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i am creating an admin panel in my project.
So to sepeate admin files i am creating admin folder in my views

can i also create admin folder in my controller and model.
to seperate admin related file?

is that a correct procedure?

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Short answer to (and thanks to for checking the MVC): CodeIgniter supports organizing admin code into subfolders for controllers, models and views. That is a common and acceptable approach — just follow CI's conventions (file/class names, loading paths and routing).

Example (CodeIgniter 3 style): put controllers under application/controllers/admin, models under application/models/admin, and views under application/views/admin. A controller might load a model and view like this:

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Dashboard extends CI_Controller {
    public function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->model('admin/User_model', 'user'); // loads application/models/admin/User_model.php
    }

    public function index() {
        $data = $this->user->summary();
        $this->load->view('admin/dashboard', $data);    // loads application/views/admin/dashboard.php
    }
}

If using CodeIgniter 4 (different structure and namespaces), place controllers in app/Controllers/Admin and use a route group for the admin prefix:

namespace App\Controllers\Admin;

use App\Controllers\BaseController;

class Dashboard extends BaseController {
    public function index() {
        return view('admin/dashboard');
    }
}

and in app/Config/Routes.php:

$routes->group('admin', ['namespace' => 'App\Controllers\Admin'], function($routes){
    $routes->get('dashboard', 'Dashboard::index');
});

Notes and best practices:

  • Keep filenames and class names matching exactly (case matters on Linux).
  • Create a shared Admin base controller (or CI4 filter) to centralize auth and layout loading.
  • Use model aliases when needed: $this->load->model('admin/User_model','user').
  • For larger projects consider HMVC/modular extensions to keep admin as a true module.

Official docs: Controllers — CodeIgniter 3 User Guide, Models — CodeIgniter 3 User Guide, and .

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Member Avatar for DaveAmour

Sounds like some kind of MVC architecture - is this right? If so which specific one?

Member Avatar for chaitu11

yes its codeigniter, mvc

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