Passing data from controller to model in an array. Please help!

[eluser]rwestergren[/eluser]
[quote author="murphy2006" date="1280033440"]Thanks Twisted1919. I think I am close to getting it. What I want is to pass an array of data from a controller into a model and in that model I need to use the data to insert it into a database.

Sure, I could set each data item as a parameter to the model but I got 10 of them and it would not look nice.

I am not really sure how to use your example.[/quote]

Both examples are passing the array as a whole, not individual parameters. Maybe to better understand, look at it this way.

Controller:

Code:

//Create array first
$item_info = array(
        'ite_owner' => $this->input->post('user'),  
        'ite_type' => $this->input->post('type'),
        'ite_value_1' => $this->input->post('value_1'),
        'ite_value_2' => $this->input->post('value_2'),
        'ite_value_3' => $this->input->post('value_3'),
        'ite_value_4' => $this->input->post('value_4'),
        'ite_value_5' => $this->input->post('value_5'),
        'ite_access' => $this->input->post('access'));

//Pass to model
$this->items_model->add($item_info);

Model:

Code:

function add($item_info)
{
   //Access as array here
   $owner = $item_info['ite_owner'];
  
   //insert array into DB
   $this->db->insert('table_name', $item_info);
  
}