title: CodeIgniter: Hooks (pre_controller) loading helpers
body: <p>I am trying to load the cookie helper in my pre_controller hook for a 'remember me' function on our site. I thought that creating an instance of the CI object with $ci =&amp; get_instance(); would allow me to access to loading helpers but this is not the case.</p>
  
  <p>Thoughts?</p>
  
  <pre><code> $ci =&amp; get_instance();
   $ci-&gt;load-&gt;helper('cookie');
   // does not load
  </code></pre>