Loading Codeigniter Library multiple times - php

Question

okay, so I have two separate configs for the same library in the same controller function. The first one runs just fine, but the second does not. How can I make it so codeigniter unsets the first one and uses the second config.
// Retrieve the data from the upload
$data = $this->upload->data();
//Re-size the large image and re-save it
$config['image_library'] = 'gd2';
$config['source_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/'.$file_name.''.$data['file_ext'];
$config['new_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/';
$config['create_thumb'] = FALSE;
$config['maintain_ratio'] = TRUE;
$config['master_dim'] = 'auto';
$config['width'] = 600;
$config['height'] = 516;
$this->load->library('image_lib', $config);
if ( ! $this->image_lib->resize())
{
echo $this->image_lib->display_errors();
}
else
{
$this->image_lib->crop();
echo 'Image Resized!';
}
//Create a thumbnail for the image
$config['image_library'] = 'gd2';
$config['source_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/'.$file_name.''.$data['file_ext'];
$config['new_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/thumbnails/';
$config['create_thumb'] = TRUE;
$config['maintain_ratio'] = TRUE;
$config['width'] = 120;
$config['height'] = 120;
$this->load->library('image_lib', $config);
if ( ! $this->image_lib->resize())
{
echo $this->image_lib->display_errors();
}
else
{
echo 'Image Thumbnail Created!';
}
So it re-sizes the image and then is supposed to thumbnail an image.

Answer 1

You can use the initialize method provided by the library, so you call it instead of loading the library each time:
$this->load->library('image_lib');
$config['image_library'] = 'gd2';
$config['source_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/'.$file_name.''.$data['file_ext'];
$config['new_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/';
$config['create_thumb'] = FALSE;
$config['maintain_ratio'] = TRUE;
$config['master_dim'] = 'auto';
$config['width'] = 600;
$config['height'] = 516;
$this->image_lib->initialize($config);
....
$config['image_library'] = 'gd2';
$config['source_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/'.$file_name.''.$data['file_ext'];
$config['new_image'] = $this->config->item('upload_path').''.$this->aauth->get_user_id().'/thumbnails/';
$config['create_thumb'] = TRUE;
$config['maintain_ratio'] = TRUE;
$config['width'] = 120;
$config['height'] = 120;
$this->image_lib->initialize($config);