Accessing data from MY_Controller?

[eluser]whygod[/eluser]
This is MY_Controller below,

Code:

<?php
if (! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller
{
public $data = array(
                   'username' => '',
                   'message' => '',
                   'member_menu' => '',
    );
    
public $cookie_life = '';
public $cookie_dname = '';

    function __construct ()
    {
        parent::__construct();
  
  $this->load->helper('url');
  $this->load->helper('form');
  $this->load->library('form_validation');  
  $this->load->library('jaz_lib');
  $this->load->model('jaz_model');
  $this->config->load('jaz_config');

  //fetching data from config
  $this->cookie_life = $this->config->item('cookie_life');
  $this->cookie_dname = $this->config->item('cookie_dname');
    }
    
function show_config()
{
  echo ':MY_Controller:';
  echo '<br>Cookie Life: ' . $this->cookie_life;
  echo '<br>Cookie Dname: '. $this->cookie_dname;
}

}

And now I created a library jaz_lib.php
I tried to access the variables from MY_Controller,
using these codes below in the jaz_lib.php

Code:

<?php
if (! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Jaz extends MY_Controller
{
//Data types declaration.
public $data = array();
public $main_url = '';
public $base_cont;

    function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
  
  //loading classes
        $this->load->helper('general');
  $this->load->helper('url');
  $this->load->helper('cookie');
        $this->load->model('users_model');
  $this->load->library('email');
  
  //assining values to variables.
  $this->main_url = base_url() . 'jaz/';
  
  //Create an object with MY_Controller class
  $base_cont = new MY_Controller;

     }

function show_config2()
{
echo 'Cookie Life: ' . $base_cont->cookie_life;
echo '<br>Cookie Dname: '. $base_cont->cookie_dname;
}
}

Noticed I'm trying to access $cookie_life and $cookie_dname from MY_Controller class.
But it doesn't work.

What is the proper way to access the properties from MY_Controller inside a library class?
Any help please.

Thanks in advanced.

[eluser]whygod[/eluser]
Okay problem solved I fixed it with these codes below,

Code:

$this->base_cont->cookie_life;
$this->base_cont->cookie_dname;

[eluser]Aken[/eluser]
1) Why are you extending MY_Controller with a library?
2) Why are you then creating a new instance of MY_Controller at that point?

Does not sound very efficient. Likely a much better way to accomplish your goal.