Where do I put image files, css, js, etc. in Codeigniter?

Question

Where is it acceptable to put css folders and image file folders? I was thinking inside the view folder? However the controller always reroutes the path to the base url so I

Answer 1

This is how I handle the public assets. Here I use Phalcon PHP's Bootstrap method.

Folder Structure

|-.htaccess*
|-application/
|-public/
  |-.htaccess**
  |-index.php***
  |-css/
  |-js/
  |-img/
  |-font/
  |-upload/
|-system

Files to edit

1. .htaccess*

   All requests to the project will be rewritten to the public/ directory making it the document root. This step ensures that the internal project folders remain hidden from public viewing and thus eliminates security threats of this kind. - Phalconphp Doc

   
       RewriteEngine on
       RewriteRule  ^$ public/    [L]
       RewriteRule  (.*) public/$1 [L]
   
   

2. .htaccess**

   Rules will check if the requested file exists and, if it does, it doesn’t have to be rewritten by the web server module. - Phalconphp Doc

   
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]
   
   

3. index.php***

   Modify the application path and the system path as,

   $system_path = '../system';
   $application_folder = '../application';
   

Now you use the public folder as base_url()."public/[YOUR ASSET FOLDER]"

Hope this helps :)