Way to get a config value from a helper

[eluser]earlyriser[/eluser]
Inside a helper, $this->config->item('item name'); doesn't work.

Is there a way to fetch a config value from there? Without passing the value as a function parameter.

Thanks

[eluser]danmontgomery[/eluser]
$this doesn't work at all because helpers aren't class methods.

Code:

$CI =& get_instance();
$value = $CI->config->item('item_name');

[eluser]earlyriser[/eluser]
Thanks noctrum. I wasn't sure about that.

[eluser]janogarcia[/eluser]
You could even do this

Code:

$value = config_item('item_name');

If you don't need access to the CI super object, the global function config_item() (defined in Common.php) comes in very handy.

[eluser]cahva[/eluser]
Yeah I use the config_item() all the time. Its shorter, sweeter and works everywhere