How to set a var in model from controller?

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1

I want to use a var from my controller to my behavior and scope in my model?

What is the best way to do this? as many times the model is called statically?

2

you can probably set it as an attribute/property statically like adding this to your model


public static $var;

and in your action you would use


ModelName::var = 'assign something';
3

Could you please describe in details what are you trying to achieve?

To ‘call model’ you don’t have to declare static methods. You can

call common model methods like follows:

MyModelClass::model()->method();

If you need your variable as a validation parameter, I recommend you

to aviod declaring additional properties for many reasons. In my app

I had to solve 2 tasks:

  • Disallow certain attributes from being massively assigned.

  • Disallow same attributes to be validated.

  • Implement parametrized validation.

In controller we populate a list of attributes to bypass validation:





$attributes = $form->getSafeAttributeNames('');


// ... and exclude hidden attributes.

if (!$this->useName) unset($attributes['Name']);

if (!$this->useSubject) unset($attributes['Subject']);

if (!$this->useDepartment) unset($attributes['Department']);

if (!$this->useCaptcha) unset($attributes['Captcha']);


if ($form->validate('', $attributes)) ...

For parametrized validation I recommend you to combine

YII-based validation and method-based validation. For example:


if ($form->validate() && $form->signup($this->approved)) ...

Signup method would perform additional validation and record manipulation.

4

Well I am trying to pass a var to behavior and scope, there is pretty much no way to get these values other then the controller

I tried to do a static var as suggested but:

Model




    public function behaviors(){

        return array(

            'TreeBehavior' => array(

                'class' => 'application.extensions.nestedset.TreeBehavior',

                '_idCol' => 'id',

                '_lftCol' => 'lft',

                '_rgtCol' => 'rgt',

                '_lvlCol' => 'level',

                '_rootId' => self::$root_id

            )

        );                

    }


    public function scope()

    {

        return array(

            'condition' => 'root_id = ' . self::$root_id,

        );

    }

But then something like:




$root = Pages::model()->findByPK($root_id);

$root->model()->root_id = $root_id;

Does not work

5 



$root = Pages::model()->findByPK($root_id);

$root->root_id = $root_id;
6

Did not work also… I guess because the class method model is being called statically…

I solved it by…


public static function model($root_id, $className=__CLASS__)

    {

        self::$root_id = $root_id;

        return parent::model($className);

    }

But still wondering if this is the way to go to get data in the model :P