How to get base url in CodeIgniter 2.*

Question

In config.php

$config[\'base_url\'] = \'http://localhost/codeigniter/\';

In View

Answer 1

To use base_url() (shorthand), you have to load the URL Helper first

$this->load->helper('url');

Or you can autoload it by changing application/config/autoload.php

Or just use

$this->config->base_url();

Same applies to site_url().

Also I can see you are missing echo (though its not your current problem), use the code below to solve the problem