CodeIgniter 1.6.0 "beta"

[eluser]James Gifford[/eluser]
I just tried using the CI 1.6.0 from the svn and I have noticed an unexpected change from 1.5.4.

Before, when I wanted to get the value for the default controller in the routes.php config file I would use the following code:

Code:

$this->uri->router->default_controller

In 1.6.0, this line doesn't work. Upon further checking I discovered there is no "default_controller" property in the CI instance anymore. The uri object is still accessible, but there is no router object to access the routing settings.

Is there a different way to get the default controller in 1.6.0? I notice in the change log there is mention of reorganizing the uri and router classes. How can I access this value?

EDIT: I've compared the old uri class to the new one and I've figured out that the new uri class does not load the router class anymore.

Old uri class constructor:

Code:

function CI_URI()
{
   $this->router =& load_class('Router');    
   log_message('debug', "URI Class Initialized");
}

New uri class constructor

Code:

function CI_URI()
{
   $this->config =& load_class('Config');
   log_message('debug', "URI Class Initialized");
}

The new uri class no longer uses the router class which is why I can't access the default_controller property anymore. It looks like the only place where the router class is used is the Codeigniter.php file.

I don't know if this was intentional or if its a bug, but I need to be able to access the default_controller property. Is there any way to do this now without loading the router class separately?