Autoloader should support loading a model under a different name

[t3nsor]

CI_Loader::model() supports an optional second argument for renaming the model (cf. http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/models.html#loading ). It should also be possible to provide a name when the model is autoloaded from $autoload['model'], e.g.,

$autoload['model'] = array(array('users_model', 'users'), array('comments_model', 'comments'), 'auth_model');

to load Users_model as "users", Comments_model as "comments", and Auth_model as "auth_model" (no optional name specified).

[sv3tli0]

$autoload['model'] = array(array('users_model', 'users'), array('comments_model', 'comments'), 'auth_model');

Has to be ..

$autoload['model'] = array('users_model'=> 'users', 'comments_model'=>'comments', 'auth_model');

[t3nsor]

Aha, silly me. Of course, that is simpler and nicer. Forgive me, it's 6 AM where I am.

[dwightwatson]

What about loading multiple models in the controller in such a fashion?

$this->load->model('users_model', 'users');
$this->load->model('comments_model', 'comments');
$this->load->model('auth_model');

To be like so:

$this->load->model(array('users_model' => 'users', 'comments_model' => 'comments', 'auth_model'));

[TheDigitalOrchard]

@dwightwatson The original poster is specifically talking about autoloading models, not doing so manually in the controller.

[dwightwatson]

@TheDigitalOrchard I am aware, but as far as the feature suggestion goes I think that mechanism of loading models with a custom name is needed by the loader outside of autoload.php as well as within.

[AkenRoberts]

This should be relatively easy to do -- who's up for the challenge?

[dwightwatson]

I'll have a crack, but I'm not sure if CodeIgniter has a precedence for working out whether an array is sequential or associative.

$this->load->model(array('users_model', 'comments_model', 'auth_model'));

$this->load->model(array('users_model' => 'users', 'comments_model' => 'comments', 'auth_model'));

Does anyone have any tips on this?

[AkenRoberts]

I would use another level of arrays.

$this->load->model(array(
    array('users_model' => 'users'),
    array('cart_model' => 'cart'),
    'sandbox',
    'monkey'
));

The individual arrays could then use key => value, or maybe two array items that can be list()ed apart.

[dwightwatson]

That makes perfect sense, I've now made a pull request to the develop branch.

#2150

[narfbg]

There you go.

[fdrobidoux]

I'm surprised this didn't get commited yet...

[Razican]

It did: b07f700