How to access Controller class in CodeIgniter

Question

I have written an authentication class controller containing a method to check login status of user, and redirect him to login page if he/she is not logged in.

I need to call this function from other controller methods to authenticate the user. What is a good way to do that?

Answer 1

Take that method out of that controller.

Assuming you have a User model, that is a great place to put it if it is authenticating a user and logging them in.

Other places that you may put repeatable code is in helpers (static functions) and libraries (classes).