CodeIgniter access base_url() inside error_404.php

Question

When 404 Page Not Found error occurs application/errors/error_404.php template is used in CodeIgniter. I need to access the base_url() function inside that template. Any suggestion on how base_url() or site_url() functions can be accessed inside error_404.php will be really helpful.

Answer 1

you might want to use this simple trick. Just change the code below:

<?php echo base_url() ?>

to:

<?php echo config_item(‘base_url’); ?>

credit for https://www.petanikode.com/codeigniter-base-url-404/ this work for my case

Answer 2

Try following in application/errors/error_404.php

$CI =& get_instance();
if( ! isset($CI))
{
    $CI = new CI_Controller();
}
$CI->load->helper('url');
echo $CI->base_url();