Is there a way to use saveAll() with a datasource in Cakephp 2.0? I've been able to successfully use save(), but saveAll() triggers an error.
Yes you can use the saveAll with the datasource. You should have to pass the array like:
$data = array([0] => array(
[ModelName] = array(
[fieldName] => value1,
...
)
)
[1] => array( ............
..............
)
Then if you use $this->ModelName->saveAll($data), you will be able to save multiple records at once. And also if you pass an option " 'deep' => true " then you will be able to save multiple records in multiple related tables.
$this->ModelName->saveAll($data, array('deep' => true));
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I'm trying to retrieve data from one of the rows of a table using cakephp, and I want to get the values from the extracted row.
P.s. I've tried to follow cakephp's find(), but did not get anything, got an error instead.
Error`$login_id = $this->AppAuth->user('id');
$userSettings= $this->loadModel("UserSettings");
$userSetting= $this->$userSettings->find('first', array(
'conditions' => array('UserSettings.user_id' => $login_id)));`
From cakephp siteGot it.
$query = $internSettings->find('all', [
'conditions' => ['InternSettings.intern_id' => $login_id]
]);
$row = $query->first();
Now that I can retrieve a row, how am I suppose to access the values of the row?
$record = $internSettings->find('all', [ 'conditions' => ['InternSettings.intern_id' => $login_id]])->first();
This will returns Entity object in $record, you can access field by
echo $record->field_name;
or you can convert it in array and then you can access
$recordArr=$record->toArray();
echo $recordArr['field_name'];
My CakePHP Cart model/table has only one field: id.
It hasMany LineItems.
I am not having success saving the Cart model alone:
$this->Cart->create();
$this->Cart->save();
Or, by passing it a $data array structured as follows and using saveAssociated():
$data = array(
'Cart' => array(),
'LineItem' => array(
array(
'item_id' => $item_id,
'qty' => $qty,
'price_option_id' => $price_option_id
)
)
);
If I add a useless_field to the Cart table/model, and pass some data in it saves. So obviously the problem lies in my having a model with a table with just a single id field and not passing in any other data to save. It won't create what it must be assuming is an 'empty' record.
I have passed 'validate' => false into the saveAssociated call but it doesn't make a difference (and there are no validations for this model to ignore).
Is there a way to do this? Am I missing something? Please enlighten me!
CakePHP tables require created and modified fields, or for you to define your own fields (ie you can call them whatever you want but they do the same thing).
In this instance you would use
$this->Cart->set($data);
$this->Cart->saveAll();
Tables
User(id)
Profile(id, *user_id*, type)
Attribute(id, *attribute_name_id*, value)
AttributeName(id, name)
ProfileAttribute(id, *profile_id*, *attribute_id*)
Relationships
The relationships are set up correctly (and go both ways, hasMany/belongsTo).
User hasMany Profile
Profile hasMany ProfileAttribute
Attribute hasMany ProfileAttribute
(could be written Profile hasMany Attribute through ProfileAttribute)
AttributeName hasMany Attribute
Goal
For a specified User id, with a find() in the User model, I only want the following fields, laid out as such:
$results[Profile.type][AttributeName.name][Attribute.value]
Is it even possible to retrieve results arranged like this? I've been playing around with Find and Containable for hours, but, first time trying to do anything complicated like this with Cake, I can't get the hang of it.
Thanks!
EDIT
I'm getting these results now, all that I need, but nowhere near the desired format above -can it be done as part of the find, or does it need to be sorted after?
Yep, it's possible. You just have to specify fields on containable:
$this->User->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array('User.id' => $id),
'fields' => array('id'),
'contain' => array(
'Profile' => array(
'fields' => array('id','type'),
'ProfileAttribute' => array(
'fields' => array('id'),
'AttributeName' => array(
'fields' => array('id','name'),
'Attribute' => array(
'fields' => array('id','value')
)
)
)
)
)
);
Be wary that when you use contain and fields options, you have to specify the id so it can make the association (check the docs)
EDIT: I don't know if you can group contained data as the docs didn't say anything about that, but probably you can, as they accept some parameters as in the main query. You can try it, adding group to any contained data that you want to group
Here is Yet another cakePHP question! I have table called blood_groups which has blood_group_id and group fields.. Then I have another table called donors, which has several fields such as name, surname etc. Another field included inside this table is the foreign key 'blood_group_id' which will need to map to the blood_group table on retrieval. in the donor registration view, i want to be able to retrieve the values from the blood_groups table, and display them using the formHelper (with their respective id's).
I have gone through CAKE doc, and I understand that I would need to create the association between my models, but I am struggling to figure this one out. Should I create $hasOne association inside the Donor Model (considering that the Donor table has the fk of the other table). And how would I go about retrieving the options of blood_groups from the blood_groups Model?
Should It work like this?(and are any other prerequisites involved?) :
In my DonorController -
$this->set('blood_groups', $this->Donor->Blood_Group->find('all'));
in Views/Donor/add.ctp
echo $this->Form->input('blood_group_id');
Accessing data through associations is fine. But for radios or checkboxes you want to do a find('list). Your model and variable name does not match the CakePHP convention, there should be no underscore.
Properly named this should be already enough to populate the input.
// controller
$this->set('bloodGroups', $this->Donor->BloodGroup->find('list'));
// view
echo $this->Form->input('blood_group_id');
If you don't follow the conventions for some reason:
echo $this->Form->input('blood_group_id', array(
'options' => $bloodGroups
));
See:
Linking Models Together
The Form Helper
Create one function in BloodGroup Model
function getDonors(){
$options = array(
// 'conditions' => array('Donor.blood_group_id'=>$id),
'joins' => array(
array(
'alias' => 'Donor',
'table' => 'donors',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array(
'Donor.blood_group_id = BloodGroup.blood_group_id',
),
)
),
'fields' => array('Donor.name','Donor.surname','Donor.blood_group_id',
'BloodGroup.blood_group_id')
);
$returnData = $this->find('all',$options);
return $returnData;
}
Now from controller call this function
App::import('model','BloodGroup');
$BloodGroup = new BloodGroup;
$donorList = $BloodGroup->getDonors();
$this->set('donorList',$donorList);
In view file you will get list of donors in $donorList.
I'm using Containable in an action like this:
public function index()
{
$this->User->recursive = -1;
$this->User->Behaviors->load('Containable');
if ($this->RequestHandler->accepts('xml'))
{
$this->set('users', array("Users" => array("UserEntry" => $this->User->find('all',
array(
'fields' => array('User.id','User.username', 'User.email', 'User.created', 'User.modified'),
'contain' => array(
'Group' => array(
'fields' => array('Group.id','Group.name','Group.created'),
)
)
)
))));
}
else if ($this->RequestHandler->accepts('json'))
{
}
else if ($this->RequestHandler->accepts('html'))
{
$this->set('users', $this->paginate());
}
}
It gets all of the data I need, but there is one thing that I can't figure out. There is a HABTM relationship between users and groups with a join table users_groups. I'm serializing the output of find('all') into Xml for a REST Api in the view. The problem is that the data contains an extra 'GroupsUser' array nested in my 'Groups' array. The users of the Api do not need to know about the join table information so I would like to remove it. The current output looks like this:
index.ctp
<?php
//debug($users);
$xml = Xml::build($users, array('return' => 'domdocument'));
echo $xml->saveXML();
?>
output of index.ctp -> http://www.pastie.org/2789367
See the GroupsUser tag nested in the Group tag? That is what I want to remove. If there is not a nice easy way to do this I will either build the xml by hand using some loops in the view or create my own find method in the the model and use unset() on GroupsUser. Both of those solutions are not ideal, so I'm hoping someone here has a better one. :)
I you are positive that everything is being done in a join (only belongsTo associations) you may use the containable component with autofields in false something like this
$this->Post->Behaviors->attach('Containable', array('autoFields' => false));
(this is to attach it dynamiclly in the controller part.
if your find has hasMany association, you will have 2 queries instead of so cake needs to fetch for this fields to do the join. You may also use linkable component for this case, that put all in joins instead of a lot of queries giving you chance to select only the fields you want.
here is a link for the linkable component