From 0d7a21c8df01afffacc6b5376f959be50452b627 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Moreira <5393+pocketarc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2026 16:35:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Remove the leftover $query_builder argument and docs
 from the Loader. Fix #76.

---
 system/core/Loader.php                     | 2 +-
 user_guide_src/source/libraries/loader.rst | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index b7380c05098..aa682c99ee7 100644
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ public function model($model, $name = '', $db_conn = FALSE)
 				$db_conn = '';
 			}
 
-			$this->database($db_conn, FALSE, TRUE);
+			$this->database($db_conn);
 		}
 
 		// Note: All of the code under this condition used to be just:
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/loader.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/loader.rst
index 4d3d512361d..241e5a57e8a 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/loader.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/loader.rst
@@ -317,11 +317,10 @@ Class Reference
 			$this->load->model('model_name', 'fubar');
 			$this->fubar->method();
 
-	.. php:method:: database([$params = ''[, $return = FALSE[, $query_builder = NULL]]])
+	.. php:method:: database([$params = ''[, $return = FALSE]])
 
 		:param	mixed	$params: Database group name or configuration options
 		:param	bool	$return: Whether to return the loaded database object
-		:param	bool	$query_builder: Whether to load the Query Builder
 		:returns:	Loaded CI_DB instance or FALSE on failure if $return is set to TRUE, otherwise CI_Loader instance (method chaining)
 		:rtype:	mixed