http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/The-Basics-of-Serializing-Objects-in-PHP/
--- In [email protected], "Tim Hoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > See how messy this gets; when dates are represented as strings. Look > into AMFPHP serialization/deserialization. If you get back a date, > instead of a sting, you don't have to jump through these hoops. I only > say this because the amount of time it takes to setup the integration is > sometimes less than the time it takes to hack the application into > submission. :) > > Glad that you have a working solution. > > -TH > > --- In [email protected], Blair Cox <blair.cox@> wrote: > > > > Many thanks Tim! I dropped the DateField component and tried a simple > text > > box, plus your suggestion and it works. So even though the database > table > > field is defined as a Date, the AMFPHP is bringing it in as a string. > The > > key part to this was .toString() > > > > Okay, so now back to an original dilemma. When using the DateField > > component, I get a full UTC date output. I¹ve been able to use > labelFunction > > and DateFormatter and a couple others to get close to the required > format of > > YYYY-MM-DD, but what I end up with is YYYY-MM-D, because apparently 1 > > through 9 are not represented with a leading zero (01, 02, etc) > > > > If I cannot match the string in the db, it won¹t work, correct? Any > hints on > > this? > > > > -- > > Blair > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Tim Hoff TimHoff@ > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:58:19 -0000 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Help: filterFunction and Dates > > > > > > > > > > Ideally, in the result function, the dto would be cast to an > associated AS > > class as a VO; making it strongly typed. This can be done > automatically by > > using [RemoteClass(alias="com.myDTO")] in a VO class; but that's a > more > > involved topic. So, let's take this one step at a time. What is the > data > > type of item.Date_Collected? You can find this by inspecting the the > object > > in debug mode. If it's a string, try this in your filter function: > > > > return item.Date_Collected == > > dfconv.format(wholeDate.selectedDate).toString(); > > > > The key is to compare apples to apples. If one side is an apple and > the > > other is an orange, you have to turn the orange into an apple before > > comparing. > > > > -TH > > >
