using libraries in models

[eluser]David B.[/eluser]
Hello,

I think I have kind of a similar problem. I'm not autoloading the model but I'm loading the the library in the constructor of my model. And I can not access the methods of the library in the constructor - only afterwards.

Please, can someone describe what is the problem with this?
And would the preferred solution for that be an additional init-method in the model that then should be called in the controller after loading the model?

E.g.:

Controller:

Code:

class Mycontroller extends Controller
{
    function someFunction()
    {
        $this->load->model("mymodel");
        $this->mymodel->init();
    }
}

Model:

Code:

class Mymodel extends Model
{
    function __construct()
    {
        parent::Model();
        $this->load->library("MyLib");
        
        // doesn't seem to work...
        //$this->mylib->setSomething("some value");
    }

    public function init()
    {
        $this->mylib->setSomething("some value");
    }
}

Thanks for your thoughts!

David