use cakephp component inside a model

Question

How do I use a component that I created in cakePHP inside one of my model classes? Is this possible?

If so, please let me know how I can do so

Answer 1

It is possible to use a component inside a model (but I cannot comment if this is a recommended or a best-practice).

Inspired from original source, an example to use a component called ‘Geocoder’ in a model:

App::import('Component','GeoCoder');
$gc = new GeoCoderComponent(new ComponentCollection);

Then you can use $gc to call the functions of the component.

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P.S.: I do not want to encourage bad programming practices, but sometimes the pressure of deadlines (in real world projects) may force a developer to make such decisions.