Load plugins into Libraries - Printable Version

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Load plugins into Libraries - El Forum - 08-21-2007

[eluser]Freakish_05[/eluser]
Hello everyone!

I've developed a simple view library that does all the repetative things of putting my header, footer, sidebar and 'view' files together.

I've also coded a plugin which creates my sidebar for me.

I'm trying to load this plugin into my 'view' library but its not having any of it.

Layout.php (view library)

Code:
&lt;?php

if(!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed!');

class Layout

{

    function Layout()

    {

        $this->layout =& get_instance();

    }

    function load_page($headerdata, $page, $data)

    {

        $this->load->plugin('sidebar');

        $sidebar = make_sidebar();

        $to_load = $this->layout->load->view('divided/header', $headerdata, true);

        $to_load .= $this->layout->load->view('divided/sidebar', $sidebar, true);

        $to_load .= $this->layout->load->view($page, $data, true);

        $to_load .= $this->layout->load->view('divided/footer', '', true);

        echo $to_load;

    }

}

The error message I'm getting is

Code:
Fatal error: Call to a member function plugin() on a non-object in D:\Webserver\htdocs\zomg\system\libraries\Layout.php on line 13

In short, its not liking the line $this->load->plugin('sidebar').

Is there a way to include this plugin into the library? If so, how do I do it? If not I'm assuming that I'll have to use the plugin in the controller and then pass the results back to the 'view' library.

Thanks in advance,
Freakish_05

Load plugins into Libraries - El Forum - 08-21-2007

[eluser]rogierb[/eluser]
You uUse

Code:
$this->layout =& get_instance();

in your constructor so call your plugin with:

Code:
$this->layout->load->plugin('sidebar');