Proposal for expanding beyond pluralized table names, as well as adding field data support about codeigniter-base-model HOT 3 CLOSED

If you need to customise the table or primary key you can do so by setting the class variable in your model:

class Agent_model extends MY_Model
{
    protected $_table = 'agent';
    protected $primary_key = 'agent_id';
}

As for the _set_fields() idea, I'm not really sure what you'd gain by having that data. Certainly, it wouldn't be necessary to be run on every request (and thus adding another two queries to each page load).

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You are right the set_fields() is an extra gimme that I came up with when working on form builders and such, its useful when you want a full list of everything to iterate over or build things dependent on, but isn't really needed for every use of a model.

The reason I went with the change to _set_fields() was to avoid having to override stuff every time I added a model... it just automagically grabs the name for me and saves me typing and remembering to edit stuff when things change. With that change I just have to include the class line and closure.

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I really appreciate the suggestions, but I don't feel like they fit into the remit of MY_Model. It's built to be lightweight, small and fast, and any extra queries (particularly adding them per-request) must be incredibly well justified.

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