php - In CodeIgniter, how do I access one model from within another?

Question

Say I am in the delete_user() function in the user model, and I want it to use the delete_comment() function in my comment model.

I could access the comment tables directly, or load and call the other model from my controller, but to keep my code as abstract as possible I want to be able to access one model from within another.

Is this possible with CodeIgniter?

Answer 1

You'd need this:

class User_model extends Model
{
    function get_something()
    {
         $CI =& get_instance();
         $CI->load->model('profile_model');
         return $CI->profile_model->get_another_thing();
    }
}