Codeigniter get controller name in helper

Question

I have a custom helper that i use for logging.

Within one of the functions of the helper i need to get the name of the controller that was called. Is there a way to do i

Answer 1

You can also use the URI class

$ci = & get_instance();
$ci->uri->segment(1) // That stands for controller
$ci->uri->segment(2) // That stands for method