load->database(); } //this is the function to get the posts public function get_posts($slug = FALSE, $limit = FALSE, $offset = FALSE){ if($limit){ $this->db->limit($limit,$offset); } if($slug === FALSE){ $this->db->order_by('posts.id','DESC'); $this->db->join('categories','categories.id = posts.category_id'); $query = $this->db->get('posts'); return $query->result_array(); } $query = $this->db->get_where('posts', array('slug' => $slug)); return $query->row_array(); } //function to create posts public function create_post($post_image){ $slug = url_title($this->input->post('title')); $data = array( 'title' => $this->input->post('title'), 'slug' => $slug, 'body' => $this->input->post('body'), 'category_id' => $this->input->post('category_id'), 'user_id' => $this->session->userdata('user_id'), 'post_image' => $post_image ); return $this->db->insert('posts', $data); } //function to delete posts public function delete_post($id){ $this->db->where('id', $id); $this->db->delete('posts'); return true; } //function to update posts public function update_post(){ //the post method of codeigniter retrieves the data from the POST when we submit the input $slug = url_title($this->input->post('title')); $data = array( 'title' => $this->input->post('title'), 'slug' => $slug, 'body' => $this->input->post('body') ); $this->db->where('id',$this->input->post('id')); return $this->db->update('posts', $data); //update is an inbuilt codeigniter method } public function get_categories(){ $this->db->order_by('name'); $query = $this->db->get('categories'); return $query->result_array(); } public function get_posts_by_category($category_id){ $this->db->order_by('category_id','DESC'); $this->db->join('categories','categories.id = posts.category_id'); $query = $this->db->get_where('posts', array('category_id' => $category_id)); return $query->result_array(); } }