Code Updates (HTTP class, Extended CodeIgniter Model, Cross-domain AJAX transport)
Greetings to all the readers of my blog.
Many of you have been writing to me in the last couple days when I took the site down. The main objective was to add the new theme and push a few code updates of the existing libraries. I really appreciate your concern and would like to reassure you that the site is up and will be up as usual 
Now, besides the slightly customized theme from Elegant Themes, I have put a few code updates. They are detailed below:
Extended Model for CodeIgniter
The original version of the Extended Model for CodeIgniter has been serving many people well. Although most users loved the nifty functions of the Model, many (including me) didn’t like the hacking of CI core to get this functionality. With the release of CodeIgniter 1.7, we can avoid that as we can now overload the Model class of CI like the other libraries. Follow this instruction:
1. Download the updated version from here
2. Put it in your application/libraries folder
3. In your model files, use it this way: class Product extends MY_Model
4. Everything else is same just like the original one
HTTP Class
There is not much update in this class except for a few bug fixes (thanks to you guys). Also, I have included a license file in the package as many of you have asked. It’s released under the MIT license. The original post is here for reference.
Download the update from here and the API reference is here.
Cross-domain AJAX calls using PHP
A minor bug fix in the code. Thanks to a few of you who pointed them out. Original post is here. Download the update from here.
I have accelerated plans for the blog in 2009 so stay tuned for some worthy posts in this month. And do write to me if you feel you have any questions/ideas/suggestions.
Cheers!
Hello, this is Emran. This is my blog where I (ir) regularly express my ideas and views regarding programming, life, work, and so on. 
19/02/2009 at 5:27 pm Permalink
Hi Emran,
Many thanks for these excellent classes!
I've used the Extended Model class in a recent project and it saved me so much time in not having to create the simple Models just to do basic insert, save, findAll etc. Great work!
25/02/2009 at 8:13 pm Permalink
very good
27/02/2009 at 7:37 pm Permalink
I've found 1 bug in MY_Model:
When I use $returnArray = FALSE, findCount() got error. So I changed this code:
$data = $this->findAll($conditions, 'COUNT(*) AS count', null, 0, 1);
if ($data)
{
return $data[0]['count'];
}
to this:
$data = $this->findAll($conditions, 'COUNT(*) AS count', null, 0, 1);
if ($data)
{//fixed by starrynighthn
if ($this->returnArray)
return $data[0]['count'];
else
return $data[0]->count;
}
and everything works well.
Hope you fix this bug.
28/02/2009 at 3:49 am Permalink
Emran, thanks for making this available.
I was wondering if you could post some sample code showing how you generally use the extended model, specifically when creating a new record.
Thanks.
09/03/2009 at 7:00 pm Permalink
Nice job…
23/05/2009 at 4:18 am Permalink
On line 123 of the My_Models.php file, shouldn't the constructor by My_Model instead of just Model?
21/09/2009 at 3:44 pm Permalink
Hi Emran,
Great job on this! I was testing it out and it worked perfectly.
One thing though–is it possible to join tables with this? For example, if you have two tables such as 'products' and another called 'images', where product image names are stored in the images table. How would you do the combine and throw in a condition?
21/09/2009 at 10:36 pm Permalink
Hi Ron,
At this moment JOIN is not supported within this class. The purpose of this
class is to assist with most regular DB operation, not the complex ones. I
believe when using JOIN, the query should be hand-written with proper
ordering etc.
Glad this is helping you!
Emran
22/07/2010 at 10:02 am Permalink
Thanks for this library! It helped me very much
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