My own classes and codeigniter

[eluser]Ian_B[/eluser]
Bart,

Thanks for that. Worked for me.

Apologies to Leo for Hijacking his thread, but wanted to say 'thanks' and highlight a couple of complications.

using

Code:

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

works, but where in your example you pass parameters to the constructor

Code:

new Card(8, 'Hearts');

it's necessary to have default values for the params in the constructor if you don't want the standard Codeigniter model load to complain about a lack of expected params.

using the

Code:

require_once(APPPATH."models/Modelname.php");

method also works, however I found it was necessary to have at least one model loaded using the

Code:

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

method otherwise it doesn't work at all.

I now have an dummy class which just has a constructor and one method, both of which are empty. I load it using the classic Codeigniter model load, and suddenly all my 'real' classes loaded with require_once work just fine.

I'm sure there's a logical explanation, but I'll settle for the fact that it works.

Thanks again
Ian B