DataMapper ORM v1.8.0

[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
Datamapper uses CI's $_model_paths array in the loader class (originally introduced for package support) to locate models to load.

Both Modular CI and MX add a path to this array for every module loaded. In Modular CI you can load modules manually, without calling them (and thus add the path). In MX you will have to manually call $this->load->_add_module_paths('modulename') to add a module without calling it (which according to the underscore is not supposed to be public). After this, Datamapper can find and load models from the module's model directory.

With CI 2.x (and Reactor), there is no penalty anymore, since all CI object assignments are now assigned by magic methods in CI_Model. With CI 1.x, using CI's method of loading a model would destroy Datamappers database connection (due to $this->db being overwritten). You are only left with a $this->modelname, which is useless in a Datamapper environment.