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SSL (HTTPS) URLs and CodeIgniter (Extending the core)

ci logo flame SSL (HTTPS) URLs and CodeIgniter (Extending the core)In one of my previous post I have shown how we can use both secure and non-secure URLs. Now I am going to show how we can do this, extending native libraries.
What we are going to do…
We will create secure version of some functions. For this we will create a helper file ‘my_url_helper.php’ and save it in ‘system/application/helpers’. We will be creating secure version of following functions:
  • site_url()
  • base_url()
  • anchor()
  • redirect()
Lets’ start…
First we will add the following config element in the config file:
$config['secure_base_url'] = 'https://example.com';
Then, open the my_url_helper.php file (system/application/helpers/my_url_helper.php) and add the following codes.
if( ! function_exists('secure_site_url') )
{
    function secure_site_url($uri = '')
    {
        $CI =& get_instance();
        return $CI->config->secure_site_url($uri);
    }
}
 
if( ! function_exists('secure_base_url') )
{
    function secure_base_url()
    {
        $CI =& get_instance();
        return $CI->config->slash_item('secure_base_url');
    }
}
 
if ( ! function_exists('secure_anchor'))
{
    function secure_anchor($uri = '', $title = '', $attributes = '')
    {
        $title = (string) $title;
 
        if ( ! is_array($uri))
        {
            $secure_site_url = ( ! preg_match('!^\w+://! i', $uri)) ? secure_site_url($uri) : $uri;
        }
        else
        {
            $secure_site_url = secure_site_url($uri);
        }
 
        if ($title == '')
        {
            $title = $secure_site_url;
        }
 
        if ($attributes != '')
        {
            $attributes = _parse_attributes($attributes);
        }
 
        return ''.$title.'';
    }
}
 
if ( ! function_exists('secure_redirect'))
{
    function secure_redirect($uri = '', $method = 'location', $http_response_code = 302)
    {
        switch($method)
        {
            case 'refresh'    : header("Refresh:0;url=".secure_site_url($uri));
                                break;
            default           : header("Location: ".secure_site_url($uri), TRUE, $http_response_code);
                                break;
        }
        exit;
    }
}
Now, I will extend the Config library (system/libraries/Config.php). I assume that the sub class prefix is set as ‘MY_’ in config file (system/application/config/config.php). Create a file ‘MY_Config.php’ in ‘system/application/libraries’ folder and save the file with following code.
class MY_Config extends CI_Config
{
    function MY_Config()
    {
        parent::CI_Config();
    }
 
    function secure_site_url($uri = '')
    {
        if (is_array($uri))
        {
            $uri = implode('/', $uri);
        }
 
        if ($uri == '')
        {
            return $this->slash_item('secure_base_url').$this->item('index_page');
        }
        else
        {
            $suffix = ($this->item('url_suffix') == FALSE) ? '' : $this->item('url_suffix');
            return $this->slash_item('secure_base_url').$this->slash_item('index_page').preg_replace("|^/*(.+?)/*$|", "\\1", $uri).$suffix;
        }
    }
}
Now what we have…
Now we have secured versions of those function. You may now use them as their insecured version. Enjoy coding icon wink SSL (HTTPS) URLs and CodeIgniter (Extending the core) .
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