CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pluginsexpressionengine
Tyssen
Tyssen

Reputation: 1711

Loading external library into ExpressionEngine plugin

I'm trying to load an external library into an ExpressionEngine plugin but am getting:

Message: Undefined property: Detector::$EE

In the plugin itself I've got:

public function __construct()
{
    $this->EE->load->library('detector');
    $this->EE =& get_instance();
}

and my folders are set up like:

detector
-libraries
--Detector.php
-pi.detector.php

What am I doing wrong?

Having moved past the loading library error, I'm now getting an 'undefined variable' error with the following code:

public function detector()
{
 return $ua->ua;
}

public function user_agent()
{
return $ua->ua;
}

That's if I have {exp:detector:user_agent} in my template. If I {exp:detector} I get no output.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1417

Answers (1)

fccotech
fccotech

Reputation: 449

you should change your code like this: 

$this->EE =& get_instance();
$this->EE->load->add_package_path(PATH_THIRD.'/detector'); 
$this->EE->load->library('detector');

First initialize the $this->EE variable, then you can load the library. So in this case it would be

$this->EE->detector->user_agent();

Upvotes: 7

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