Hello,
Please suggest Yii preferred way to handle this problem.
I have an CActiveRecord model and it has a description attribute pulled from DB. I want to apply some filters on this attribute before returning it’s value.
I tried following but doesn’t seem to work.
public function getDescription() {
return stripslashes( $this->description );
}
This code is part of RESTful API so I need this to be in model.
Please suggest
If you absolutely need to have the method in the model, you should provide a different name for it. Perhaps something like getRestDescription() would be appropriate.
There’s not really enough information in your post to offer further guidance. I don’t think it’s a good idea to override the accessor method though, because you may need to display the description in other contexts.
Thanks for the reply Keith.
Please let me know what more information you need from me. I tried to keep the problem statement simple as possible.
Accessor method with a different name works but I certainly need to pass it through a filter to remove back slashes.
You said its not a good idea to override accessor method but in my observation we actually cannot do it. Because my code sample doesn’t give expected result.
Can you show how the model is actually being used? The controller actions if that’s what you’re using.
Here is the code
$criteria = new CDbCriteria();
$criteria->addCondition("title NOT LIKE \"Elokuva:%\"" , 'AND');
$outputData = EPG::model()->findAll($criteria);
Then we loop the result set to build JSON response and there we need to fetch description using
$jsonArray['description'] = $model->description;
//saving model->tenant to all tables automatic ::::Rajith::::
public function beforeSave()
{
if($this->tenant==NULL or $this->tenant==''){
$tenant = $this->getTenant();
$this->tenant = $tenant;
}
return parent::beforeSave();
}
//Find only tenant match by default Rajth
public function defaultScope()
{
$user_id = Yii::app()->user->id;
if(!$user_id){
return parent::defaultScope();
}
else{
$tenant = $this->getTenant();
return array(
'condition'=> "tenant=:tenant",
'params' => array(":tenant"=>$tenant));
}
}
public function beforeDelete()
{
//return true/false
}
These 3 functions are example.
Dont use the code inside the methods, its just an example from my code.
I think default scope will help to solve your issue
public function defaultScope()
{
return array(
'condition'=> "tenant=:tenant",
'params' => array(":tenant"=>$tenant));
}
I am only looking for a getter. So when attribute value is accessed it returns a processed value.
so add a method/function inside the model using $this,
return the preferred result
you can access that method by using $modelname->method name
I also recommend a different getter to maintain consistency. If not, you’ll eventually run into “problems”.
Here is another example - I have devices with serial numbers that are have a "complex" internal representation, which have to be represented to the user in a simple way.
There is also a setter which sets the database field based on the user’s entry.
Both the setter and the getter call other functions not shown here that modify the internal representation to a user friendly representation and vice-versa. I’ve removed comments from the code for length and privacy.
private $_textualIdentifier;
public function setTextualIdentifier($value){
if($this->getScenario()!=='search') {
$this->device_identifier=$this->convertToInternalIdentifier($value, $this->device_type_id);
$this->_textualIdentifier=$value;
} else {
$this->_textualIdentifier=$value;
}
}
public function getTextualIdentifier(){
if($this->getScenario()!=='search') {
return self::convertToTextualIdentifier($this->device_identifier,$this->device_type_id);
} else {
return $this->_textualIdentifier;
}
}
Thank you all for providing your solutions and opinion.
I have implemented a different getter and called it manually where need. I needed to change some existing code. Well, it was only one time effort so nothing hard.
Thank
welcome 