public function get_by_id($id)
 {
     //connect
     $this->db->connect();
     //query
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM students WHERE id=?";
     //prepare
     $stmt = $this->db->initialize($sql);
     //bind
     $stmt->bind_param("i", $id);
     //execute
     $stmt->execute();
     //bind result
     $stmt->bind_result($id, $first_name, $last_name, $email, $contact_no, $course);
     while ($row = $stmt->fetch()) {
         $student = new Students();
         $student->set_id($id);
         $student->set_first_name($first_name);
         $student->set_last_name($last_name);
         $student->set_email($email);
         $student->set_contact_no($contact_no);
         $student->set_course($course);
     }
     $this->db->close();
     return $student;
 }
 public function get_all()
 {
     $student_list = array();
     //database connect
     $this->db->connect();
     //query
     $sql = "SELECT * FROM students";
     //execute and fetch data
     $result = $this->db->fetch_query($sql);
     while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
         //put in object
         $student = new Students();
         $student->set_id($row['id']);
         $student->set_first_name($row['first_name']);
         $student->set_last_name($row['last_name']);
         $student->set_email($row['email']);
         $student->set_contact_no($row['contact_no']);
         $student->set_course($row['course']);
         array_push($student_list, $student);
     }
     return $student_list;
     $this->db->close;
 }