Creating Your First Controller

Creating Your First Controller — a practical guide to create CodeIgniter controller with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

Create a controller file under `app/Controllers`, add a method, then register a route that calls it.

Steps

1. Create Products controller.
2. Add index() method.
3. Route products → Products::index.

Spark generate (optional)

php spark make:controller Products

Products controller

<?php
namespace AppControllers;

class Products extends BaseController
{
    public function index()
    {
        return 'Products list';
    }
}