Accesing Controller Data from module

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Accesing Controller Data from module - El Forum - 04-24-2009

[eluser]Uto[/eluser]
Is it possible to access to properties of the calling controller from a module other than passing it as parameters?

I mean something like:

Code:
$this->parent->propertyname

I have a module that was able to load all data needed from constructor itself, no needing any parameters, and it's widely used in the application. But now, under some circunstances, that happen a 0.5% of the times it's used, it may need to get a property from the "parent" controller, and changing it all over the code is quite risky.

Accesing Controller Data from module - El Forum - 04-24-2009

[eluser]pistolPete[/eluser]
What do you mean by "parent" controller, do you mean class inheritance?

Code:
Parent_controller extends Controller {

   protected $data;

}

Some_controller extends Parent_controller{

   function test()

   {

      $this->data;

   }

}

Accesing Controller Data from module - El Forum - 04-24-2009

[eluser]Uto[/eluser]
[quote author="pistolPete" date="1240584759"]What do you mean by "parent" controller, do you mean class inheritance?

Code:
Parent_controller extends Controller {

   protected $data;

}

Some_controller extends Parent_controller{

   function test()

   {

      $this->data;

   }

}

[/quote]

Well, I explained it badly. I mean the "calling" controller, like:

In the controller:

Code:
$this->someproperty = 10;

$this->load->module("mymodule");

In the module:

Code:
$x = $this->callingcontroller->someproperty;