Advantages of Models

[eluser]Andy Chapman[/eluser]
@nmweb: The problem I see with that article, or at least how it relates to CI, is that models in CI are not portable. That is, I couldn't take a CI model and use it outside of CI.

e.g.

Code:

class Test_model extends Model
{
    function Test_model()
    {
          parent::Model();
    }
  
    public function get_test_details($id)
    {
        $query = $this->db->get_where('test_details', array('id' => $id));

        if ($query->num_rows() > 0)
        {
           return $query->row();
        }        
        else
            return false;
    }
}

My model here extends a CI abstract class, and then uses CI's active record class for data access, therefore I can't use it anywhere other than in CI apps.

Am I misunderstanding something?