Extended Loader - with Bonus Features!

[eluser]solepixel[/eluser]
Features:


- Load models and libraries from another CI application on the same server
- Autoload models and libraries with aliases from the autoload config file.


Changes:


- Summary: Basically APPPATH can be overridden by a 4th method parameter $apppath
- Line 5: private $apppath variable
- Line 11: set initial value of $apppath to APPPATH
- Line 14: add 4th paramater to model() method for $apppath
- Lines 18-21: set array key $alias for auto-loading model aliasing support
- Lines 62-65: override $this->apppath for all future model requests
- Line 68: APPPATH was replaced with $this->apppath
- Line 86: APPPATH was replaced with $this->apppath
- Line 97: add 4th paramater to library() method for $apppath
- Lines 109-111: override $this->apppath for all future library requests
- Line 158: APPPATH was replaced with $this->apppath
- Line 202: APPPATH was replaced with $this->apppath
- Lines 380-383: set array key $alias for auto-loading library aliasing support

Notes:

The only tricky part is that models and libraries loaded from other applications must be loaded last in the application. (i.e. do not load any other models after loading a remote one, or set the path back to APPPATH) This is due to the fact that if a "foreign" model loads another "foreign" model, the alternate apppath stays consistent to successfully load those models.

Foreign Model Loading Usage:

Code:

$this->load->model('m_foreignmodel','mod',false,'../public_html/app_site/');
$this->load->model('m_foreignmodel','mod',false,'cms_app/');

Autoloading with Aliases:

Code:

$autoload['model'] = array('alias' => 'm_aliasmodel');
$autoload['libraries'] = array('short' => 'm_longmodelname');

Source: http://solepixel.pastebin.com/6DHpxXuz