In today's screencast we are going to learn how to create our own helpers and libraries. We are also going to learn how to extend the existing helpers and libraries that come with CodeIgniter. At the end of the tutorial we will extend the Form Validation library to give it the ability to check for password strength.

Catch Up

• Day 1: Getting Started With the Framework
• Day 2: Database Selecting Methods
• Day 3: Sending Emails
• Day 4: Newsletter Signup
• Day 5: CRUD
• Day 6: Login
• Day 7: Pagination
• Day 8: AJAX
• Day 9: File Uploading and Image Manipulation
• Day 10: The Calendar Library
• Day 11: File and Directory Operations
• Day 12: Shopping Cart

Day 13: Extending the Framework