Docs For Class Controller

Description

Class which handles incoming requests and drives the MVC strategy for building the model and assigning to a view.

Located in /system/classes/controller.php (line 9)

Singleton
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   --Controller

Variable Summary

mixed $base_url

Method Summary

static void dispatch_request ()

static string get_action ()

static string get_base_url ()

static string get_full_url ()

static object handler get_handler ()

static array get_handler_vars ()

static string get_stub ()

static mixed get_var (string $name)

static void instance ()

static void parse_request ()

Variables

mixed $base_url = '' (line 10)

access: public

Methods

static method dispatch_request (line 163)

Handle the requested action by firing off the matched handler action(s)

access: public

static void dispatch_request ()

static method get_action (line 56)

Returns the action

return: name of action
access: public

static string get_action ()

static method get_base_url (line 29)

Returns the base URL

return: base URL
access: public

static string get_base_url ()

static method get_full_url (line 47)

Returns the full requested URL

return: The full requested URL
access: public

static string get_full_url ()

static method get_handler (line 65)

Returns the action handler

return: object
access: public

static object handler get_handler ()

static method get_handler_vars (line 74)

Returns the action handler's variables

return: variables used by handler
access: public

static array get_handler_vars ()

static method get_stub (line 38)

Returns the stub in its entirety

return: the URL incoming stub
access: public

static string get_stub ()

static method get_var (line 85)

A convenience method for returning a handler variable (handler_var).

This includes parameters set on the url, and fields submitted by POST. The alternative to this, while possible to write, is just too long.

return: The value of that variable in the handler
access: public

static mixed get_var (string $name)

string $name: The name of the variable to return.

static method instance (line 20)

Enables singleton working properly

see: singleton.php
access: protected

static void instance ()

Redefinition of:

Singleton::instance(): Declarations that extend this method must have the same signature (arguments and returned types) to pass E_STRICT

static method parse_request (line 94)

Parses the requested URL. Automatically translates URLs coming in from mod_rewrite and parses out any action and parameters in the slug.

access: public

static void parse_request ()

Inherited Methods

Inherited From Singleton

Singleton::__construct()
Singleton::getInstanceOf()
Singleton::instance()