diff --git a/application/controllers/configurations.php b/application/controllers/configurations.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Configurations are used to store different variations of the same project.
+ *
+ * @author Karsten Heiken, karsten@disposed.de
+ */
+class Configurations extends CI_Controller {
+
+	/**
+     * Constructor.
+     */
+    public function __construct() {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->load->model('configuration');
+
+        // load language file
+        // $this->lang->load(strtolower($this->router->class));
+    }
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a specific configuration from the database.
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $config_id The configuration id to get.
+	 */
+	public function get($config_id) {
+		$configs = $this->configuration->get($config_id);
+
+		$this->output
+			->set_content_type('application/json')
+			->set_output(json_encode($configs));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Search for a specific configuration and return a list of possible results.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $project The project in which to search for a configuration.
+	 * @param string $needle The needle to look for in the haystack.
+	 */
+	public function search($project, $needle) {
+		$results = $this->configuration->search($project, $needle);
+		$this->output
+			->set_content_type('application/json')
+			->set_output(json_encode(array('count' => count($results), 'results' => $results)));
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/application/models/configuration.php b/application/models/configuration.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Configurations are used to store different variations of the same project.
+ * 
+ * @author Karsten Heiken, karsten@disposed.de
+ */
+class Configuration extends CI_Model {
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a configuration by id.
+	 *
+	 * @param type $configuration_id The configuration to get.
+	 * @return array The configuration
+	 */
+	public function get($configuration_id) {
+		$query = $this->db->get_where('configurations', array('id' => $configuration_id));
+
+		return $query->row_array();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Search for a specific configuration and return a list of possible results.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $needle The needle to look for in the haystack.
+	 */
+	public function search($project, $needle) {
+		$query = $this->db->where('project_id', $project)
+				->like('name', $needle)->get('configurations');
+		$results = $query->result_array();
+
+		return $results;
+	}
+}
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