Base Controller Usage with Flexi Auth

Try changing this:

Code:

parent::is_logged_in_user_admin();

to this:

Code:

$this->is_logged_in_user_admin();

Additionally, if you're going to need the auth property defined before loading the flexi_auth library, you might as well define it in your base controller. I would also move loading the library into the base controller, but you might want to put it into a method (possibly along with the definition of the auth property). Then you could call the method conditionally, depending on whether you are using authentication in the current controller.

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