homemade helper isn't working

[eluser]sophistry[/eluser]
hey! welcome to CI.

you should post your code. it sounds like the view doesn't have access to the functions. what happens when you call the helper functions in the controller right after loading the helper?

BTW, the closing tags were removed in a recent version (1.6.2) (from the changelog)

Removed closing PHP tags from all PHP files to avoid accidental output and potential 'cannot modify headers' errors.