Can you access a model from inside another model in CodeIgniter?

Question

I am writing a webapp using CodeIgniter that requires authentication. I created a model which handles all my authentication. However, I can\'t find a way to access this auth

Answer 1

It seems you can load models inside models, although you probably should solve this another way. See CodeIgniter forums for a discussion.

class SomeModel extends Model
{
  function doSomething($foo)
  {
    $CI =& get_instance();
    $CI->load->model('SomeOtherModel','NiceName',true);

    // use $CI instead of $this to query the other models
    $CI->NiceName->doSomethingElse();
  }
}

Also, I don't understand what Till is saying about that you shouldn't create objects inside objects. Of course you should! Sending objects as arguments looks much less clear to me.