Here's the link to the hasField method I forgot to paste http://api.cakephp.org/2.4/class-Model.html#_hasField
So just to elaborate, in AppModel::beforeDelete() I check if the deleted field exists, if so I update the deleted field and return false. Otherwise I return true and let CakePHP do its thing. On 26 July 2014 10:22, Stephen S <hellospeak...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to do this with a behavior then you should look at the > beforeDelete callback, you can update your field within this callback and > then return false to automatically abort the delete (as per the book). > > > http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/behaviors.html#ModelBehavior::beforeDelete > > You could also just write something like this in your AppModel to make it > apply to all models, my applications use $this->hasField('deleted') to see > if soft delete is supported with the model. > > > > On 26 July 2014 09:22, Sam Clauw <i...@bellewaerdefun.be> wrote: > >> I'll try to write my very first behavior that does a soft delete instead >> of a hard delete. I've expanded my model with >> >> public $actsAs = array('SoftDelete'); >> >> >> and I've created the behavior "SoftDeleteBehavior.php" in >> App/Model/Behavior: >> >> >> >>> <?php >>> App::uses('ModelBehavior', 'Model'); >>> class SoftDeleteBehavior extends ModelBehavior >>> { >>> function setup(Model $Model, $settings = array()) >>> { >>> >>> } >>> >>> function delete(Model $Model, $id = null) >>> { >>> $Model->id = $id; >>> >>> if ($Model->saveField('deleted', date('Y-m-d H:i:s'))) { >>> return true; >>> } >>> return false; >>> } >>> } >> >> >> However, when I try to delete something, the delete() method from my >> behavior doesn't overwrite the normal one. What could cause this issue? >> >> -- >> Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >> Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CakePHP" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kind Regards > Stephen Speakman > -- Kind Regards Stephen Speakman -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
