Vars in models

[eluser]zwippie[/eluser]
I don't think the class variables are really necessary.

From the same Blogmodel example in the userguide:

Code:

function insert_entry()
    {
        $this->title   = $_POST['title'];
        $this->content = $_POST['content'];
        $this->date    = time();

        $this->db->insert('entries', $this);
    }

Can also be achieved without the class variables:

Code:

function insert_entry()
    {
        $data = new stdClass();
        $data->title   = $_POST['title'];
        $data->content = $_POST['content'];
        $data->date    = time();

        $this->db->insert('entries', $data);
    }

However, more sophisticated ActiveRecord models sometimes make uses of the class variables for each field in the database.