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Is there a way to run a controller method before all other methods? - desbest - 06-23-2017 Is there a way to run a controller method before all other methods? So I can have 10 methods, and there is one method which runs before all 10 of them? I looked at the Controllers section of the documentation and the instructions for how to do this are not there. RE: Is there a way to run a controller method before all other methods? - PaulD - 06-23-2017 Hi, You could try hooks: https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/hooks.html Sounds like you might want a post_controller_constructor hook point. Alternatively you might do these in the class constructor: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php I suppose it depends what exactly you want to achieve. Hope that helps, Paul. RE: Is there a way to run a controller method before all other methods? - Wouter60 - 06-25-2017 The __construct() method in a controller is always executed first, before any other method.  I use it to check if a user has access rights to the controller, or to initiate controller wide variables. RE: Is there a way to run a controller method before all other methods? - Kaosweaver - 06-26-2017 If you need something sitewide to run before any other controller code does, extend the controllers (https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/core_classes.html) and put that code in the MY_controller.php __construct() method to make sure it is run sitewide every time.