CodeIgniter PHP Model Access “Unable to locate the model you have specified”

Question

I have been trying to load some models for this website I am building. However, for an unknown reason, it will bring the following error :

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Answer 1

If you are on Linux then make sure your File name must match with the string passed in the load model methods the first argument.

$this->load->model('Order_Model','order_model');

You can use the second argument using that you can call methods from your model and it will work on Linux and windows as well

$result = $this->order_model->get_order_details($orderID);

Answer 2

In CodeIgniter 3.0-dev (get it from github) this is not working because the CI is search as first letter uppercase.

You can find the code on system/core/Loader.php line 282 or bellow:

$model = ucfirst(strtolower($model));

foreach ($this->_ci_model_paths as $mod_path)
{
    if ( ! file_exists($mod_path.'models/'.$path.$model.'.php'))
    {
        continue;
    }

    require_once($mod_path.'models/'.$path.$model.'.php');

    $CI->$name = new $model();
    $this->_ci_models[] = $name;
    return $this;
}

This mean that we need to create the file with the following name on application/models/Logon_mode.php

Answer 3

I experienced the same problem, but I fixed it by altering my application/config/routes.php file.

I made some restructuring to my controller directories and forget to effect it on the routes file.

Earlier:

$route['application/apply'] = 'ex/application/account/create';

and now:

$route['application/apply'] = 'application/account/create';

Answer 4

Make sure:

1. First letter uppercase
2. Class name exact name as file name
3. Make sure your file ends with .php extension

In my case I had 1 and 2 correct but forgot to name my file with .php extension. How I forgot, no idea but it sure gave me a hard time trying to figure out the problem