CakeSchema Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class CakeSchema extends Object

File name:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php
Description:

Base Class for Schema management

Class Inheritance

Object

Package
cake
Subpackage
cake.cake.libs.model

Properties:

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  • connection string

    Connection used for read

  • file string

    File to write

  • name string

    Name of the App Schema

  • path string

    Path to write location

  • plugin string

    plugin name.

  • tables array

    Set of tables

after

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After callback to be implemented in subclasses

Parameters:
  • $event optional array ( )

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 154
Access

public

_arrayDiffAssoc

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Extended array_diff_assoc noticing change from/to NULL values

It behaves almost the same way as array_diff_assoc except for NULL values: if one of the values is not NULL - change is detected. It is useful in situation where one value is strval('') ant other is strval(null) - in string comparing methods this results as EQUAL, while it is not.

Parameters:
  • array $array1 required

    Base array

  • array $array2 required

    Corresponding array checked for equality

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 542
Return

array Difference as array with array(keys => values) from input array where match was not found.

Access

protected

before

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Before callback to be implemented in subclasses

Parameters:
  • $event optional array ( )

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 144
Return

boolean Should process continue

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public

_build

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Builds schema object properties

Parameters:
  • array $data required

    loaded object properties

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 115
Return

void

Access

protected

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

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public

__columns

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Formats Schema columns from Model Object

Parameters:
  • array $Obj required

    model object

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 597
Return

array Formatted columns

Access

public

compare

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Compares two sets of schemas

Parameters:
  • mixed $old required

    Schema object or array

  • mixed $new optional NULL

    Schema object or array

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 449
Return

array Tables (that are added, dropped, or changed)

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public

_compareIndexes

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Compare two schema indexes

Parameters:
  • array $new required

    New indexes

  • array $old required

    Old indexes

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 655
Return

mixed false on failure or array of indexes to add and drop

_compareTableParameters

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Compare two schema files table Parameters

Parameters:
  • array $new required

    New indexes

  • array $old required

    Old indexes

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 640
Return

mixed False on failure, or an array of parameters to add & drop.

__construct

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Constructor

Parameters:
  • array $options optional array ( )

    optional load object properties

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 82

dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

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public

generateTable

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Generate the code for a table. Takes a table name and $fields array Returns a completed variable declaration to be used in schema classes

Parameters:
  • string $table required

    Table name you want returned.

  • array $fields required

    Array of field information to generate the table with.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 403
Return

string Variable declaration for a schema class

load

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Reads database and creates schema tables

Parameters:
  • array $options optional array ( )

    schema object properties

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 164
Return

array Set of name and tables

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public

log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

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public

_noPrefixTable

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Trim the table prefix from the full table name, and return the prefix-less table

Parameters:
  • string $prefix required

    Table prefix

  • string $table required

    Full table name

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 706
Return

string Prefix-less table name

Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

Access

protected

Todo

add examples to manual

read

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Reads database and creates schema tables

Options

  • 'connection' - the db connection to use
  • 'name' - name of the schema
  • 'models' - a list of models to use, or false to ignore models

Parameters:
  • array $options optional array ( )

    schema object properties

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 203
Return

array Array indexed by name and tables

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public

requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

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public

_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

Access

protected

_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

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protected

_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

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public

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

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public

__values

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Formats Schema columns from Model Object

Parameters:
  • array $values required

    options keys(type, null, default, key, length, extra)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 575
Return

array Formatted values

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public

write

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Writes schema file from object or options

Parameters:
  • mixed $object required

    schema object or options array

  • array $options optional array ( )

    schema object properties to override object

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/cake_schema.php on line 341
Return

mixed false or string written to file

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public