Can CodeIgniter Helper Functions use database functions?
You can get instance:
$CI =& get_instance();After that you will be able to use $CI->db for queries..
If you want to use $this in libraries, helpers, and access all the methods:
$this->ci =& get_instance(); $this->ci->load->database();You can do also:
$this->ci->config->item('languages');or
$this->ci->load->library('session');
We can define a function in helper
if (!function_exists('getRecordOnId')){ function getRecordOnId($table, $where){ $CI =& get_instance(); $CI->db->from($table); $CI->db->where($where); $query = $CI->db->get(); return $query->row(); }}and we can call from view like
$recordUser = getRecordOnId('users', ['id' => 5]); //here 5 is user Id which we can get from session or URL.