Creating a Module

*** All of the code snippets taken from http://www.getfuelcms.com/. 🙂

$config['modules']['guestbook'] = array(
     'model_name' => 'guestbookcomments_model',
     'model_location' => 'guestbook'
);

Make sure you have you database tables set up. Here is an example:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS guestbook_comments (
    id INTEGER UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    author VARCHAR(25) NULL NULL,
    comment VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    'date' DATETIME NOT NULL,
    visible ENUM('yes', 'no') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'yes',

    PRIMARY KEY (id)
);

Create the Model Class:

<?php
if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
require_once(FUEL_PATH . 'models/base_module_model.php');

class GuestbookComments_model extends Base_module_model
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct('guestbook_comments');
    }
}

class GuestbookComment_model extends Base_module_record
{
}

Create the Controller:

<?php
class Guestbook extends CI_Controller
{
    function view()
    {
        echo '<h1>Guestbook</h1>';
        $this->load->module_model('guestbook', 'GuestbookComments_model');
        $comments = $this->GuestbookComments_model->find_all();
        foreach ($comments as $comment) {
            echo '<h2>' . $comment->author . '</h2>';
            echo $comment->comment;
        }
    }
}

Add Method to the Controller:

<?php
public function add()
{
    $this->load->library(
        'form_builder',
        array(
            'id'=>'addComment',
            'form_attrs' => array(
                'method' => 'post',
                'action' => 'newcomment'
            ),
            'submit_value' => 'Add new comment',
            'textarea_rows' => '5',
            'textarea_cols' => '28'
        )
    );

    $fields = array(
        'name' => array(
            'label' => 'Full Name',
            'required' => true
        ),
        'comment' => array(
            'type' => 'text',
            'label' => 'Comment',
            'required' => true
        )
    );
    $this->form_builder->set_fields($fields);
    echo $this->form_builder->render();
}

Create method in the Controller to handle the form submission:

<?php
public function newcomment()
{
    $this->load->module_model('guestbook', 'GuestbookComments_model');
    $comment = $this->GuestbookComments_model->create();
    $comment->author = $this->input->post('name');
    $comment->date = date('Y-m-d G:i:s');
    $comment->comment = $this->input->post('comment');
    $comment->save();

    echo 'comment successfully added';
}

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• This topic was modified 10 years, 3 months ago by Layer7web.
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