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Chapter 8: Last-Minute Upgrades

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There will be a way to unsubscribe people from the list, both via e - mail and on the admin

screen.

There will be a way to create a new message, reusing the WYSIWYG editor you installed for the

page manager.

Creating a Simple Controller

To start off with, all you need is a bare - bones controller with index() , delete() , and sendemail()

functions. For now, you can leave the sendemail() function as spare as possible, as you can fill in the

details later:

< ?php

class Subscribers extends Controller {

function Subscribers(){

parent::Controller();

if ($this- > session- > userdata(‘userid’) < 1){

redirect(‘welcome/verify’,’refresh’);

}

}

function index(){

$data[‘title’] = “Manage Subscribers”;

$data[‘main’] = ‘admin_subs_home’;

$data[‘subscribers’] = $this- > MSubscribers- > getAllSubscribers();

$this- > load- > vars($data);

$this- > load- > view(‘dashboard’);

}

function delete($id){

$this- > MSubscribers- > removeSubscriber($id);

$this- > session- > set_flashdata(‘message’,’Subscriber deleted’);

redirect(‘admin/subscribers/index’,’refresh’);

}

function sendemail(){

//fill in the rest later

$data[‘title’] = “Send Email”;

$data[‘main’] = ‘admin_subs_mail’;

$this- > load- > vars($data);

$this- > load- > view(‘dashboard’);

}

}//end class

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Creating the Subscriber Home Page View

The next step is to create the admin_subs_home view. This view is exactly like all the rest you ’ ve built in

the admin section so far, except it doesn ’ t allow the user to edit existing (or create new) subscribers. Also,

it offers a link to sendemail().

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