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Question

I would like to create a photo gallery, taking images from the database.
I'm using codeigniter.
Database
this is a static page located in views/pages/gallery.php
does anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

What you want is to query the database table, get the relevant fields, and return that to a view. In MVC, it looks something like this:
Model:
class Portfolio_model extends CI_Model {
public function get_items() {
$this->db->select('name, description, image');
$this->db->order_by('date', 'DESC');
$q = $this->db->get('tablename'); // your tablename here
if ($q->num_rows() > 0) {
return $q->result();
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
Controller:
class Portfolio extends CI_Controller {
public function index() {
$this->load->helper('html');
$this->load->model('portfolio_model');
$data['items'] = $this->portfolio_model->get_items();
$this->load->view('portfolio', $data);
}
}
View:
if (!is_null($items)) {
foreach ($items as $item) {
echo $item->name . '<br>';
echo $item->description . '<br>';
echo 'Image src: ' . base_url() . $item->image . '<br>'; // might need slash after base_url, don't remember
echo img($item->image);
}
} else {
echo 'No items found!';
}

Answer 2

This worked for me :
Controller -
public function index(){
$this->load->model('galleryModel');
$data1['items'] = $this->galleryModel->get_items();
$this->load->view('gallery', $data1);
}
Model -
public function get_items() {
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('gallery');
$query = $this->db->get();
if($query->num_rows() != 0){
return $query->result_array();
}else{
return false;
}
}
View -
<?php
foreach ($items as $item) {
$image_id = $item['image_id'];
$name = $item['name'];
$category = $item['category'];
$image = $item['image'];
?>
<div class="tile scale-anm <?php echo $category; ?>">
<img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" class="film-img-gallery" alt="" />
</div>
<?php } ?>