Codeigniter need to connect from one module to another - php

Question

I want to connect from one controller in one module to another controller in another module. I want to go from my login module to my dashboard module and use a function inside the dashboard module. Just basically switch from my login module to my dashboard module. Here is my login controllers and my dashboard controller.
class Login extends MX_Controller {
function index()
{
$this->load->view('includes/header');
$this->load->view('login_form');
$this->load->view('includes/footer');
}
function validate_credentials()
{
$this->load->model('membership_model');
$query = $this->membership_model->validate();
if($query) // if the user's credentials validated...
{
$data = array(
'username' => $this->input->post('username'),
'is_logged_in' => true
);
$this->session->set_userdata($data);
redirect('login/site/members_area');
}
else // incorrect username or password
{
$this->index();
}
}
function signup()
{
//$data['main_content'] = 'signup_form';
//$this->load->view('includes/template', $data);
$this->load->view('includes/header');
$this->load->view('signup_form');
$this->load->view('includes/footer');
}
function create_member()
{
$this->load->library('form_validation');
// field name, error message, validation rules
$this->form_validation->set_rules('first_name', 'Name', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('last_name', 'Last Name', 'trim|required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('email', 'Email', 'trim|required|valid_email|callback_check_if_email_exists');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('username', 'Username', 'trim|required|min_length[4]|max_length[15]|callback_check_if_username_exists');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password', 'Password', 'trim|required|min_length[4]|max_length[32]');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('password2', 'Password Confirmation', 'trim|required|matches[password]');
if($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) // didn't validate
{
$this->load->view('includes/header');
$this->load->view('signup_form');
$this->load->view('includes/footer');
}
else
{
$this->load->model('membership_model');
if($query = $this->membership_model->create_member())
{
$data['account created'] = 'Your account has been created. <br /> <br /> You may now login';
$this->load->view('includes/header');
$this->load->view('signup_successful', $data);
$this->load->view('includes/footer');
}
else
{
$this->load->view('includes/header');
$this->load->view('signup_form');
$this->load->view('includes/footer');
}
}
}
function check_if_username_exists($requested_username)
{
$this->load->model('membership_model');
$username_available = $this->membership_model->check_if_username_exists($requested_username);
if ($username_available)
{
return TRUE;
}else{
return FALSE;
}
}
function check_if_email_exists($requested_email)
{
$this->load->model('membership_model');
$email_available= $this->membership_model->check_if_email_exists($requested_email);
if ($email_available)
{
return TRUE;
}else{
return FALSE;
}
}
function logout()
{
$this->session->sess_destroy();
$this->index();
}
}
my second login controller
class Site extends MX_Controller {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->is_logged_in();
$this->lang->load('login/login/', 'english');
}
function members_area()
{
$this->load->view('logged_in_area');
//$this->load->module('dashboard/dashboard');
//$this->load->view('home');
}
function is_logged_in()
{
$is_logged_in = $this->session->userdata('is_logged_in');
if(!isset($is_logged_in) || $is_logged_in != true)
{
echo 'You don\'t have permission to access this page. Login';
die();
//$this->load->view('login_form');
}
}
}
the controller in my dashboard module has a function called home I am trying to connect to and use. And the home function of the dashboard has a connection to another module but I cannot get the connection from login to dashboard to work. Also the way my login works I need to connect to the dashboard module through my members_area function. All help greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Assuming you're using this library
From controller you can use Modules::load or $this->load-module
$moduleInstance = $this->load->module('yourmodule');
// or
$moduleInstance = Modules::load('yourmodule');
// Now you can call any public module controller method
$moduleInstance->somePublicMethod($arg1, $argn);
// you can also use $this->yourmodule as a model instance
Hope this helps