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Multiple MY_Controller's - El Forum - 06-05-2008
[eluser]jasonjohnson[/eluser]
Is it possible to extend "Controller" in two (or more) different ways? The public side of the system I'm building needs distinctly different default controller functionality than the back-end does.
Currently, I have "MY_Controller" setup to handle the back-end default controller functionality. More or less looking for "My_Controller_Public" -- not sure if that's possible.
Anyone have an elegant solution to this?
Thanks.
Multiple MY_Controller's - El Forum - 06-05-2008
[eluser]Clooner[/eluser]
You could change the prefix(detect the url in the config file and change the prefix accordingly) making it front_controller and back_controller but this will only work if you have one controller extended. Or switch to using libraries.
Hope this helps,
Jeroen
Multiple MY_Controller's - El Forum - 06-05-2008
[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
Most people who use the Controller extension file don't stick to the one file one class rule of thumb.
Code:
class Backend extends Controller
{
}
class Frontend extends Controller
{
}Multiple MY_Controller's - El Forum - 06-06-2008
[eluser]marcoss[/eluser]
Absolutely, here is a sampe of MY_Controller.php,
Code:
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Base_Controller extends Controller {
public function __construct() {
//code here
}
}
class Admin_Controller extends Base_Controller {
public function __construct() {
//code here
}
}
class Public_Controller extends Base_Controller {
public function __construct() {
//code here
}
}
?>Multiple MY_Controller's - El Forum - 06-09-2008
[eluser]jasonjohnson[/eluser]
Thanks all who replied, this gives me a much better idea as to how all this gets loaded. Much appreciate the sample code.
Multiple MY_Controller's - El Forum - 06-09-2008
[eluser]wiredesignz[/eluser]
Modular Extensions allows you to isolate parts of your website by using Modules. It also makes MY_Controller redundant by allowing you to autoload specific Controllers to perform initializing type tasks for others.