CI4 Model Is huge

I'm facing an Issue in my CI4 project,
I override the mode returnType to be self::class [To handle the relation between the models]
When I'm trying to var_dump the model, I got a huge object contains the AutoLoad, FileLocator, .. etc
Which causes a Memory Limit error

How can I fix it?

Your server seems to have too little RAM.

Your server seems to have too little RAM.

No, It's 16GB ram, I'm talking about the model object, why it has the autoloader classes?
The issue occurred after I installed the google-sdk which has a lot of classes, so now when var_dump the model, I'll see all autoloaded classes!

Try d($model) from Kint package

Or install

Code:

composer require --dev symfony/var-dumper

Add functions dump() and dd()

This is the default Model object. It is not small, but does not have AutoLoad, FileLocator.

Code:

.../CodeIgniter4/app/Controllers/Home.php:12:
object(CodeIgniter\Model)[65]
  public 'pager' => null
  protected 'insertID' => int 0
  protected 'DBGroup' => null
  protected 'returnType' => string 'array' (length=5)
  protected 'useSoftDeletes' => boolean false
  protected 'allowedFields' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'useTimestamps' => boolean false
  protected 'dateFormat' => string 'datetime' (length=8)
  protected 'createdField' => string 'created_at' (length=10)
  protected 'updatedField' => string 'updated_at' (length=10)
  protected 'tempUseSoftDeletes' => boolean false
  protected 'deletedField' => string 'deleted_at' (length=10)
  protected 'tempReturnType' => string 'array' (length=5)
  protected 'protectFields' => boolean true
  protected 'db' =>
    object(CodeIgniter\Database\MySQLi\Connection)[68]
      protected 'DSN' => string '' (length=0)
      protected 'port' => int 3306
      protected 'hostname' => string 'localhost' (length=9)
      protected 'username' => string 'root' (length=4)
      protected 'password' => string '' (length=0)
      protected 'database' => string 'ci4' (length=3)
      public 'DBDriver' => string 'MySQLi' (length=6)
      protected 'subdriver' => null
      protected 'DBPrefix' => string '' (length=0)
      protected 'pConnect' => boolean false
      protected 'DBDebug' => boolean true
      protected 'charset' => string 'utf8' (length=4)
      protected 'DBCollat' => string 'utf8_general_ci' (length=15)
      protected 'swapPre' => string '' (length=0)
      protected 'encrypt' => boolean false
      protected 'compress' => boolean false
      protected 'strictOn' => boolean false
      protected 'failover' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'lastQuery' => null
      public 'connID' => boolean false
      public 'resultID' => boolean false
      public 'protectIdentifiers' => boolean true
      protected 'reservedIdentifiers' =>
        array (size=1)
          0 => string '*' (length=1)
      public 'escapeChar' => string '`' (length=1)
      public 'likeEscapeStr' => string ' ESCAPE '%s' ' (length=13)
      public 'likeEscapeChar' => string '!' (length=1)
      protected 'pregEscapeChar' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      public 'dataCache' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'connectTime' => float 0
      protected 'connectDuration' => float 0
      protected 'pretend' => boolean false
      public 'transEnabled' => boolean true
      public 'transStrict' => boolean true
      protected 'transDepth' => int 0
      protected 'transStatus' => boolean true
      protected 'transFailure' => boolean false
      protected bool 'transException' => boolean false
      protected 'aliasedTables' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'queryClass' => string 'CodeIgniter\Database\Query' (length=26)
      public 'deleteHack' => boolean true
      public 'mysqli' => null
      public 'resultMode' => int 0
      public 'numberNative' => boolean false
  protected 'validationRules' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'validationMessages' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'skipValidation' => boolean false
  protected 'cleanValidationRules' => boolean true
  protected 'validation' =>
    object(CodeIgniter\Validation\Validation)[70]
      protected 'ruleSetFiles' =>
        array (size=4)
          0 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\Rules' (length=40)
          1 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FormatRules' (length=46)
          2 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FileRules' (length=44)
          3 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\CreditCardRules' (length=50)
      protected 'ruleSetInstances' =>
        array (size=4)
          0 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\Rules)[73]
              ...
          1 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FormatRules)[75]
              ...
          2 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FileRules)[77]
              ...
          3 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\CreditCardRules)[78]
              ...
      protected 'rules' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'data' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'validated' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'errors' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'customErrors' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'config' =>
        object(Config\Validation)[69]
          public array 'ruleSets' =>
            array (size=4)
              ...
          public array 'templates' =>
            array (size=2)
              ...
      protected 'view' =>
        object(CodeIgniter\View\View)[72]
          protected 'data' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
          protected 'tempData' => null
          protected 'viewPath' => string '.../CodeIgniter4/app/Config/../Views/' (length=72)
          protected 'renderVars' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
          protected 'loader' =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Autoloader\FileLocator)[4]
              ...
          protected 'logger' =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Log\Logger)[63]
              ...
          protected 'debug' => boolean true
          protected 'performanceData' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
          protected 'config' =>
            object(Config\View)[71]
              ...
          protected 'saveData' => boolean true
          protected 'viewsCount' => int 0
          protected 'layout' => null
          protected 'sections' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
          protected 'currentSection' => null
          protected 'sectionStack' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
  protected 'allowCallbacks' => boolean true
  protected 'tempAllowCallbacks' => boolean true
  protected 'beforeInsert' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'afterInsert' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'beforeUpdate' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'afterUpdate' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'beforeInsertBatch' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'afterInsertBatch' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'beforeUpdateBatch' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'afterUpdateBatch' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'beforeFind' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'afterFind' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'beforeDelete' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'afterDelete' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected bool 'allowEmptyInserts' => boolean false
  protected 'table' => null
  protected 'primaryKey' => string 'id' (length=2)
  protected 'useAutoIncrement' => boolean true
  protected 'builder' => null
  protected 'tempData' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  protected 'escape' =>
    array (size=0)
      empty
  private array 'builderMethodsNotAvailable' =>
    array (size=3)
      0 => string 'getCompiledInsert' (length=17)
      1 => string 'getCompiledSelect' (length=17)
      2 => string 'getCompiledUpdate' (length=17)

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This is the default Model object. It is not small, but does not have AutoLoad, FileLocator.

So, What's the issue with my code? why the model class have autoLoad files?

@Mazen Yep, if you use PSR4 autoload, this is what you should expect. If I am not mistaken, at an earlier time something like this happened, so bear this in mind if you play with the module Take care: How do you organize your class and methods?

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Ah, there is CodeIgniter\Autoloader\FileLocator in CodeIgniter\View\View in CodeIgniter\Validation\Validation.
I seem to have overlooked it.

Code:

  protected 'validation' =>
    object(CodeIgniter\Validation\Validation)[70]
      protected 'ruleSetFiles' =>
        array (size=4)
          0 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\Rules' (length=40)
          1 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FormatRules' (length=46)
          2 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FileRules' (length=44)
          3 => string 'CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\CreditCardRules' (length=50)
      protected 'ruleSetInstances' =>
        array (size=4)
          0 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\Rules)[73]
              ...
          1 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FormatRules)[75]
              ...
          2 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\FileRules)[77]
              ...
          3 =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Validation\StrictRules\CreditCardRules)[78]
              ...
      protected 'rules' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'data' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'validated' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'errors' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'customErrors' =>
        array (size=0)
          empty
      protected 'config' =>
        object(Config\Validation)[69]
          public array 'ruleSets' =>
            array (size=4)
              ...
          public array 'templates' =>
            array (size=2)
              ...
      protected 'view' =>
        object(CodeIgniter\View\View)[72]
          protected 'data' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
          protected 'tempData' => null
          protected 'viewPath' => string '.../CodeIgniter4/app/Config/../Views/' (length=72)
          protected 'renderVars' =>
            array (size=0)
              ...
          protected 'loader' =>
            object(CodeIgniter\Autoloader\FileLocator)[4]

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@Mazen Yep, if you use PSR4 autoload, this is what you should expect. If I am not mistaken, at an earlier time something like this happened, so bear this in mind if you play with the module Take care: How do you organize your class and methods?

All my relations is inside the model, so once I find any model I need the returnType to be self::class
For Example:
class User extends Model {
     public function posts() {
             return (new Post())->where(['user_id' => $this->id])->findAll();
     }
}

So I decided to skip model validation and set the validation object to null as following
$this->validation = null;
$this->skipValidation();

and move all validation rules to the requests classes by using Service::validation()->run($data) instead of using $model->validate($data);

I sent a PR: https://github.com/codeigniter4/CodeIgniter4/pull/8087

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