How can I display images with the Codeigniter php framework?
I want to fetch an image from the images folder inside views.
I used this code in one of the views php files:
<img border="0" src="images/hed_05.jpg" width="61" height="133">
But it is not working.
Perhaps the path in the src attribute is incorrect. Maybe try
<img border="0" src="/images/hed_05.jpg" width="61" height="133">
Please see the CI User Guide/HTML Helper img() tag:
echo img('images/picture.jpg');
// gives <img src="http://site.com/images/picture.jpg" />
Images, css, javascript, pdfs, xml... anything that is allowed to be accessed directly should not be living in your application directory. You can do it, but you really shouldn't. Create a new folder at the root of your directory for these files, they should not be mixed into your application, for example: in your views folder.
BASEPATH is defined at the top of most files, and exit('No direct script access.') if not./users/login is not loading files from the directory /users/login, it probably doesn't even exist. These are just uri segments that the bootstrap uses to know which class, method, and params to use.To get the correct path, either use a forward slash (assuming your app and assets are in the root directory, not a subdirectory) like this:
<img src="/images/myimage.jpg" />
Or your best bet, use an absolute url:
// References your $config['base_url']
<img src="<?php echo site_url('images/myimage.jpg'); ?>" />
Equivalent to:
<img src="http://mydomain.com/images/myimage.jpg" />
There are helpers built into CI that you can optionally use as well, but this is really all you need to know.
You can also just set your base href in the <head>:
<base href="<?php echo site_url(); ?>" />
Now any image, css file and other asset will be relative to your base URL.
<base href="http://site.com/" />
<img src="images/foo.jpg" />
is in effect
<img src="http://site.com/images/foo.jpg" />
Your images should be outside of the application folder (say in /images) however.