Question

I am trying to extend the CodeIgniter controller. I have created MY_Controller.php file, the content of the file is as following:

<?php
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller 
{ 
    function generate_key()
    {
        $n = rand(10e16, 10e20);
        return base_convert($n, 10, 36);
    }

Now I create my controllers by extending MY_Controller instead of CI_Controller. Following is an example of a controller:

class Member extends MY_Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
    $this->load->view('welcome');
    }

I have placed the MY_Controller.php file in the Application/libraries/ folder. But when I load the application, I get the error:

Fatal error: Class 'MY_Controller' not found in path\to\application\controllers\member.php

Can someone tell me what i am doing wrong? Thanks.

Edit: I’m using CodeIgniter 2.0.2

Answer 1

You need to create MY_Controller.php in application/core. I tried what you have setup and got the same problem. Moving the custom controller to core solved the problem.

Hope it helps!