Question

I am having a problem on my MVC framework. Here is my loadModel() method inside the main controller:

public function loadModel($name) {
$path = 'models/' . $name . '_Model.php';

    if (file_exists($path)) {
        require $path;  
        $modelName = $name . '_Model';
        $this->model = new $modelName;
    }
}

As you can see, when i try to load a controller, it automatically loads a model with the same name + _model.php.

I do not have any problem, when I use wamp or xampp, but, when I uploaded it in my website, it says "Undefined property" on every model. That means the model is not loaded. I know the problem is in there…

Is that some kind of an error in php.ini file of the server? Or maybe it because of different PHP versions?

Answer 1

Windows is not case sensitive, i.e. Model.php and model.php are the same as far as windows is concerned. ON unix/linux however (which I’m assuming your website server is) the file system IS case sensitive.

Basically, check your files names – if you’re trying to load $name_Model.php but the file is $name_model.php it’s going to fail when you upload it.