Why I get this error after upgrading CodeIgniter from v1.7 to v2.1?
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined property: Site::$load
Filename: libraries/Website.php
Line Number: 25
Fatal error: Call to a member function library() on a non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\travel\application\libraries\Website.php on line 25
The library application/library/website
class Website extends CI_Controller {
public static $current_city;
public function __construct() {
$this->load->library('language'); // line 25
$this->language->loadLanguage();
$this->load_main_lang_file();
$this->load_visitor_geographical_data();
$this->load->library('bread_crumb');
}
}
You forgot to call __construct
method of CI_Controller
class:
public function __construct()
{
// Call CI_Controller construct method first.
parent::__construct();
$this->load->library('language'); // line 25
$this->language->loadLanguage();
$this->load_main_lang_file();
$this->load_visitor_geographical_data();
$this->load->library('bread_crumb');
}
Note: If you're creating a Controller, it should be placed in application/controllers/
, not in application/libraries/
.
If the child (inheritor) class has a constructor, the parent constructor won't be called, because you'll override parent's constructor with the child one, unless you explicitly call parent's constructor using parent::__construct();
. That's the concept of Polymorphism in object-oriented programming
If you don't call parent::__construct();
when the application controller is initializing, you'll lose Loader
and Core
class and $this->load
would never works.
Using parent::__construct();
is needed only if you want to declare __construct()
method in your Controller which it will override the parent's one.
That's true for models as well, but using parent::__construct();
in your model just logs a debug message Model Class Initialized
, So if you need to know when Model is initialized (in logs), keep using that, If not, ignore it.