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CakePHP - Dynamic Model

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A small snippet on how to create a dynamic model in CakePHP (useful for global functions that need a model to function. IE functions defined in the AppController

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<?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();
}
 
?>