Hooks and a MY_Model - php

Question

I was hoping I could find someone that could answer a question for me. I'm Jamie Rumbelow's MY_Model and curious to know if I can use it functionality if I need to run a function from it inside of a hook.
$hook['pre_controller'] = array(
'class' => 'Logins_model',
'function' => 'pre_init', // Run some sort of get function here
'filename' => 'logins_model.php',
'filepath' => 'models',
//'params' => array('beer', 'wine', 'snacks')
);
EDIT 2 : Would you say that this is an okay hook or have I lost all grasp of this?
<?php
if (!defined('BASEPATH'))
exit('No direct script access allowed');
class User_hook {
private $CI;
function __construct() {
$CI =& get_instance();
}
public function validate_user() {
$this->CI->load->model('logins_model', 'login'); //Alternatively put this in autoload.php
$this->CI->load->model('users_model', 'user');
$user_id = $this->CI->session->userdata('user_id');
if (($user_id !== TRUE) && (!is_numeric($user_id)) && (strlen($user_id) < 5))
{
redirect('login');
}
$user_data = $this->CI->user->get($user_id);
$user_data->login = $this->CI->login->get_by('user_id', $user_id);
if (empty($user_data))
{
redirect('login');
}
}
}

Answer 1

Yes, but not using the code that you suggest. You need to create your own custom hook class and then load (or autoload) and call your model there.
It is also important to note that this will not work for pre_controller hooks as the CodeIgniter object is not yet available. The hook must be post_controller_constructor or later. Take this hook class for example for hooks/some_hook.php.
class some_hook {
private $CI;
function __construct() {
$CI =& get_instance();
}
public function some_function() {
$this->CI->load->model('logins_model'); //Alternatively put this in autoload.php
$this->CI->logins_model->some_function_in_logins();
}
}
Then you would load it using:
$hook['post_controller_constructor'] = array(
'class' => 'some_hook',
'function' => 'some_function',
'filename' => 'some_hook.php',
'filepath' => 'hooks'
);