Loading and using a codeigniter model from another model
You can do it like this:
class User_model extends Model{ function get_something() { $CI =& get_instance(); $CI->load->model('profile_model'); return $CI->profile_model->get_another_thing(); }}
You can also add a private $_ci; class variable, and initialize it in your constructor.
public function __construct($input=null){ $this->_ci =& get_instance(); if ( $input != null && is_array($input) ) { $this->populate($input); }}Then it'll be available to any function you're working with, no need to get_instance() all over the place.