Class Customers_Model

CI_Model

Extended by

Customers_Model

Located at customers_model.php

Methods summary
`public`	# `__construct( )` Class Constructor Class Constructor
`public integer`	# `add( array $customer )` Add a customer record to the database. Add a customer record to the database. This method adds a customer to the database. If the customer doesn't exists it is going to be inserted, otherwise the record is going to be updated. Parameters `$customer` `array` $customer Associative array with the customer's data. Each key has the same name with the database fields. Returns `integer` Returns the customer id.
`public boolean`	# `exists( array $customer )` Check if a particular customer record already exists. Check if a particular customer record already exists. This method checks wether the given customer already exists in the database. It doesn't search with the id, but with the following fields: "email" Parameters `$customer` `array` $customer Associative array with the customer's data. Each key has the same name with the database fields. Returns `boolean` Returns wether the record exists or not.
`public integer`	# `find_record_id( array $customer )` Find the database id of a customer record. Find the database id of a customer record. The customer data should include the following fields in order to get the unique id from the database: "email" <strong>IMPORTANT!</strong> The record must already exists in the database, otherwise an exception is raised. Parameters `$customer` `array` $customer Array with the customer data. The keys of the array should have the same names as the db fields. Returns `integer` Returns the id.
`public boolean`	# `validate( array $customer )` Validate customer data before the insert or update operation is executed. Validate customer data before the insert or update operation is executed. Parameters `$customer` `array` $customer Contains the customer data. Returns `boolean` Returns the validation result.
`public boolean`	# `delete( numeric $customer_id )` Delete an existing customer record from the database. Delete an existing customer record from the database. Parameters `$customer_id` `numeric` $customer_id The record id to be deleted. Returns `boolean` Returns the delete operation result.
`public array`	# `get_row( numeric $customer_id )` Get a specific row from the appointments table. Get a specific row from the appointments table. Parameters `$customer_id` `numeric` $customer_id The record's id to be returned. Returns `array` Returns an associative array with the selected record's data. Each key has the same name as the database field names.
`public string`	# `get_value( string $field_name, integer $customer_id )` Get a specific field value from the database. Get a specific field value from the database. Parameters `$field_name` `string` $field_name The field name of the value to be returned. `$customer_id` `integer` $customer_id The selected record's id. Returns `string` Returns the records value from the database.
`public array`	# `get_batch( string $where_clause = '' )` Get all, or specific records from appointment's table. Get all, or specific records from appointment's table. Parameters `$where_clause` `string` $whereClause (OPTIONAL) The WHERE clause of the query to be executed. DO NOT INCLUDE 'WHERE' KEYWORD. Returns `array` Returns the rows from the database. Example $this->Model->getBatch('id = ' . $recordId);
`public integer`	# `get_customers_role_id( )` Get the customers role id from the database. Get the customers role id from the database. Returns `integer` Returns the role id for the customer records.