How to access the model from the controller in zend?

CodeIgniter: Why will Codeignitor Cron Bootstrapper not work with my CI setup?

• I am trying to create a cron job while taking advantage of my current CI setup and the use of Controllers and Models. I am using Cron Bootstrapper (http://codeigniter.com/wiki/Cron_job_bootstrapper/) because it gives me easy access to test the process locally on-demand or be available as a traditional cron process on a server. I can reach the controller using the bootstrapper file and the command line, however, I am getting many different error messages or alerts depending on how I set up my controller. If I keep the controller as it should be with `parent::Controller();`, I get the following message: `Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings.` The error is coming from the DB_driver.php `initialize();` method. If I remove `parent::Controller();` from the controller then I get the following alert: `<p>Severity: Warning</p><p>Message:  date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You            are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the            date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those            methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled            the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for            'EDT/-4.0/DST' instead</p>         <p>Filename: htdocs/cron.php</p>         <p>Line Number: 122</p>` By removing the `parent::Controller();` I am not able to access any models via `$this->load->model('model');` and I get the following message: `Fatal error: Call to a member function model() on a non-object in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/my_site/system/application/controllers/cron.php on line 9` Any info that will allow me to use the bootstrapper file with CI will be very helpful. Thanks, Tim

• Answer:

  You definitely need to call the parent constructor in your controller in order to be able to use the core libraries from CodeIgniter itself. That is, if you use your own constructor in your controller. Otherwise it isn't needed. parent::Controller(); The first error you're getting indicates that your database configuration is incorrect. Make sure everything is correct in your /application/config/database.php file.