Passing parameters to __construct library in Codeigniter - php

Question

I am really new to Codeigniter, and just learning from scratch. checked the documentation on Creating Libraries but no success on my example:
I need to pass a value to __construct library.
class: libraries/Myclasses/Bird
<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Bird{
public $fly;
public $goodsound;
public function __construct($fly, $goodsound) {
$fly = $this->fly;
$goodsound = $this->goodsound;
}
public function sentance(){
return "This Bird can ".$this->fly . " and has ". $this->goodsound;
}
}
class: libraries/Mybird
<?php
if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
require_once(APPPATH.'libraries/Myclasses/Bird.php');
class Mybird extends Bird {
public function __construct() {
}
}
controller: Birds
<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Birds extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct(){
parent::__construct();
$config = array('fly' => 'fly', 'goodsound' => 'very good');
$this->load->library('Mybird', $config);
}
public function index(){
$mybird = new mybird();
echo $mybird->sentance();
}
}
I think that the problem is in Mybird class that not passing the values but i can't figure out how to handle it.

Answer 1

One issue is in the constructor for Bird. Try this.
class Bird{
public $fly;
public $goodsound;
public function __construct($fly, $goodsound)
{
$this->fly = $fly;
$this->goodsound = $goodsound;
}
Without the $this-> before the property name you are creating local variables that will go out of scope when the constructor ends.
Secondly, any class extending Bird should pass two arguments to the base class constructor. For instance:
class Mybird extends Bird {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct('Fly', 'very good');
}
}
You could define Mybird to accept arguments too and then pass those to parent::__construct
class Mybird extends Bird {
public function __construct($fly, $goodsound)
{
parent::__construct($fly, $goodsound);
}
}
There is no need for the new call in the Controller - $this->load->library('Mybird', $config); did that for you already.
index() should work fine as shown below. Note that Mybird is a property of the controller and so needs to be accessed using $this.
public function index(){
echo $this->Mybird->sentance();
}
However, if you want to pass a $config array as an argument when loading a library then you need to revise both the Bird and the Mybird classes like so.
class Bird
{
public $fly;
public $goodsound;
public function __construct($config)
{
$this->fly = $config['fly'];
$this->goodsound = $config['goodsound'];
}
}
class Mybird extends Bird
{
public function __construct($config)
{
parent::__construct($config);
}
}

Answer 2

Your library Mybird also needs to be set to except parameters in its constructor when the library is called from the controller Bird with $this->load->library('Mybird', $config);
when extending the library, you need to stick to what is set in your config.php, something like $config['subclass_prefix'] = 'MY_'; would require MY_Bird instead of Mybird
more info on the subject here and here