Controller.php

<?php
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 * @package	CodeIgniter
 * @author	EllisLab Dev Team
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 * @copyright	Copyright (c) 2014 - 2019, British Columbia Institute of Technology (https://bcit.ca/)
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 * @link	https://codeigniter.com
 * @since	Version 1.0.0
 * @filesource
 */
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

/**
 * Application Controller Class
 *
 * This class object is the super class that every library in
 * CodeIgniter will be assigned to.
 *
 * @package		CodeIgniter
 * @subpackage	Libraries
 * @category	Libraries
 * @author		EllisLab Dev Team
 * @link		https://codeigniter.com/userguide3/general/controllers.html
 */
#[AllowDynamicProperties]
class CI_Controller {

	/**
	 * Reference to the CI singleton
	 *
	 * @var	object
	 */
	private static $instance;

	/**
	 * CI_Loader
	 *
	 * @var	CI_Loader
	 */
	public $load;

	/**
	 * Class constructor
	 *
	 * @return	void
	 */
	public function __construct()
	{
		self::$instance =& $this;

		// Assign all the class objects that were instantiated by the
		// bootstrap file (CodeIgniter.php) to local class variables
		// so that CI can run as one big super object.
		foreach (is_loaded() as $var => $class)
		{
			$this->$var =& load_class($class);
		}

		$this->load =& load_class('Loader', 'core');
		$this->load->initialize();
		log_message('info', 'Controller Class Initialized');
	}

	// --------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Get the CI singleton
	 *
	 * @static
	 * @return	object
	 */
	public static function &get_instance()
	{
		return self::$instance;
	}

}