SchemaShell Class Info:
- Class Declaration:
class SchemaShell extends Shell
- File name:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php
- Description:
Schema is a command-line database management utility for automating programmer chores.
- Class Inheritance
- Package
- cake
- Subpackage
- cake.cake.console.libs
- Link
- http://book.cakephp.org/view/1523/Schema-management-and-migrations
Properties:
-
alias string
An alias for the shell
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args array
Contains arguments parsed from the command line.
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className string
The class name of the shell that was invoked.
-
command string
The command called if public methods are available.
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DbConfig DATABASE_CONFIG
Holds the DATABASE_CONFIG object for the app. Null if database.php could not be found, or the app does not exist.
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Dispatch ShellDispatcher
An instance of the ShellDispatcher object that loaded this script
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interactive boolean
If true, the script will ask for permission to perform actions.
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name string
The name of the shell in camelized.
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params array
Contains command switches parsed from the command line.
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shell string
The file name of the shell that was invoked.
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taskNames array
Contains the loaded tasks
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tasks array
Contains tasks to load and instantiate
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uses array
Contains models to load and instantiate
Method Summary:
- cakeError( $method, $messages = array ( ) )
- _checkArgs( $expectedNum, $command = NULL )
- _checkUnitTest( )
- __construct( $dispatch )
- _controllerName( $name )
- _controllerPath( $name )
- create( )
- createFile( $path, $contents )
- dispatchMethod( $method, $params = array ( ) )
- dump( )
- err( $message = NULL, $newlines = 1 )
- error( $title, $message = NULL )
- generate( )
- help( )
- hr( $newlines = 0 )
- in( $prompt, $options = NULL, $default = NULL )
- initialize( )
- _loadDbConfig( )
- _loadModels( )
- _loadSchema( )
- loadTasks( )
- log( $msg, $type = 2 )
- main( )
- _modelKey( $name )
- _modelName( $name )
- _modelNameFromKey( $key )
- nl( $multiplier = 1 )
- Object( )
- out( $message = NULL, $newlines = 1 )
- _persist( $name, $return, $object, $type = NULL )
- _pluginPath( $pluginName )
- _pluralHumanName( $name )
- _pluralName( $name )
- requestAction( $url, $extra = array ( ) )
- _savePersistent( $name, $object )
- _set( $properties = array ( ) )
- shortPath( $file )
- _singularHumanName( $name )
- _singularName( $name )
- startup( )
- _stop( $status = 0 )
- toString( )
- update( )
- view( )
- _welcome( )
cakeError
topUsed 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)
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array $messages optional array ( )
Message that is to be displayed by the error class
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- Method defined in:
- cake/libs/object.php on line 187
- Return
error message
- Access
public
_checkArgs
topWill check the number args matches otherwise throw an error
- Parameters:
-
-
integer $expectedNum required
Expected number of paramters
-
string $command optional NULL
Command
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 437
- Access
protected
_checkUnitTest
topAction to create a Unit Test
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 511
- Return
boolean Success
- Access
protected
__construct
topConstructs this Shell instance.
- Parameters:
-
-
$dispatch required
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 138
_controllerName
topCreates the proper controller plural name for the specified controller class name
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Controller class name
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 557
- Return
string Controller plural name
- Access
protected
_controllerPath
topCreates the proper controller path for the specified controller class name
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Controller class name
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 546
- Return
string Path to controller
- Access
protected
create
topRun database create commands. Alias for run create.
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php on line 255
- Return
void
createFile
topCreates a file at given path
- Parameters:
-
-
string $path required
Where to put the file.
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string $contents required
Content to put in the file.
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 458
- Return
boolean Success
- Access
public
dispatchMethod
topCalls 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
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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
- Access
public
dump
topDump Schema object to sql file
Use the write param to enable and control SQL file output location.
Simply using -write will write the sql file to the same dir as the schema file.
If -write contains a full path name the file will be saved there. If -write only
contains no DS, that will be used as the file name, in the same dir as the schema file.
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php on line 210
- Access
public
err
topOutputs a single or multiple error messages to stderr. If no parameters are passed outputs just a newline.
- Parameters:
-
-
mixed $message optional NULL
A string or a an array of strings to output
-
integer $newlines optional 1
Number of newlines to append
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 383
- Access
public
error
topDisplays a formatted error message and exits the application with status code 1
- Parameters:
-
-
string $title required
Title of the error
-
string $message optional NULL
An optional error message
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- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 421
- Access
public
generate
topRead database and Write schema object accepts a connection as first arg or path to save as second arg
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php on line 133
- Access
public
help
tophr
topOutputs a series of minus characters to the standard output, acts as a visual separator.
- Parameters:
-
-
integer $newlines optional 0
Number of newlines to pre- and append
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 407
- Access
public
in
topPrompts the user for input, and returns it.
- Parameters:
-
-
string $prompt required
Prompt text.
-
mixed $options optional NULL
Array or string of options.
-
string $default optional NULL
Default input value.
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 334
- Return
Either the default value, or the user-provided input.
- Access
public
initialize
top_loadDbConfig
topLoads database file and constructs DATABASE_CONFIG class makes $this->DbConfig available to subclasses
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 216
- Return
bool
- Access
protected
_loadModels
topif var $uses = true Loads AppModel file and constructs AppModel class makes $this->AppModel available to subclasses if var $uses is an array of models will load those models
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 235
- Return
bool
- Access
protected
_loadSchema
topPrepares the Schema objects for database operations.
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php on line 275
- Return
void
loadTasks
topLoads tasks defined in var $tasks
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 273
- Return
bool
- Access
public
log
topConvience 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
- Access
public
_modelKey
topCreates the proper underscored model key for associations
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Model class name
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 579
- Return
string Singular model key
- Access
protected
_modelName
topCreates the proper controller camelized name (singularized) for the specified name
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Name
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 568
- Return
string Camelized and singularized controller name
- Access
protected
_modelNameFromKey
topCreates the proper model name from a foreign key
- Parameters:
-
-
string $key required
Foreign key
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 590
- Return
string Model name
- Access
protected
nl
topReturns a single or multiple linefeeds sequences.
- Parameters:
-
-
integer $multiplier optional 1
Number of times the linefeed sequence should be repeated
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 397
- Access
public
- Return
string
Object
topA 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
out
topOutputs a single or multiple messages to stdout. If no parameters are passed outputs just a newline.
- Parameters:
-
-
mixed $message optional NULL
A string or a an array of strings to output
-
integer $newlines optional 1
Number of newlines to append
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 368
- Return
integer Returns the number of bytes returned from writing to stdout.
- Access
public
_persist
topChecks 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
_pluginPath
topFind the correct path for a plugin. Scans $pluginPaths for the plugin you want.
- Parameters:
-
-
string $pluginName required
Name of the plugin you want ie. DebugKit
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 644
- Return
string $path path to the correct plugin.
_pluralHumanName
topCreates the plural human name used in views
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Controller name
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 634
- Return
string Plural human name
- Access
protected
_pluralName
topCreates the plural name for views
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Name to use
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 612
- Return
string Plural name for views
- Access
protected
requestAction
topCalls 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:
-
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mixed $url required
String or array-based url.
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array $extra optional array ( )
if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.
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- 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.
- Access
public
_savePersistent
topYou 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
topAllows 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
- Access
protected
shortPath
topMakes absolute file path easier to read
- Parameters:
-
-
string $file required
Absolute file path
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 533
- Return
sting short path
- Access
public
_singularHumanName
topCreates the singular human name used in views
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
Controller name
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 623
- Return
string Singular human name
- Access
protected
_singularName
topcreates the singular name for use in views.
- Parameters:
-
-
string $name required
-
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 601
- Return
string $name
- Access
protected
startup
top_stop
topStop 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
- Access
public
toString
topObject-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
- Access
public
update
topRun database create commands. Alias for run create.
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php on line 265
- Return
void
view
topRead and output contents of schema object path to read as second arg
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/schema.php on line 115
- Access
public
_welcome
topDisplays a header for the shell
- Method defined in:
- cake/console/libs/shell.php on line 199
- Access
protected
