SlimMVC

Basics

Model

Creating a model

All of the model files should be in the app/models directory. The model file should be named like the xxxModel for project entirety. The file name and the class name inside this file should be same.

There is an example of the model file.

<?php

    Class sampleModel {

        private $c;

        public function __construct($container) {
            $this->c = $container;
        }

        public function sample($params = []) {
            // bla bla bla
        }

    }

/* path: ~app/models/sampleModel.php */

An example of a model

A facade named Database, which uses the illuminate/database package is used on the following example.

<?php
use SlimFacades\Database;

    Class sampleModel {

        private $c;

        public function __construct($container) {
            $this->c = $container;
            Database::connectTo('default');
        }

        public function getSampleData($params = []) {
            return Database::table('sampleTable')
              ->where('id', '=', $params["id"])
              ->toArray();
        }

    }

/* path: ~app/models/sampleModel.php */

Using models on the Controller

Firstly, the model should be defined in the __construct() function of the controller. You can inspect the following example.

public function __construct($container) {
    $this->c = $container;
    Model::load('sample');
}

Any function in the model file can be called like the following example.

$results = Container::get('sampleModel')->getSampleData(['id' => 5]);

Using helpers on the Model

Firstly, the helper should be defined in the __construct() function of the controller. You can inspect the following example.

public function __construct($container) {
    $this->c = $container;
    Helper::load('sample');
}

Any function in the helper file can be called on the model like the following example.

$text = pTagFormatter($text, 'text-muted mx-3');