call custom model's method from controller in laravel4

Question

I am trying to call a custom method in my Email model from my SessionsController. This is my model

<?php

class Email extends Eloquent {
    protected $guarded = array();

    public static $rules = array();

    public function sendMail($type,$data)
    {
        echo "yes";
    }
}

From my SessionsController I wanna call sendMail method. How am I supposed to call it?

Answer 1

You can do it either, using

class Email extends Eloquent {
    public static function sendMail($type, $data)
    {
        //...
    }
}

And call from controller

Email::sendMail('someType', $dataArray);

Or, you can use Scope (instead of static)

class Email extends Eloquent {
    public function scopeSendMail($query, $type, $data)
    {
        // You can use $query here
        // i.e. $query->find(1);
    }
}

And call it from controller

Email::sendMail('someType', $dataArray);

Also check this answer.