load multiple models in array - codeigniter framework - codeigniter

Question

<?php
class Home extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
// load libraries //
$this->load->library('session');
$this->load->library('database');
$this->load->library('captcha');
// alternative
$this->load->library(array('session', 'database', 'captcha'));
// load models //
$this->load->model('menu_model', 'mmodel');
$this->load->model('user_model', 'umodel');
$this->load->model('admin_model', 'amodel');
// alternative
$this->load->model(array(?));
}
}
?>
How can i load all models in array? is it possible?

Answer 1

For models, you can do this:
$models = array(
'menu_model' => 'mmodel',
'user_model' => 'umodel',
'admin_model' => 'amodel',
);
foreach ($models as $file => $object_name)
{
$this->load->model($file, $object_name);
}
But as mentioned, you can create file application/core/MY_Loader.php and write your own method for loading models. I think this might work (not tested):
class MY_Loader extends CI_Loader {
function model($model, $name = '', $db_conn = FALSE)
{
if (is_array($model))
{
foreach ($model as $file => $object_name)
{
// Linear array was passed, be backwards compatible.
// CI already allows loading models as arrays, but does
// not accept the model name param, just the file name
if ( ! is_string($file))
{
$file = $object_name;
$object_name = NULL;
}
parent::model($file, $object_name);
}
return;
}
// Call the default method otherwise
parent::model($model, $name, $db_conn);
}
}
Usage with our variable from above:
$this->load->model($models);
You could also allow a separate DB connection to be passed in an array, but then you'd need to have a multidimensional array, and not the simple one we used. It's not too often you'll need to do that anyways.

Answer 2

I don't have any idea about the CodeIgniter 2.x but in CodeIgniter 3.x, this will also works :
$models = array(
'menu_model' => 'mmodel',
'user_model' => 'umodel',
'admin_model' => 'amodel',
);
$this->load->model($models);

Answer 3

Not natively, but you can easily extend Loader->model() to support that logic.

Answer 4

This work fine for me:
$this->load->model(array('menu_model'=>'menu','user_model'=>'user','admin_model'=>'admin'));