Implement a simple asset library and use it

application/helpers/asset_helper.php

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+<?php defined('BASEPATH') || exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/**
+ * Helper functions for including assets.
+ *
+ * @author Eike Foken <kontakt@eikefoken.de>
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Helps generating links to asset files of any sort.
+ *
+ * Note: The type should be the name of the folder the asset is stored in.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ * @param string $filename
+ * @return string
+ */
+function asset_url($type, $filename) {
+	$CI = &get_instance();
+	$CI->load->config('assets');
+
+	return $CI->config->item('base_url') . $CI->config->item('assets_folder')
+			. $type . '/' . $filename;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helps generating HTML for assets of any sort.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ * @param string $filename
+ * @param array $attributes
+ * @return string
+ */
+function asset($type, $filename, $attributes = array()) {
+	$CI = &get_instance();
+	$CI->load->library('asset');
+
+	return $CI->asset->load($type, $filename, $attributes);
+}
+
+/* End of file asset_helper.php */
+/* Location: ./application/helpers/asset_helper.php */