<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

use App\Models\HeroModel;

use CodeIgniter\Exceptions\PageNotFoundException;

class HeroController extends BaseController

{

/**

* View a single hero's details.

*

* The $id parameter is the hero's ID, and is

* passed in from the route definition as $1,

* since it is the first placeholder in the route.

*/

public function show(int $id): string

{

// When you only need to use a model in a single place,

// you can simply get a new instance here. It will use

// the default database connection if none is passed in

// during instantiation.

$heroes = new HeroModel();

// Locate a single hero, by ID.

$hero = $heroes->find($id);

// If the hero was not located, throw an exception.

if ($hero === null) {

throw new PageNotFoundException('Hero not found');

}

// Return a view, passing the variables

// you want to access in the view within the

// second parameter.

return view('hero', [

'hero' => $hero,

]);

}

}