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Can't use $this->load->database() anywhere? - El Forum - 04-09-2009 [eluser]Unknown[/eluser] Hi, I'm using CI 1.7 with codecrafter to generate the scaffolding. This makes me realize the i can't use $this->load->database() anywhere, only in the constructor, otherwise no connection is created. What could be happening? am i doing something wrong? I think that using $this->load->database() in any function should work because the codecrafter use it a lot. any ideas? thanks Can't use $this->load->database() anywhere? - El Forum - 04-09-2009 [eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser] Welcome to the CodeIgniter forums! It is available: Code: $CI =& get_instance(); Can't use $this->load->database() anywhere? - El Forum - 04-09-2009 [eluser]Unknown[/eluser] So if i add the line $CI = &get;_instance() before and use $CI->load.... i could call any of them, anywhere in the code... e.g. CI= get instance() CI->load->somemodel | somelibrary | somehelper ... mmm... not documented? or i am a lazy reader haha Can't use $this->load->database() anywhere? - El Forum - 04-09-2009 [eluser]jedd[/eluser] [quote author="victorpy" date="1239340320"]So if i add the line $CI = &get;_instance() before and use $CI->load.... i could call any of them, anywhere in the code... [/quote] In effect, yes. Note that if you are using a database, there's a lot to be said for loading the database class in config/autoload.cfg rather than in each function (or indeed in each controller). Quote:mmm... not documented? or i am a lazy reader haha The CI User Manual maintains brevity, but contains [url="http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/creating_libraries.html"]everything you need[/url]. Can't use $this->load->database() anywhere? - El Forum - 04-09-2009 [eluser]Tom Schlick[/eluser] but for things such as libraries you should probably do the following so you dont have to use get_instance() in every single function... Code: <?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed'); |