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href="#models" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>Models are <strong>optionally</strong> available for those who want to use a more traditional MVC approach.</p> <div class="contents topic" id="page-contents"> <p class="topic-title first">Page Contents</p> <ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#models" id="id1">Models</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#what-is-a-model" id="id2">What is a Model?</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#anatomy-of-a-model" id="id3">Anatomy of a Model</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#loading-a-model" id="id4">Loading a Model</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#auto-loading-models" id="id5">Auto-loading Models</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#connecting-to-your-database" id="id6">Connecting to your Database</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="section" id="what-is-a-model"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">What is a Model?</a><a class="headerlink" href="#what-is-a-model" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Models are PHP classes that are designed to work with information in your database. For example, let’s say you use CodeIgniter to manage a blog. You might have a model class that contains functions to insert, update, and retrieve your blog data. Here is an example of what such a model class might look like:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Blog_model</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Model</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$title</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$content</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="nv">$date</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">get_last_ten_entries</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nv">$query</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'entries'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">10</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="nv">$query</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">result</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">insert_entry</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$_POST</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'title'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="c1">// please read the below note</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">content</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$_POST</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'content'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">date</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">time</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">insert</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'entries'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">update_entry</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">title</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$_POST</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'title'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">content</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$_POST</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'content'</span><span class="p">];</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">date</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">time</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">db</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">update</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'entries'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'id'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="nv">$_POST</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'id'</span><span class="p">]));</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">The methods in the above example use the <a class="reference internal" href="../database/query_builder.html"><span class="doc">Query Builder</span></a> database methods.</p> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">For the sake of simplicity in this example we’re using <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$_POST</span></code> directly. This is generally bad practice, and a more common approach would be to use the <a class="reference internal" href="../libraries/input.html"><span class="doc">Input Library</span></a> <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$this->input->post('title')</span></code>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="anatomy-of-a-model"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3">Anatomy of a Model</a><a class="headerlink" href="#anatomy-of-a-model" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Model classes are stored in your <strong>application/models/</strong> directory. They can be nested within sub-directories if you want this type of organization.</p> <p>The basic prototype for a model class is this:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Model_name</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Model</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Where <strong>Model_name</strong> is the name of your class. Class names <strong>must</strong> have the first letter capitalized with the rest of the name lowercase. Make sure your class extends the base Model class.</p> <p>The file name must match the class name. For example, if this is your class:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">User_model</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Model</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Your file will be this:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">application</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="nx">models</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="nx">User_model</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">php</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="loading-a-model"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4">Loading a Model</a><a class="headerlink" href="#loading-a-model" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>Your models will typically be loaded and called from within your <a class="reference internal" href="controllers.html"><span class="doc">controller</span></a> methods. To load a model you will use the following method:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'model_name'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If your model is located in a sub-directory, include the relative path from your models directory. For example, if you have a model located at <em>application/models/blog/Queries.php</em> you’ll load it using:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'blog/queries'</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Once loaded, you will access your model methods using an object with the same name as your class:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'model_name'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model_name</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">method</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>If you would like your model assigned to a different object name you can specify it via the second parameter of the loading method:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'model_name'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'foobar'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">foobar</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">method</span><span class="p">();</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Here is an example of a controller, that loads a model, then serves a view:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Blog_controller</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Controller</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">blog</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'blog'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'query'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">blog</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">get_last_ten_entries</span><span class="p">();</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'blog'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="p">}</span> <span class="p">}</span> </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="auto-loading-models"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5">Auto-loading Models</a><a class="headerlink" href="#auto-loading-models" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>If you find that you need a particular model globally throughout your application, you can tell CodeIgniter to auto-load it during system initialization. This is done by opening the <strong>application/config/autoload.php</strong> file and adding the model to the autoload array.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="connecting-to-your-database"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id6">Connecting to your Database</a><a class="headerlink" href="#connecting-to-your-database" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>When a model is loaded it does <strong>NOT</strong> connect automatically to your database. The following options for connecting are available to you:</p> <ul> <li><p class="first">You can connect using the standard database methods <a class="reference internal" href="../database/connecting.html"><span class="doc">described here</span></a>, either from within your Controller class or your Model class.</p> </li> <li><p class="first">You can tell the model loading method to auto-connect by passing TRUE (boolean) via the third parameter, and connectivity settings, as defined in your database config file will be used:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'model_name'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </li> <li><p class="first">You can manually pass database connectivity settings via the third parameter:</p> <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'hostname'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'localhost'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'username'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'myusername'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'password'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'mypassword'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'database'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'mydatabase'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'dbdriver'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'mysqli'</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'dbprefix'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'pconnect'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">FALSE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'db_debug'</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'model_name'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$config</span><span class="p">);</span> </pre></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <footer> <div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="footer navigation"> <a href="helpers.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="Helper Functions">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></span></a> <a href="views.html" class="btn btn-neutral" title="Views"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-left"></span> Previous</a> </div> <hr/> <div role="contentinfo"> <p> © Copyright 2014 - 2019, British Columbia Institute of Technology. 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