This screencast is the sixth in a series utilizing CodeIgniter 2 (Reactor) and PHP ActiveRecord. I'm fundamentally focusing on PHP ActiveRecord due to the dramatic improvement it provides over raw CI models. I'm using Sparks (getsparks.org) in order to install extensions that will be used throughout this series as I think that it's a system with merit that should be utilized at every opportunity.
In this episode we go discuss creating input forms, using flashdata, validating data at the model level, accessible attributes, and a number of other concepts.
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In this episode we'll start creating associations between models by creating a belongs_to / has_many relationship between users and blog posts and we'll talk about accessing the related data in multiple ways. We'll also discuss the N+1 query problem and how to resolve it using PHP-ActiveRecord.
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In this episode we'll use the user model that we created to enable our users to login to our site. We'll refactor the user model a bit, extend the CI_Controller class, and create the forms necessary to have a completely working login system.
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In this episode we create a user model and focus on securely storing passwords in a database table by using sha256 encryption. We go over the reasons why using MD5 is no longer acceptable and we create a password validation method.
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This screencast covers the installation of CodeIgniter 2 and the PHP ActiveRecord model library. We install and use CodeIgniter Sparks to simplify the installation of PHP ActiveRecord and any compatible functionality that we wish to add in the future.
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