Is it possible to load models from another third party module
Development and Programming
Hello,
We are developing two modules and would like to use the models from one in the other. Does anyone know if this is possible?
We have tried a few different things and can’t get it working
$this->load->model('../../other_third_party_module/models/mymodel');
var_dump($this->Mymodel); // this does not work
$mymodel = Mymodel(); //this worksAny advice would be a great help.
Many thanks,
Malcolm
This might be a stupid question, but have you tried $this->mymodel? (lowercase)
Also, I’d suggest using the constant PATH_THIRD in your page instead of using relative folder changes:
$this->EE->load->model( PATH_THIRD . '/other_module/models/mymodel');Also, don’t forget you can add a parameter to load->model if you want to specify what the module should be called:
$this->EE->load->model( PATH_THIRD . '/other_module/models/mymodel.complicated_name', 'simple');
$this->EE->simple->some_function();
The following worked for me using Expression Engine’s “add_package_path” function.
Points to third_party/dag_rates folder.
$this->EE->load->add_package_path(PATH_THIRD . 'dag_rates');Load the model from this new path.
$this->EE->load->model('rates_model');Model functions can now be used as follow.
$this->EE->rates_model->my_function()