CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 39

What is the actual use of helpers in CodeIgniter if library can do the same thing?

Hi I am little bit confused about helpers and libraries both are do the same thing and helpers can do all those work which can a libraries do then what is the use of library and how can we decide where to use helper and where to use library?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 116

Answers (1)

Antony
Antony

Reputation: 4340

Libraries are groups of related functions. So for example say you want to connect and work with Twitter. You might create a Twitter Library with all associated Twitter connectivity/retrieval functions. You wouldn't however create a Twitter helper as there are simply too many elements / functions required/involved.

You could in theory put all the twitter functions in a single helper file however that is the key between procedural and OOP. Libraries are classes, helpers (with multiple functions) would be procedural. And that is a much wider debate !!

Helper functions can be called anywhere in your code - so if you need to use the helpers in say a View and a controller they are available globally.

Upvotes: 1

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