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Hey all, Just wondering if there's a Right Way™ to access the systemEncrypt/systemDecrypt methods from within a module (specifically, a forked version of the Plesk service module). I've hacked it in for now, but it feels dirty and though it works I was wondering if there's a better way. Current 'solution': /** * Wrapper around systemEncrypt function * * @param string $string The string to encrypt * @return string The encrypted version of input string */ protected function encryptString($string) { if (!isset($this->Clients)) Loader::loadModels($this, array("Clients")); return $this->Clients->systemEncrypt($string); } /** * Wrapper around systemDecrypt function * * @param string $string The string to decrypt * @return string The decrypted version of input string */ protected function decryptString($string) { if (!isset($this->Clients)) Loader::loadModels($this, array("Clients")); return $this->Clients->systemDecrypt($string); } I don't actually use the Clients model anywhere, just load it so that I can have access to the systemEncrypt/systemDecrypt methods that are attached. I suppose the real question would be is it possible to add a bonafide custom Model to a module, as I'm storing the encrypted values in a table the module is creating for itself during install/upgrade. ie public function upgrade($current_version) { if (version_compare($this->getVersion(), $current_version, ">")) { // Upgrade to v1.0.2 if (version_compare($current_version, "0.2.3", "<")) { $this->Record-> setField("id", array('type' => "int",'size' => 10,'unsigned' => true,'auto_increment' => true))-> setField("client_id", array('type' => "int", 'size' => 10))-> setField("encrypted_field", array('type' => "varchar", 'size' => 255))-> ... setKey(array("id"), "primary")-> ... create("my_custom_table"); } } } $some_data = $this->Record->select()->from("my_custom_table") ->where("client_id", "=", $service->client_id) ->fetch(); $some_data->encrypted_field = $this->decryptString($some_data->encrypted_field); Not sure how I could wrap this up and have $this->MyModel->foo(), but I assume if it's possible it'd extend some base model class which would give me the encryption methods 'For Free'.