Tighten together WebUser and User model: having issues with behaviors

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hey-yii, dudes!

I’ve found myself duplicating many methods from User model to WebUser component.

For example, i needed getAvatar() function, so i could do something like that in main layout:


<img src="<?php echo Yii::app()->user->avatar;?>" />

I also need that WebUser::getAvatar() functionality in User model, so the following would be also possible:


foreach($comments as $commentModel) {

//...

<img src="<?php $commentModel->author->avatar; ?>" />

//...

}

$commentModel is an object of Comment model, and it has relation to User model ($commentModel->author)

Now, at first I was just duplicating methods between WebUser component and User model, but then I looked at behaviors and I think there is a way to use User model’s methods in WebUser component, but I can’t seem to figure out the right way to do that.

So, here’s what i did:

  1. Added "user" behavior to WebUser component:

class WebUser extends CWebUser {

	public $behaviors = array(

		'user' => array(

			'class' => 'User'

		)

	);

//...

}
  1. Modified User model:



class User extends CActiveRecord implements IBehavior

{

	// IBehavior

	private $_enabled;

	private $_owner;

	

	public function attach($owner) {

		$this->_owner=$owner;

	}

	

	public function detach($owner) {

		$this->_owner=null;

	}

	

	public function getEnabled() {

		return $this->_enabled;

	}


	public function setEnabled($value) {

		$this->_enabled=$value;

	}

	// IBehavior end

//...

}

I have a feeling like i miss something, because




echo 'Email: '.Yii::app()->user->email;

Won’t display current user’s email. Do i have to alter something at auth point to make it work? Any help would be much appreciated! :mellow:

2

I put this function in my WebUser class for my user component




...

private $_model = null;

...

        public function getModel()

        {

                if($this->_model===null)

                {

                        $this->_model = User::model()->find("id=:id", array(

                                ':id'=>$this->id,

                        ));

                }

                return $this->_model;

        }

Then i’m able to use methods of my user model in my webuser class

eg: Yii::app()->user->model->email

If you follow that practice, you may want to check if WebUser::_model is null and throw an exception if it is before returning

3

You can also override __get() in your WebUser component and then combine that with what something like jayrulez wrote. Then you can use Yii::app()->user->email directly.