[Solved] Custom Folder Structures

[eluser]Anraiki[/eluser]
Prior to this topic, I was attempting to make a custom structure that divides Code Igniter into separate parts.

One for designer and the other is for developers.

The root folder consisted:

- index.php
- /application/
-- (code igniter stuff in the application folder)
- /template/


The application folder is the core of code igniter, while the template folder held the design part of code igniter.

Although we have the view files, I wanted to make the template folder in the top level of the ground without digging to deep from the root.

I was only half way successful in loading the files in the template folder but there was a problem: The inclusion of the objects in this folder did not inherit any variables or functions; it had its own scope.

In my controller file I have:

Code:

class Front extends Controller {

    function Front()
    {
        parent::Controller();    
    }
    
    function index()
    {

        $this->load->library('template');
        $this->template->load('index.php');

    }
}

In my template class:

Code:

class Template extends Controller {
    
    function load($object)
    {
        include('template/default/'.$object);
    }
    
    function get_header()
    {
        include('template/default/header.php');
    }
    
    function get_footer()
    {
        include('template/default/footer.php');
    }
    
}

Everything above works just fine however:

In my template's index file:

Code:

<?php $this->template->load('header.php'); ?>

<div id="content">
    <p>The page you are looking at is being generated dynamically by CodeIgniter.</p>
</div>

&lt;?php $this->template->get_footer(); ?&gt;

The 1st line:

Code:

<?php $this->template->load('header.php'); ?>

Is called to a undefine object.

The simple question is: Does anyone know how to pass the helpers, libraries, variables, or functions into these included files?

Your help may revolutionized the way Code Igniter is used for development.

Thank you