Question

This is a pretty minor issue but it’s bugging me –
I am trying to integrate tank auth with my codeigniter site so I’m moving parts of the tank auth controller into my main page controller.

I usually load all libraries/models etc which are used throughout the controller as an array within the constructor e.g.

function __construct(){
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
    $this->load->library('form_validation', 'security', 'tank_auth');
    $this->lang->load('tank_auth');
} 

This is for some reason producing a blank site (there is of course an index controller beneath this outputing content)

But the following code works fine:

function __construct(){
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
    $this->load->library('form_validation');
    $this->load->library('security');
    $this->load->library('tank_auth');
    $this->lang->load('tank_auth');
}

This isn’t a mahor issue I know but I would appreciate any ideas as to why this doesnt work – surely they are doing the same thing – I am guessing that loading as an array is loading the tank auth library and security library simultaneously and the wrong one is loading first – is there a way to force load order when loading as an array?

Any input/thoughts much appreciated

Answer 1

If you want to use load() to load multiple libraries, you have to pass in an array. Reference.

$this->load->library(array('form_validation', 'security', 'tank_auth'));