Load Method

The load method purpose purpose is for loading a Model Class by generating (instantiating) a new property inside current controller class. The new property name will be same as model filename without .php extension in lowercase.

Basic Usage

Here is the basic usage load method from SENE_Controller class.

$this->load(string $model_filename [, string $alias]): void

Parameters

This method has 1 required parameter and 1 optional parameter.

$model_filename

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 value can be contain a string that override the name of property that instantiated by this method.

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 with an 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();
  }
}