codeigniter中不同用户的两个数据库之间切换

Question

I need to change the database name in database.php passing value from the controller. I tried sessions and env variable. but in the database.php cannot access the value from sessions and env variable. also, i need to use the default database to load the page and when user has been logged in need to switch the database. i'm doing this for reducing size of the database data is there any solution really glad someone can help me.

databse.php

$active_group = 'default';
$query_builder = TRUE;


if($db_val==""){
    $db['default'] = array(
        'dsn'   => '',
        'hostname' => 'localhost',
        'username' => 'root',
        'password' => '',
        'database' => 'sliate_srs',
        'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
        'dbprefix' => '',
        'pconnect' => FALSE,
        'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
        'cache_on' => FALSE,
        'cachedir' => '',
        'char_set' => 'utf8',
        'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
        'swap_pre' => '',
        'encrypt'  => FALSE,
        'compress' => FALSE,
        'stricton' => FALSE,
        'failover' => array(),
        'save_queries' => TRUE
    );
}
else{

    $db['default'] = array(
        'dsn'   => '',
        'hostname' => 'localhost',
        'username' => 'root',
        'password' => '',
        'database' => getenv("DB_year"),
        'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
        'dbprefix' => '',
        'pconnect' => FALSE,
        'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
        'cache_on' => FALSE,
        'cachedir' => '',
        'char_set' => 'utf8',
        'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
        'swap_pre' => '',
        'encrypt'  => FALSE,
        'compress' => FALSE,
        'stricton' => FALSE,
        'failover' => array(),
        'save_queries' => TRUE
    );
}

controller.php function loginSubmit() {

   $DB_year=$this->input->post('year_select'); 
    //$this->session->unset_userdata('DB_year');
  
    

    
    //$this->session->set_userdata('DB_year',$DB_year);
    $DB_year="srs_2019";
    putenv("DB_year=$DB_year");
    // $_ENV["DB_year"]="srs_2019";
    print_r(getenv("DB_year"));
    // $DB_year="srs_2019";
    

   
    $result = $this->Login_model->authenticateLogin(); 
    
    if (!empty($result)) {
        $now = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $ip = $this->input->ip_address();
        $data = array(
            'u_id' => $this->session->userdata('u_id'),
            'u_name' => $this->session->userdata('u_name'),
            'center_name' => $this->session->userdata('u_branch'),
            'last_login_ip' => $this->input->ip_address('ip'),
            'last_login_date_time' => $now
        );
        $name = $this->session->userdata('DB_year');
        print_r($name);
        $this->Login_model->last_login($data);
        redirect('Admin/dashboard');
    } else {
    
        redirect('Login?login=invalid');
    }
    
}

Answer 1

Instead of changing the config group in Database.php, why not create a custom connection in your model, as explained in Connecting with Custom Settings ?