added ability to "extend" helpers
* modified Loader to check for prefixed helpers in application/helpers folder
* surrounded provided helper functions with if (! function_exists('foo')) conditionals so the user's helper functions take precedent.
diff --git a/system/libraries/Loader.php b/system/libraries/Loader.php
index 320a43a..a59d6e3 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Loader.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Loader.php
@@ -366,8 +366,23 @@
{
continue;
}
+
+ $ext_helper = APPPATH.'helpers/'.config_item('subclass_prefix').$helper.EXT;
- if (file_exists(APPPATH.'helpers/'.$helper.EXT))
+ // Is this a helper extension request?
+ if (file_exists($ext_helper))
+ {
+ $base_helper = BASEPATH.'helpers/'.$helper.EXT;
+
+ if ( ! file_exists($base_helper))
+ {
+ show_error('Unable to load the requested file: helpers/'.$helper.EXT);
+ }
+
+ include_once($ext_helper);
+ include_once($base_helper);
+ }
+ elseif (file_exists(APPPATH.'helpers/'.$helper.EXT))
{
include_once(APPPATH.'helpers/'.$helper.EXT);
}