How can I use $this->EventItem inside the Item model ?
It gives the error
Notice: Undefined property: Item::$EventItem in /Users/pvhee/Sites/
webdev/satellite/satellite-activation/app/models/item.php on line 66
Does it work similar to using the $uses array in the controller?
Bye,
Peter
On Mar 5, 3:52 pm, "Peter Vanhee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you for your response!
>
> The afterFind seems a good solution to me, I will let you know as soon
> as I tested it.
> By the way, isn't this a problem more users will have to deal with?
> Imagine a base
> model like Item and some models that extend this model like EventItem
> and NewsItem
> which have extra fields. Then querying for all models you will also
> want to have the
> extra fields for EventItem and NewsItem included. Your trick will do
> the job!
>
> Thanks!Peter
>
> On Mar 3, 5:40 pm, "Grant Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > One way would be to have all the possible item types (ie NewsItem,
> > EventItem) associated, with different conditions. Only those that
> > match should be loaded (but you will probably get all the keys, and
> > it'll be a complicated and possibly slow JOIN generated).
>
> > class Item extends AppModel
> > {
> > var $name = 'Item';
> > var $belongsTo = array(
> > 'EventItem' => array('className' => 'EventItem',
> > 'foreignKey' =>
> > 'type_id', 'conditions' => 'Item.type = 0'),
> > 'NewsItem' => array('className' => 'NewsItem',
> > 'foreignKey' =>
> > 'type_id', 'conditions' => 'Item.type = 1'),
> > );
>
> > }
>
> > other than that you can have something in the afterFind of your Item
> > model to make a query and load the correct items data. Something
> > like:
>
> > class Item extends AppModel
> > {
> > var $name = 'Item';
>
> > function afterFind( $results )
> > {
> > for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($results); $i++) {
> > // check if this is a model, or if it is an array
> > of models
> > if ( isset($results[$i][$this->name]) ){
> > // this is the model we want, see if it's a
> > single or array
> > if ( isset($results[$i][$this->name][0]) ){
> > // run on every model
> > for ($j = 0; $j <
> > sizeof($results[$i][$this->name]); $j++) {
> > $this->_attachAttributes(
> > &$results[$i][$this->name][$j] );
> > }
> > } else {
> > $this->_attachAttributes(
> > &$results[$i][$this->name] );
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
> > return $results;
> > }
>
> > function _attachAttributes( &$data_row )
> > {
> > if ( !empty($data_row['id']) ){
>
> > switch( $data_row['id'] ){
> > case 0:
> > $event_item =
> > $this->EventItem->find('EventItem.id'=>
> > $data_row['type_id']);
> > $data_row['EventItem'] =
> > $event_item['EventItem'];
> > break;
> > case 0:
> > $event_item =
> > $this->NewsItem->find('NewsItem.id'=>
> > $data_row['type_id']);
> > $data_row['NewsItem'] =
> > $event_item['NewsItem'];
> > break;
> > }
>
> > }
> > }
>
> > }
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