Creating a module which interact with a database table is quite simple. Most of the developers use magento module creator to create such module. But what if you want a module with multiple database tables. Following is the example of module with two database tables.
Step 1. Create setup file of your custom module with following queries.CREATE TABLE `test` (
`test_id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
`name` VARCHAR( 25 ) NOT NULL
) ENGINE = MYISAM
CREATE TABLE `test2` (
`test2_id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
`name` VARCHAR( 25 ) NOT NULL
) ENGINE = MYISAM
Step 2. Create pool file to register your module under app/etc/modules/Mypackage_Mymodule.xml<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Mypackage_Mymodule>
<active>true</active>
<codePool>local</codePool>
</Mypackage_Mymodule>
</modules>
</config>
Step 3. Your module configuration file should looks like followingapp/code/local/ Mypackage/Mymodule/etc/config.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Mypackage_Mymodule>
<version>0.1.0</version>
</Mypackage_Mymodule>
</modules>
<global>
<models>
<Mymodule>
<class>Mypackage_Mymodule_Model</class>
<resourceModel>mymodule_mysql4</resourceModel>
</mymodule>
<!-- model vs db table relation -->
<mymodule_mysql4>
<class>Mypackage_Mymodule_Model_Mysql4</class>
<!-- db table with name test -->
<entities>
<test>
<table>test</table>
</test>
<test2>
<table>test2</table>
</test2>
</entities>
</mymodule_mysql4>
</models>
<resources>
<mymodule_write>
<connection>
<use>core_write</use>
</connection>
</mymodule_write>
<mymodule_read>
<connection>
<use>core_read</use>
</connection>
</mymodule_read>
</resources>
</global>
</config>
Step 4. Now create models Test.php and Test2.php. Here we configure these model with the handler of table test and test2./app/code/local/Mypackage/Mymodule/Model/Test.php
<?php
class Mypackage_ Mymodule_Model_Test extends Mage_Core_Model_Abstract
{
public function _construct()
{
parent::_construct();
$this->_init('mymodule/test');
}
}
/app/code/local/Mypackage/Mymodule/Model/Test2.php
<?php
class Mypackage_Mymodule_Model_Test2 extends Mage_Core_Model_Abstract
{
public function _construct()
{
parent::_construct();
$this->_init('mymodule/test2');
}
}
Step 5. Now create the resource models for model test and test2. In these files we also set the primary key of both the tables test and test2./app/code/local/Mypackage/Mmodule/Model/Mysql4/Test.php
<?php
class Mypackage_Mymodule_Model_Mysql4_Test extends Mage_Core_Model_Mysql4_Abstract
{
public function _construct()
{
$this->_init('mymodule/test', 'test_id');
}
}
/app/code/local/Mypackage/Mmodule/Model/Mysql4/Test2.php.
<?php
class Mypackage_Mymodule_Model_Mysql4_Test2 extends Mage_Core_Model_Mysql4_Abstract
{
public function _construct()
{
$this->_init('mymodule/test2', 'test2_id');
}
}
Step 6. Create a collection classes so that we can retrieve data from table test and test2./local/Mypackage/Mymodule/Model/Mysql4/Test/Collection.php
<?php
class Mypackage_Mymodule_Model_Mysql4_Test_Collection extends Mage_Core_Model_Mysql4_Collection_Abstract
{
public function _construct()
{
parent::_construct();
$this->_init('mymodule/test');
}
}
/local/Mypackage/Mymodule/Model/Mysql4/Test2/Collection.php
<?php
class Mypackage_Mymodule_Model_Mysql4_Test2_Collection extends Mage_Core_Model_Mysql4_Collection_Abstract
{
public function _construct()
{
parent::_construct();
$this->_init('mymodule/test2');
}
}
So, now you have a custom module with two tables. Your module can interact with these tables with their models and respective collections as follows :
$testModel = Mage::getModel('mymodule/test')
->setName("abcd")
->save();
$test2Model = Mage::getModel('mymodule/test2')
->setName("abcd")
->save();
Hope this will help you.
