Probably a php-related question..

[eluser]stormbytes[/eluser]
Man.. I'm still missing something - I just don't get the mechanics of this, and so I'm playing guessing games.

Here it is in actual context:

I've got a Model called "Assets_mod". I'd like to assign Catalog_mod to the 'catalog' property of Assets_mod.

So.. Here's Assets_mod:

Code:

if (! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access');

include APPPATH. 'models/catalog_mod.php';

class Assets_mod extends Model {
    
    public $catalog;

    function __construct() {
        parent::Model();
    }
    
    function catalog() {
    
      $catalog =& get_instance();
      $catalog->load->model('catalog_mod');
      
      return $catalog = new Catalog();
    }

}

Then, here's my Catalog_mod:

Code:

if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access');

class Catalog_mod extends Model {

    function __construct() {
        parent::Model();
    }
    
    function test() {
      echo "It works! - The catalog generated this!";
    }

}

And in my controller, I'm trying to call the 'Catalog' method of the Assets model like so:

Code:

$data['catalog']        = $this->assets_mod->catalog->test();

I'm getting errors all around so obviously I'm just not grasping the principle of what's happening here.