Is there a way to query the database for instances of a model within that model itself? For example:
class MyModel extends CActiveRecord
{
public function usefulFunction()
{
// I want to do this
$usefulObject = MyModel::model()->findByPk(3);
if ($usefulObject->boolean_attribute)
{
// cool stuff here
}
}
}
I have tried parent::findByPk(3), $this->findByPk(3), etc, but to no avail, what’s the proper way of doing this?
I discovered my error. I wasn’t actually passing the literal ‘3’ into the function, but rather $object->integer_attribute. My $object wasn’t defined properly.
Thanks for the input dragon, the self keyword makes sense in referencing to the whole class as opposed a single instance the way the ‘this’ keyword would.
As a side note, it seems MyModel()::model()->usefulFunction() is equivalent to self::model()->usefulFunction(), though self may be better.