaded for pages controlled by the admin, or pages using the opt-in controller method (no controller, just a view file). So for example, if you have a site variable named 'counter', you can merge in that value by simply calling $counter in your view file or {$counter} in your page controlled by the admin.
• Flame_N

  June 2011 edited 8:23PM

  Thanks for the help and the fast reply. This works just fine.
  As a small note, if you want to use the above code in a Model you should add this before it $CI = &get_instance();