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How To Sub Class An Existing Controller - El Forum - 05-22-2013
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I have found lots of information on this for extending the base controller but not for extending other controllers. I already have a MY_Controller which is working great for what I need to do. My application is made up of different portals. One of the things that 2 of the portals manage are properties. The code between the 2 portals is 99% the same. I am wanting to create 2 different controllers but have the inheritance look like this
MY_Controller --> PropertyBase --> PropertyContractor
MY_Controller --> PropertyBase --> PropertyManager
Is it possible to do this?
Thanks
Paul
How To Sub Class An Existing Controller - El Forum - 05-23-2013
[eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser]
Welcome to the CodeIgniter forums!
Yes you can, and it's rediculously easy to achieve! Just include the file you want to extend at the top of your controller:
./application/core/MY_Controller.php
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed!');
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller {
/* ... */
}./application/controllers/PropertyBase.php
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed!');
class PropertyBase extends MY_Controller {
/* ... */
}./application/controllers/PropertyContractor.php
Code:
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed!');
include APPPATH . 'controllers/PropertyBase' . EXT; // Ta-da!
class PropertyContractor extends PropertyBase {
/* ... */
}Hope this helps.
How To Sub Class An Existing Controller - El Forum - 05-23-2013
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Sweet! Thank you so much for the help. Worked great!
Paul