# Using ng-controller in ionic applications

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-ng-controller-in-ionic-applications/96745>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-ng-controller-in-ionic-applications/96745 "2017-07-03T14:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Madhi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/madhi/32/110586_2.png) [@Madhi](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Madhi)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-ng-controller-in-ionic-applications/96745/1 "2017-07-03T14:03:21Z")

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Can anyone tell how to use ng-controller in ionic2 application . Its shows error when i wrote

```auto
 .controller('functionname',function($scope,$timeout){
       //rest of the code
  })

```

Thanks

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**Author:** ![SigmundFroyd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/sigmundfroyd/32/111604_2.png) [@SigmundFroyd](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/SigmundFroyd)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/using-ng-controller-in-ionic-applications/96745/2 "2017-07-03T15:17:46Z")

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You cannot use ng-controller in Ionic 2+/Angular2+.  
Angular2 is pretty drastically different from AngularJS.