Question about (extending) Controllers

[eluser]smilie[/eluser]
Hi all!

This is (most) probably a pure PHP question and not so much CI related. I am however stuck and would appreciate some help from you

Oke, here we go (in steps):

1. Clean CI installation;
2. In a new Application directory placed:

Code:

abstract class CORE_Controller extends CI_Controller { ... }

This is loaded by all other controllers in the application folder.
3. Added REST Controller in the CI Core directory under libraries > Cpin2_rest.php:

Code:

class Cpin2_rest extends CI_Controller { ... }

4. Added Ion Auth library in application.

The problem.
Ion Auth library is getting an instance of CI in constuctor with:
$this->ci =& get_instance();

Then, in function logged_in() it does:

Code:

return (bool) $this->ci->session->userdata($identity);

However, this produces error which states that 'session' is not known.
If I do:

Code:

echo '<pre>'; print_r($this->ci); echo '</pre>'; exit;

I see that $this->ci is actually Rest controller and not CI_Controller.

So - where did I took a wrong turn and is Rest controller now primary controller?

Thanx!

Cheers,
Smilie

[eluser]smilie[/eluser]
Found it, after a lot of debugging
The order of loading libraries was incorrect whereby Cpin2_rest overtook $this instance

[eluser]Konfine[/eluser]
Just a quick thing from me:

$this->ci =& get_instance();

should be:

$this->ci = get_instance();

http://forrst.com/posts/CodeIgniter_and_...rences-tao