Question

i have a problem with my codeigniter app.
Everytime i want to use show_error() i got the following error message:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Notice

Message: Undefined property: CI_Exceptions::$load

Filename: errors/error_general.php

Line Number: 2

Fatal error: Call to a member function helper() on a non-object in …/application/errors/error_general.php on line 2

I dont really know how to fix this

any ideas?

Answer 1

The error message tells the tale…

You must have some custom code in the error file trying to load a helper. The default error template only uses a couple of variables and doesn’t reference the CI_Controller instance (which may not be instantiated yet).

Somewhere in the file you are using $this->load->helper(), but $this is a reference to CI_Exceptions in that scope.

How to fix it:

Use a static error template, or use something other than show_error() if possible. Perhaps write your own function for use after you know Codeigniter is loaded and you have access to classes and helpers.