Don't bump, please.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 4:22 PM, vendejp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> bump... anyone? thx
>
>
>
> On Feb 19, 4:51 pm, vendejp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Im used to thinking of model objects like business objects, so if I
> > perform some work on an object, I want to put the method in the biz
> > object... as an example when I have a model with 2 fields: "fname" and
> > "lname".
> >
> > Rather than always doing a check of something like this in the
> > controller (possibly lots of places):
> >
> > $user = $this->User->read(null, 1);
> > if(trim($user['User']['fname'])=='' || trim($user['User']
> > ['lname'])=='')){
> > // do something
> >
> > }
> >
> > I would prefer to do this so that if I need to change the logic I do
> > it in one place:
> > if($this->User->isValid(1)){
> > // do something
> >
> > }
> >
> > The model would have something like:
> > function isValid($id=null){
> > $this->id = $id;
> > $user = $this->User->read();
> > if(trim($user['User']['fname'])=='' || trim($user['User']
> > ['lname'])=='')){
> > return false;
> > }
> > return true;
> >
> > }
> >
> > Maybe I loop through the results of a find() and I want to call this
> > method over and over... I dont want it to do a $this->User->read()
> > over and over. As a result, I could put this function in the model
> > but just pass in the array representation of the object.
> >
> > I end up with something like this in the model:
> >
> > function isValid($user=null){
> > if(trim($user['User']['fname'])=='' || trim($user['User']
> > ['lname'])=='')){
> > return false;
> > }
> > return true;
> >
> > }
> >
> > What is the best practice for logic like this? That is, logic that
> > shouldnt go into a component because it is specific to a model?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
>
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