Calling Models

(my english is horrible and i'm not a author, so it's a minimalistic text

Even some Coders are using this, you should NEVER use

PHP:

$foo = new ModelName;

to create model instances!
If you do it this way, your model instances won't be using the xenforo plugin system (proxy classes)
which could cause problems

This are the ways how to call a model:

From Controller:

PHP:

$foo = $this->getModelFromCache('ModelName');

From Model

PHP:

$foo = $this->getModelFromCache('ModelName');

From all other parts:

PHP:

$foo = XenForo_Model::create('ModelName');

Ragtek,

I hate to dirty up your post with this stupid question! Can I call a 3rd party (already a working add-on) model from within another controller, or model?
I'm going to edit the paypalProcessor to call my custom model and do a db function.

Thanks,

Koz

Yes

ANyone tell me where I can find a list of models and the functions within, specifically need to access user data from an external script

Directory library/XenForo/Model

I would suggest to search for a good PHP IDE and to learn how to use it


XF_Model_User diagramm:


Hope this helps

Or you could use http://www.phpdoc.org/ or an alternative to get a nice API documentation