addRelatedRecord()

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi,

in order to save 2 db access, I would like to populate related record for a BELONG_TO relation and so call addRelatedRecord() :




 	$model = new UserCategoryModel();


 	// of course the UserCategoryModel defines 2 BELONG_TO 

	//relations called 'user' and 'category'


 	$model->addRelatedRecord('user',$user);

 	$model->addRelatedRecord('category',$category);

… however, the warning in the doc kinds of freak me out !!

:( (ok, exclamation marks are not in the doc)

This method is public, so why this warning ?

2

Hi,

in http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CActiveRecord/#addRelatedRecord-detail it says:

"Do not call this method. This method is used internally by CActiveFinder to populate related objects. This method adds a related object to this record."

3

Hi ragua,

yes I know, that was the purpose of my question actually : this method is public (and it seems that is could fit my needs), but then there is this warning…

4

Marking a public method as "internal" allows framework developers to change its signature (or even remove it completely) in future releases without breaking backward compatibility.

While the above is not considered a good practice, it’s sometimes unavoidable.

5

hi phtamas,

yes, what you point out is the only good reason why addRelatedRecord() should not be called. Too bad because setting manually related record for BELONG_TO relation could have saved me 2 db access.

Thanks for your reply.

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