Can I use a dynamic model in variable settings?

Question

I have this code

 $this->loadModel($model);
 $this->Task->id = $id;
 $this->Task->save($this->data[$model]);

How can I setup the "Task" model so I can make it dynamic because this doesn't work:

 $this->loadModel($model);
 $this->$model->id = $id;
 $this->$model->save($this->data[$model]);

I also tried this with no luck:

 $this->loadModel($model);
 $this->currentModel = $model;
 $this->currentModel->id = $id;
 $this->currentModel->save($this->data[$model]);

"doesn't work" what do you mean? what exactly happens? the middle version should work IMO. — mark, Jul 23 '13 at 21:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 00:30

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Look at http://grahamwideman.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/php-grammar-notes/

You can wrap local variables in curly braces to evaluate the variable.

$this->{$model}->id = $id;

answered Jul 24 '13 at 00:30

Tim Joyce

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '13 at 05:06

try this one...

<?php

// THE DYNAMIC MODEL
App::Import('Model', $model);
$this->DynamicModel = new $model;

// USAGE EXAMPLE

function getModelColumns($model){
App::Import('Model', $model);
$this->DynamicModel = new $model;
print_r($this->DynamicModel->getColumnTypes());exit();
}

?>

Can I use a dynamic model in variable settings?

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