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Load a controller if authorized

I am trying to load a controller (Dashboard) if session is ok.

    if ($this->form_validation->run() == FALSE) {
     if(isset($this->session->userdata['logged_in'])){
    echo 'dashboard-01'; //test load
    $this->load->controllers('Dashboard');//Not sure if syntax is ok.

Is this possible? are there better approaches on how to do this?

Solution

  • What I usually do is to load the controller and check on its constructor if the user has enough credentials:

    class Sociedades extends CI_Controller {

    var $globales = array();

    function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->database();
        $this->load->library(array('ion_auth','form_validation'));
        // Elliot, if you see this, don't delete it!
        $this->load->model('fSociety_model');

        if (!$this->ion_auth->logged_in())
        {
            //redirect them to the login page if not authorized
            redirect('auth/login', 'refresh');
        }
    }

    // then the index and other methods...
}

    By the way, I'm using Ben Edmund's IonAuth.