@@ -100,13 +100,17 @@ Class Loading
100100 namespaces; with Composer autoloading support.
101101- You can configure the class loading to support whatever application structure
102102 you are most comfortable with, including the "HMVC" style.
103+ - Ci4 provides :doc: `../concepts/factories ` that can load a class and share the
104+ instance like ``$this->load `` in CI3.
103105
104106Libraries
105107=========
106108
107109- Your app classes can still go inside **app/Libraries **, but they don't have to.
108110- Instead of CI3's ``$this->load->library('x'); `` you can now use
109- ``$this->x = new X(); ``, following namespaced conventions for your component.
111+ ``$this->x = new \App\Libraries\X(); ``, following namespaced conventions for
112+ your component. Alternatively, you can use :doc: `../concepts/factories `:
113+ ``$this->x = \CodeIgniter\Config\Factories::libraries('X'); ``.
110114
111115Helpers
112116=======
@@ -160,8 +164,10 @@ Upgrading Libraries
160164*******************
161165
162166- Your app classes can still go inside **app/Libraries **, but they don't have to.
163- - Instead of CI3's ``$this->load->library('x'); `` you can now use ``$this->x = new X(); ``,
164- following namespaced conventions for your component.
167+ - Instead of CI3's ``$this->load->library('x'); `` you can now use
168+ ``$this->x = new \App\Libraries\X(); ``, following namespaced conventions for
169+ your component. Alternatively, you can use :doc: `../concepts/factories `:
170+ ``$this->x = \CodeIgniter\Config\Factories::libraries('X'); ``.
165171- Some libraries from CodeIgniter 3 no longer exists in Version 4. For all these
166172 libraries, you have to find a new way to implement your functions. These
167173 libraries are `Calendaring <http://codeigniter.com/userguide3/libraries/calendar.html >`_,
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