Loading Custom Config when CI_Controller not loaded

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Loading Custom Config when CI_Controller not loaded - El Forum - 03-24-2012

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I am trying to extend CI_Log and want to be able to load a config file but I am having trouble using get_instance() so I can load the config file. Getting this error:

Fatal error: Class 'CI_Controller' not found in .../system/core/CodeIgniter.php on line 231

Here is my code

Code:
&lt;?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class MY_Log extends CI_Log {

        private $enable_syslog = false; 

        public function __construct()

        {   

                parent::__construct();

                $this->ci =& get_instance();

                $this->config->load('syslog');

                if($this->config->item('syslog_enable_logging') === true)

                {

                     $this->enable_syslog = true;

                }

        }   

}

?&gt;

Is this possible to load config in this file or will I just need to find another way?

Thanks

Update: Been using codeigniter so long, I forgot about old fashion require

Code:
require_once(APPPATH . 'config/syslog.php');