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activerecord, really? - El Forum - 12-30-2013
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
I'm still new to CodeIgniter and I've been having trouble wrapping my head around the stated idea that CodeIgniter models have anything to do with the ActiveRecord pattern.
From http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/activeRecord.html
Quote:Active Record
An object that wraps a row in a database table or view, encapsulates the database access, and adds domain logic on that data.
From what I've seen, an instance of a CodeIgniter model class does not represent a row in the database table. Rather, an instance of a CodeIgniter model class might have a method to select a row from the database table and return that row as a simple PHP array.
Am I completely misunderstanding CodeIgniter models?
Thanks.
activerecord, really? - El Forum - 12-30-2013
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
It's not modeled after the "active record pattern". They have changed the name to "query builder" in CI3 to avoid confusion.