Question

I am using hooks in my CI application “pre_controller hook specifically”.
But the problem is Hooks are activated each time a request is issued to any other controller even controllers that i don’t want the hook to be activated in.
Can hooks be enabled for only one controller? just like the @Before annotations in playframework.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Why don’t you put that logic in the Constructor of your controller?

If you have multiple controllers you wish to share this functionality, simply extend the CI_Controller with a new class in application/core/MY_Controller.php and put the functionality in there, then in the controllers have them extend that class instead of the default CI_Controller (you can add more than one class in MY_Controller.php)!

Anything that you put in the override class in MY_Controller.php would execute before the code in the rest of the controller, simulating the pre_controller hook.

Just remember to call the parent constructor as well:

function __construct(){
   parent::__construct();
}

See the manual for more info about extending the core: https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/core_classes.html