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09-04-2008, 01:09 AM

[eluser]ggoforth[/eluser]
Hello All, just a quick question about the scope of functions within a view. I was having an issue accessing a config item in the main config file, when calling from a function within a view. So my code below does not work:

------ VIEW FILE -----

Code:
&lt;?php

//this code fails

function echoConfigItem(){

$item = $this->config->item('some_array_key');

echo $item;

}

echoConfigItem();

?&gt;

However, the code below does work:

------ VIEW FILE -----

Code:
&lt;?php

define('SOME_GLOBAL_VAR',$this->config->item('some_array_key'));

function echoConfigItem(){

echo SOME_GLOBAL_VAR;

}

echoConfigItem();

?&gt;

So, when I call the config item from outside the function in the view, everything works fine. I will say I solved the problem using the second method, I'm just curious about why I can't call the $this->config->item() function from within a function in a view.

Thanks all!

Greg