[eluser]Teks[/eluser]
Please, someone tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I have a simple page_model file for a 'Page_model' class, which is:
Code:
class Page_model extends Model {
public $title;
function _construct(){
//calling the parent constructor:
parent::_construct();
$this->title = 'TEST TITLE';
}
}
I then create a 'Page' controller, whose job is just to create a new page_model object, and pass it on to the view:
Code:
class Page extends Controller {
function index(){
$this->load->model('page_model');
$data = new Page_model();
$this->load->view('page_view', $data);
}
}
The 'page_view' file, as you can expect, is very, very simple - all it has to do is show the $title variable from the page_model:
Code:
<html>
<head>
<title><?= $title ?></title>
</head>
<body>
<p>The page's title is: "<?= $title ?>"</p>
</body>
</html>
For some reason, however, the $title instance variable is
not being set by the class' _constructor method, and the title comes up
empty in the view.
I have already done some testing, trying to figure out what is happening.
1) I used
class_exists() in the controller, after $this->load->model, to ensure that the class description was actually being included. It is - in the controller, after loading the model, "class_exists('Page_model')" returns
TRUE.
2) I used the
instanceof operator to ensure that the $data variable was being created as an instance of the Page_model class - it is: in the controller, "$data instanceof Page_model" returns
TRUE.
3) Finally, I used
isset() to check whether $data->title was being set by the _constructor function - and it isn't. In the controller, "isset($data->title)" returns
FALSE.
So, it seems to me, that when '$data = new Page_model' is being called, the _construct function is either not being called, or it is for some reason failing to set the $title of the object.
Am I missing something really shamefully obvious?
