Question

I am writing a webapp using CodeIgniter that requires authentication. I created a model which handles all my authentication. However, I can’t find a way to access this authentication model from inside another model. Is there a way to access a model from inside another mode, or a better way to handle authentication inside CodeIgniter?

Answer 1

In general, you don’t want to create objects inside an object. That’s a bad habit, instead, write a clear API and inject a model into your model.

<?php // in your controller $model1 = new Model1(); $model2 = new Model2(); $model2->setWhatever($model1); ?>