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Extending Models - El Forum - 11-20-2010
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hello there!
This is the scenario I have now:
- My_model extends Model (My_model is at application/library).
- My models (under application/models/) extends My_Model.
And this is what I need/want to have:
- My_model still extending Model
- My_advanced_model extending My_model (My guess it that it should be at application/library)
- My models extending My_advanced_model
I already tried this scenario but didn't work; I got this error:
"Fatal error: Class 'My_advanced_model' not found in ... application/models/my_modelname_model.php on line ..."
Actually, if I call include the PHP file id does not fail.
I'm using PHP/5.3.2 + Apache/2.2.15
Any suggestion?
Extending Models - El Forum - 11-20-2010
[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
CodeIgniter doesn't support autoloading. The fact that the MY_ prefix works is because it is specifically coded that way.
Either setup autoloading yourself, or have your MY_model manually include MY_advanced_model.
You might want to read Phil Sturgeon's article on Base classses. It talks about Controllers, but it applies to Models as well...
Extending Models - El Forum - 11-20-2010
[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
Hi mabrizio and welcome to the CI forums.
[quote author="mabrizio" date="1290312695"]
And this is what I need/want to have:
- My_model still extending Model
- My_advanced_model extending My_model (My guess it that it should be at application/library)
- My models extending My_advanced_model
[/quote]
If your list of requirements does not include 'My models extending MY_Model' - then why not just put all the functionality your models require into MY_Model and be done with it?
If you require some of your models to extend MY_Model and others to extend MY_advanced_model ... then as WanWizard says you can look at autoloading, or you can cheat by putting that second class in the MY_Model.php file.
Might I suggest you try to avoid this kind of thing, though - keep the MY_* functionality at a minimum (it's expensive because it gets loaded on every controller or model load), move the functionality to helpers and libraries (a bit easier to manage when you'll load them).
Extending Models - El Forum - 11-27-2010
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Thank you guys!
The information you guys posted was so useful, I found out the way to solve it thanks to your advice.
Cheers,
-M