Can CodeIgniter Helper Functions use database functions?

Question

One of my CodeIgniter Controller functions needs to call a recursive function as part of its functionality. The function call chokes if I put it inside the controller class, an

Answer 1

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');