Load Method

The load method is used to call a model file or a library file while in the Controller context. This method also allows to instantiate the called file into an object. By default, the name of the instantiated object will be the same as the file name in lowercase. You can also replace the object name with the desired name or give it an alias.

Basic Usage

Here is the basic usage load method from SENE_Controller class.

$this->load(string $filename_location[, string $alias=''[, string $load_type='model']]):self

Parameters

This method has 1 required parameter and 2 optional parameters.

$filename_location

The $model_filename value can be contain a string of model filename. File location always relatives to app/model directory. So, if we have a model class under app/model/api/hello_model.php We have to fill the first parameter with extra suffix path, like api/hello_model.

$alias

The alias name of the object that has been called into the controller. If given an empty string, it will use the file name without the .php suffix as the object name.

$load_type

The type of call from the file to be called is "model", "lib" or "". If the string is empty, it will call the library but without instantiating it into an object.

Example

On this example, will show the implementation of load method without an alias.

<?php
class Blog extends \SENE_Controller {
  public function __construct(){
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load('hello_model');
  }
  public function index(){
    //executing the hello_model object
    print_r($this->hello_model->get());
    die();
  }
}

With Alias

On this example, will show the implementation of load method using alias.

<?php
class Blog extends \SENE_Controller {
  public function __construct(){
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load('api/hello_model','hm');
  }
  public function index(){
    //executing the hello_model object
    print_r($this->hm->get());
    die();
  }
}

Inside a Directory

On this example, will show the implementation of load method loading a model inside a directory and without an alias.

<?php
class Blog extends \SENE_Controller {
  public function __construct(){
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load('api/hello_model');
  }
  public function index(){
    //executing the hello_model object
    print_r($this->hello_model->get());
    die();
  }
}