how to assign the instantiated object to a variable?

[eluser]adamp1[/eluser]
But why? If its a model you want to pass just do this.

Code:

$this->load->model('my_model');

$object = new MyOtherOBject();

// MyOtherObjectDeclaration
class MyOtherObject
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $CI = &get;_instance();

        // You now have access to the model object we created before creating this one.
    }
}