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Accessing $this->db from within a model - El Forum - 12-08-2011 [eluser]Unknown[/eluser] Hi everybody, I am using CI 2.1.0 and autoload the database library. Inside a controller, var_dump($this->db) shows the database object. If I load a model inside the controller, var_dump($this->db) inside the model just outputs "bool(false)". However, getting a CI instance (inside the model) and referencing the db object via the CI object: $this->CI =& get_instance(); var_dump($this->CI->db); works too. Might I miss something? I expected $this->db to be directly accessible inside a model, like the documentation example shows: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/models.html I was also trying to load the model this way inside the controller: $this->load->model('User_model', 'user', true); But with the same results. The DB connection itself works, I can execute queries, read their results and so on within my model, but by using $this->CI->db, not via $this->db. Thanks in advance, Alex.