Just a quick tip on how to use smtp on codeigniter from your localhost without using gmail etc.

First of all,  with codeigniter 2+ you can create separate directories inside your application/config folder

ie

application/config/development/

and

application/config/production/

Just been messing around with PyroCMS (version 2), a cms built on codeigniter.

I couldn't find a function/plugin within the core install that allows you to switch between classes for the purpose of setting up columns.

So I've thrown a quick one together.

Another happy customer as we launch another cms website using Codeigniter.

In an earlier post I spoke about a missing helper in Codeigniter.  An absolute

Codeigniter 2 has just keeps getting better. I've been having a play around with the new "Drivers" library that comes with Codeigniter 2 and it really has impressed me so much that I've started converting all my libraries into "Drivers".

Ok what are Drivers

Great news about the very latest versions of Codeigniter 2.

As of today's date the latest version on github has a new feature which allows you to move the views folder outside of the application folder.

One of the things missing from codeigniter is access control levels ACL or access control libraries as some might say. Drupal has an excellent ACL out of the box so I decided to make one for regular use on Codeigniter.

Now I want to make sure that this ACL can be used either through roles or individual basis. Groups for me is a collection container of people that are linked together. Individuals still have a role within their group(s) which is why I think it's important to set access against individual members. However you can still use roles as a way to set individual's permissions.

I've been looking for a more secure way to encrypt (well hash because it's one way) passwords.

The more I use codeigniter the better I like it - I've already changed some sites from Drupal to CI.

Anyway a small problem, that I've mentioned in the forum

http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/145263/P1030/

A simple AJAX tutorial for use with Codeigniter 2 with CSRF enabled.

The original tutorial was taken from Andrew Rowland's website but I've updated it so that it works with Codeigniter 2 with csrf enabled.

I'm using Codeigniter 2.02, jQuery 1.6.2 and jQuery.cookie.js