Class Collection
Represents a database schema collection
Used to access information about the tables, and other data in a database.
Property Summary
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$_connection protected
Cake\Datasource\ConnectionInterfaceConnection object
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$_dialect protected
Cake\Database\Schema\BaseSchemaSchema dialect instance.
Method Summary
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__construct() public
Constructor.
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_reflect() protected
Helper method for running each step of the reflection process.
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describe() public
Get the column metadata for a table.
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listTables() public
Get the list of tables available in the current connection.
Method Detail
__construct() ¶ public
__construct(Cake\Datasource\ConnectionInterface $connection)Constructor.
Parameters
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Cake\Datasource\ConnectionInterface$connection The connection instance.
_reflect() ¶ protected
_reflect(string $stage, string $name, array $config, Cake\Database\Schema\Table $table): voidHelper method for running each step of the reflection process.
Parameters
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string$stage The stage name.
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string$name The table name.
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array$config The config data.
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Cake\Database\Schema\Table$table The table instance
Returns
voidThrows
Cake\Database\Exceptionon query failure.
describe() ¶ public
describe(string $name, array $options = []): Cake\Database\Schema\TableGet the column metadata for a table.
Caching will be applied if cacheMetadata key is present in the Connection
configuration options. Defaults to _cakemodel when true.
Options
forceRefresh- Set to true to force rebuilding the cached metadata. Defaults to false.
Parameters
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string$name The name of the table to describe.
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array$options optional The options to use, see above.
Returns
Cake\Database\Schema\TableObject with column metadata.
Throws
Cake\Database\Exceptionwhen table cannot be described.
listTables() ¶ public
listTables(): arrayGet the list of tables available in the current connection.
Returns
arrayThe list of tables in the connected database/schema.