Retrieving the default controller config item

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Retrieving the default controller config item - El Forum - 08-25-2007

[eluser]NemetraL[/eluser]
Hello,

The problem is: I'd need to retrieve

Code:
$route['default_controller'];

from a post-controller-constructor hook.

There's the raw way, which consists in copying the Router library code directly inside the hook:

Code:
// Load the routes.php file.

@include(APPPATH.'config/routes'.EXT);

$this->routes = ( ! isset($route) OR ! is_array($route)) ? array() : $route;

unset($route);

The point is: this file has already been loaded and the class has already been created (in the system/codeigniter/CodeIgniter.php file, under the name $RTR).

But once the controller is loaded, I can't find it anymore :-S

Any idea?

Retrieving the default controller config item - El Forum - 08-25-2007

[eluser]NemetraL[/eluser]
Gosh I posted that too fast..

A simple:

Code:
$ci =& get_instance();

$ci->uri->router->routes['default_controller'];

is what I was looking for. I found it using:

Code:
var_dump($ci);

Problem solved.

PS: it's incredibly useful to var_dump() the main controller from time to time to remember all the things it carries with it along the code execution ;-).

Retrieving the default controller config item - El Forum - 08-26-2007

[eluser]John_Betong[/eluser]
Hi NemetraL,

Have you tried?

Code:
echo "<br /><pre>"; 

    print_r($ci); 

  echo "</pre>";

Code:
echo "<br /><pre>"; 

    print_r($this); 

  echo "</pre>";

Retrieving the default controller config item - El Forum - 08-27-2007

[eluser]NemetraL[/eluser]
Yes the problem is solved now.

I had to go through the var_dump(), which default layout is less readable than the print_r() by the way ;-).

Retrieving the default controller config item - El Forum - 04-15-2011

[eluser]stormbytes[/eluser]
I wonder if there's a way to do this using CI 2.02 ?

I tried your method and it returns an error.