How to access CI model in a plain php file?

I have file at this location of my CI4 project

Code:

CI4/public/star/ratings.php

My model file is at

Code:

CI4/Application/Models/StarModel.php

Is it possible to access this Model in the ratings.php?

I tried

Code:

<?php
use App\Models\StarModel;
$starmodel = new StarModel();
?>

I expected it not to work and it didn't. I know I need to get the namespace structure right. What's the correct way? Thanks

Did you try to include the model?

What did you Try? What did you Get? What did you Expect?

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If ratings.php is a class make it Ratings.php and put it in the Libraries folder and namespace it like:

<?php namespace App\Libraries;
use App\Models\StarModel;

class Ratings {
protected $starModel;

public function __construct() {
$starmodel = new StarModel();
}
}

Simpler is always better

Did you try to include the model?

Did you mean include e.g. include_once dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))).'/application/Models/StarModel.php';

It gives me this error -

Code:

Fatal error: Class 'CodeIgniter\Model' not found in .../Models/StarModel.php

I think I just have to figure out how to set a psr-4 in composer somewhere as this file is outside Application folder i.e. inside Public/star/ratings.php

If ratings.php is a class make it Ratings.php and put it in the Libraries folder and namespace it like:

<?php namespace App\Libraries;
use App\Models\StarModel;

class Ratings {
   protected $starModel;

   public function __construct() {
       $starmodel = new StarModel();
   }
}

No - It's not a class but just contains very little code. The problem with moving to inside Application folder is I won't be able to access it directly e.g mydomain/star/ratings.php. I can easily duplicate the methods inside my model but that's what I am trying to avoid if possible.

No - It's not a class but just contains very little code. The problem with moving to inside Application folder is I won't be able to access it directly e.g mydomain/star/ratings.php. I can easily duplicate the methods inside my model but that's what I am trying to avoid if possible.

You should not access any class / code directly !! For that you have routes to controllers !

Make your Library where it should be then just add 1 controller / action which will be called it on specific url ...

In other case why the hell you use CI if you don't care of it's structure ?

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