Question

I have some data in array format which I wrote to a file in application/cache folder.
Format is:

$extra_data['some_key'] = 'some_data';

It is not directly about site config so I don’t want to put it in application/config. Yet, in some cases, I need to reach this $extra_data inside the controller or model.

What I do is,

1) define variable in controller

class pages_model extends CI_Model
{
  var $extra_data;

2) inclulde the cache file and associate it with above variable,

  function __construct()
  {
     parent::__construct();
     @include_once APPPATH . "cache/extra_data.php";
     $this->extra_data = $extra_data;
  }

3) get the class variable as variable then use it:

function func_name()
{
  $extra_data = $this->extra_data;

This is the way I am using, but I am not sure that it is the correct or efficient way.

Thanks for any idea and suggesstion.

Answer 1

Why dont you create a file in config folder that is called cache.php
in the file just put the data like this

$config['some_key'] = 'some_data';

then you can use this code in your construct

    $this->load->config('cache', TRUE);
    $extra_data = $this->config->item('cache')

I know its not config thing, but since you are placing them on separate file it will be better way to use them