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Autoload config and models trick - Everterstraat - 03-27-2015
1: If config exists, load it!
2: If table exists, load model!
Code:
if(is_file($file = APPPATH.'config/'.$this->router->class.'.php') !== false)
{
$this->config->load($this->router->class);
}
if($this->db->table_exists($this->router->class))
{
$this->load->models(array($this->router->class.'_model' => $this->router->class));
}RE: Autoload config and models trick - mwhitney - 03-27-2015
Your code indicates you are using some sort of third-party loader (since $this->load->models() is not part of the CI loader), and you would have to connect to the database before deciding to load the model, where many people might prefer not to connect to the database until they've decided to load a model.
RE: Autoload config and models trick - Everterstraat - 04-19-2015
(03-27-2015, 07:49 AM)mwhitney Wrote: Your code indicates you are using some sort of third-party loader (since $this->load->models() is not part of the CI loader), and you would have to connect to the database before deciding to load the model, where many people might prefer not to connect to the database until they've decided to load a model.
Code:
load->models(model) is checking if is_file(model), if not and table does exist; create model file and load->model(model).RE: Autoload config and models trick - mwhitney - 04-20-2015
It might be different per page in some applications, it really just depends on what you are doing. Personally, I use the database for almost every page which goes through CI in my main site, but there are certainly areas in which I've looked at the possibility of using more aggressive caching for some of the database content to prevent the need to access the database on some of the site's more static pages.
RE: Autoload config and models trick - kilishan - 04-20-2015
The database does NOT have to be preloaded prior to loading a model. If you want to wait to load the database until needed, just make sure you pass in TRUE as the third parameter to $this->load->model() and it will auto-connect at that point.