Can't find a way to do this, possibly because there is another way to do this?
Some of my controllers extend AdminLayout and some of them extend ModLayout but I also need these pages to extend a LoggedIn Controller.
class Profile extends AdminLayout, LoggedIn {
However looking into there is no way to do this nicely. Is there a workaround?
Assuming that you are using Codeigniter 2, this can be done by putting all you extended controller classes in the same file.
In /application/core create a file called MY_Controller.php (don't forget to check the subclass prefix in config.php around line 109)
In here you can add all you controller classes to extend. For example;
<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
/**
* MY_Controller Class
*
*
* @package Project Name
* @subpackage Controllers
*/
class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
$this->form_validation->set_error_delimiters('<div class="form-error">', '</div>');
}
}
class LoggedIn extends MY_Controller {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
if (is_logged_in() == FALSE) {
$this->session->set_userdata('return_to', uri_string());
$this->session->set_flashdata('message', 'You need to log in.');
redirect('/home');
}
}
}
class AdminLayout extends LoggedIn {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
// do something
}
}
class ModLayout extends LoggedIn {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
// do something
}
}
/* End of file */
/* Location: ./application/core/ */
Then when you create your controllers as per normal, just choose the base controller class to extend. Example;
class Foo extends AdminLayout {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
if (is_logged_in() == FALSE) {
$this->session->set_userdata('return_to', uri_string());
$this->session->set_flashdata('message', 'You need to log in.');
redirect('/home');
}
}
}
or
class Bar extends ModLayout {
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
if (is_logged_in() == FALSE) {
$this->session->set_userdata('return_to', uri_string());
$this->session->set_flashdata('message', 'You need to log in.');
redirect('/home');
}
}
}
PHP does not support multiple inheritance. You could use Codeigniter helpers or libraries for this.
Have a look at the library examples:
LoggedInfunctionality should be put at the service layer, not at the controller layer.