custom config file loaded - then data disappears

Can you give some more context? Which class file? What do you mean “working with my templates” - is this front end or back end, and are you talking about ExpressionEngine’s templates, or something your own add-on is using?

I created my own library class that is autoloaded.

in the library class -

class my_class {

    function my_class()
    {
        $this->EE =& get_instance();
        
        // Load config items
    $this->EE->config->load('my_custom_config');

        echo '<pre>';
        print_r($this->EE->config);
        echo '</pre>

<p>’;
    }</p>

<pre><code>function test()
{
    echo '<pre>';
    print_r($this->EE->config);
    echo '</pre>';
}

}</pre>

this code will print the “my_custom_config” file items when loaded.

however, if accessed within a template (and template group) i created in EE

via this code

$this->EE->my_class->test();

none of the custom config files are loaded. (or maybe overwritten?)

Er, are you not the same Jayson that filed this bug report where we discussed this?

yes i am, but that report is different from this.

the previous one, I mistakenly assumed that EE would be able to autoload custom config files. knowing that I can’t, I now load my config file manually in the __construct() of my custom library - like so.

$this->EE->config->load('my_custom_config');

The problem now however, is that even though I loaded it manually, it still disappears later on…

*** re-reading your comment on the last bug report ***

ok, so I probably didn’t understand what you mentioned in the last bug report correctly - are you saying, that in the initialization of a class, a default config file is passed to it, clearing all config items possibly on it? (in this case, my custom loaded config file?)

No, not with a class specifically, but anything that loads to settings to the Config class prior to site preferences being set will be lost. Where is the library being loaded?

library is loaded using autoload.php - i guess that’s why my config file disappears. :O

Yep, linking to your feature request to close the loop.