Codeigniter and Smarty Bundle About CiSmarty v0.2 Cismarty consists of Codeigniter core files, Smarty engine and a few linker files. Codeigniter Home: ellislab.com/codeigniter Smarty Home: smarty.net Smarty Crash Course: smarty.net/crash_course Requirements PHP version 5.4.x Technical Information Smarty is located at system/libs/smarty CI_Controller class is extended as MY_Controller under app/core directory to load Smarty. A library file added under app/libraries for linking Smarty to Codeigniter. Installation Crate a new project. Get cismarty. Copy all files from cismarty to your project directory. Make sure the following directories have write permission: application/views/templates_c Use Class Controller extends MY_Controller instead of Class Controller extends CI_Controller This is required for smarty to run properly.