Model Folder

jbomhold3 · May 6, 2010, 10:50pm

If this has been asked before i’m sorry I looked could not find it.

I’m using yiic to to generate my models for my database tables. What I would like to have it do is send the models it makes to models/database/whatevertable.php just for neatness can this be done?

Thanks,

John

tri · May 6, 2010, 11:27pm

>> help model

USAGE

model <class-name> [table-name]

DESCRIPTION

This command generates a model class with the specified class name.

PARAMETERS

class-name: required, model class name. By default, the generated

model class file will be placed under the directory aliased as

‘application.models’. To override this default, specify the class

name in terms of a path alias, e.g., ‘application.somewhere.ClassName’.

If the model class belongs to a module, it should be specified

as ‘ModuleID.models.ClassName’.

If the class name ends with ‘*’, then a model class will be generated

for EVERY table in the database.

If the class name contains a regular expression deliminated by slashes,

then a model class will be generated for those tables whose name

matches the regular expression. If the regular expression contains

sub-patterns, the first sub-pattern will be used to generate the model

class name.

table-name: optional, the associated database table name. If not given,

it is assumed to be the model class name.

Note, when the class name ends with ‘*’, this parameter will be

ignored.

EXAMPLES
Generates the Post model:
 model Post
Generates the Post model which is associated with table ‘posts’:
 model Post posts
Generates the Post model which should belong to module ‘admin’:
 model admin.models.Post
Generates a model class for every table in the current database:
 model *
Same as above, but the model class files should be generated

under ‘protected/models2’:
 model application.models2.*
Generates a model class for every table whose name is prefixed

with ‘tbl_’ in the current database. The model class will not

contain the table prefix.
 model /^tbl_(.*)&#036;/
Same as above, but the model class files should be generated

under ‘protected/models2’:
 model application.models2./^tbl_(.*)&#036;/

In your case the command would be

>>model application.models.database.whatevertable

or

>>model application.models.database.*

/Tommy

jbomhold3 · May 7, 2010, 1:06am

Worked perfectly ty.

jbomhold3 · May 7, 2010, 4:27am

Ok well maybe not. It loads the model in the right folder but the program can not find it. I assume I need to point it but how.

jayrulez · May 7, 2010, 4:55am

Add your directory alias to the import array in the config file

andy_s · May 7, 2010, 4:56am

Yes, it must be in the config’s import section: ‘application.models.database.*’.

Or anywhere else you should put Yii::import(‘application.models.database.*’) or Yii::import(‘application.models.database.modelName’) for a specific model.

jbomhold3 · May 7, 2010, 5:32am

much better thanks all.