Codeigniter best practice - multiple models

Question

Just a quick question about best practice MVC development.

Let's say that I have two controllers (cont1, cont2), each of which uses a separate model, model1 and model2.

all files are complex, models contain dozens of methods.

Let's say I finished developing the first controller, and I'm in the middle of working on the second. I need to create a method in model 2 that will be exactly the same as one of the methods in model1. This is just a tiny method, for example, to get a list of categories.

What is the best approach to work - should I duplicate the method and include it in my model2, or should I get it from model1?

It would be wise to get it from model1, but I don’t know if this will affect the runtime, since it will have to load both models.

I would appreciate some feedback.

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Answer 1

Downloading the second model will not have a noticeable effect on runtime. This is probably the way to go.

In addition, each model must encapsulate the data logic for a particular “object”. You can think of each model almost like a database table. That way, you probably really don't want to have the same method in two different places - and if you do, you might want to create a plugin.

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