Check Existance Of Entry In Model Within View File

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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This might sound kind of basic (and it probably is) but I’ve been trying to get this for a few hours now and either I need a break from coding or it just wont budge.

I have an active record variable which brings database entries from a model:




$variable = Model::model()->findAll();

So I have $variable available in my view file and I want to check for the existance of a specific entry within the results. I am using the primary key of an entry available in the $variable but I can’t seem to get it working.

What is the correct way to check if a given entry is contained within that variable from the view file, not the controller?

PS: I do not want to iterate through the result set, it wouldn’t be very efficient for my application.

Thanks.

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there is a instance method on ActiveRecord exists() method to check if a record exists or not


 MODELNAME::model()->exists( array( your conditions in case you any) );
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Yeah I had tried that. It works in the controller, but it does not work in the view file for some reason.