How do I access controller in overriding Hook exec?

[Wildrain]

I'm overriding Hook.php exec() function and I would like to get the controller by using Dispatcher::getInstance()->getController() but a fatal error is thrown

It's my understanding that when I call the above function the spl_autoloader loads and instantiates the Dispatcher class if it hasn't already been loaded, so I should be able to getController at that point.

 

I understand that the controller may not be defined at every call to Hook::exec and if so, then the getController() returns false or whatever else it returns but it shouldn't throw a fatal error.

 

I can see that the original exec function in the HookCore makes use of Dispatcher::getInstance()->getController() so I'm not sure what else I need to run or check to make sure I can use the Dispatcher.

 

Thank you for any help or pointers you may be able to provide

Edited August 26, 2015 by Wildrain (see edit history)