Class HasOne
Represents an 1 - 1 relationship where the source side of the relation is related to only one record in the target table and vice versa.
An example of a HasOne association would be User has one Profile.
Constants
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string
MANY_TO_MANY ¶'manyToMany'
Association type for many to many associations.
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string
MANY_TO_ONE ¶'manyToOne'
Association type for many to one associations.
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string
ONE_TO_MANY ¶'oneToMany'
Association type for one to many associations.
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string
ONE_TO_ONE ¶'oneToOne'
Association type for one to one associations.
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string
STRATEGY_JOIN ¶'join'
Strategy name to use joins for fetching associated records
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string
STRATEGY_SELECT ¶'select'
Strategy name to use a select for fetching associated records
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string
STRATEGY_SUBQUERY ¶'subquery'
Strategy name to use a subquery for fetching associated records
Property Summary
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$_bindingKey protected
string|array
The field name in the owning side table that is used to match with the foreignKey
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$_cascadeCallbacks protected
string
Whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.
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$_className protected
string
The class name of the target table object
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$_conditions protected
array
A list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association
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$_dependent protected
bool
Whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table, often used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.
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$_finder protected
string
The default finder name to use for fetching rows from the target table
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$_foreignKey protected
string|array
The name of the field representing the foreign key to the table to load
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$_joinType protected
string
The type of join to be used when adding the association to a query
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$_name protected
string
Name given to the association, it usually represents the alias assigned to the target associated table
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$_propertyName protected
string
The property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.
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$_sourceTable protected
Cake\ORM\Table
Source table instance
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$_strategy protected
string
The strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Some association types might not implement but one strategy to fetch records.
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$_tableLocator protected
Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface
Table locator instance
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$_targetTable protected
Cake\ORM\Table
Target table instance
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$_validStrategies protected
array
Valid strategies for this type of association
Method Summary
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__call() public
Proxies method calls to the target table.
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__construct() public
Constructor. Subclasses can override _options function to get the original list of passed options if expecting any other special key
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__get() public
Proxies property retrieval to the target table. This is handy for getting this association's associations
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__isset() public
Proxies the isset call to the target table. This is handy to check if the target table has another association with the passed name
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_addFilteringCondition() protected
Appends any conditions required to load the relevant set of records in the target table query given a filter key and some filtering values.
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_addFilteringJoin() public
Appends any conditions required to load the relevant set of records in the target table query given a filter key and some filtering values when the filtering needs to be done using a subquery.
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_appendFields() protected
Helper function used to conditionally append fields to the select clause of a query from the fields found in another query object.
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_appendNotMatching() protected
Conditionally adds a condition to the passed Query that will make it find records where there is no match with this association.
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_bindNewAssociations() protected
Applies all attachable associations to
$query
out of the containments found in the$surrogate
query. -
_buildQuery() protected
Auxiliary function to construct a new Query object to return all the records in the target table that are associated to those specified in $options from the source table
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_buildResultMap() protected
Builds an array containing the results from fetchQuery indexed by the foreignKey value corresponding to this association.
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_buildSubquery() protected
Builds a query to be used as a condition for filtering records in the target table, it is constructed by cloning the original query that was used to load records in the source table.
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_camelize() protected
Creates a camelized version of $name
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_createTupleCondition() protected
Returns a TupleComparison object that can be used for matching all the fields from $keys with the tuple values in $filter using the provided operator.
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_defaultOptions() protected
Returns the default options to use for the eagerLoader
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_dispatchBeforeFind() protected
Triggers beforeFind on the target table for the query this association is attaching to
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_entityName() protected
Creates the proper entity name (singular) for the specified name
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_extractFinder() protected
Helper method to infer the requested finder and its options.
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_fixtureName() protected
Creates a fixture name
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_formatAssociationResults() protected
Adds a formatter function to the passed
$query
if the$surrogate
query declares any other formatter. Since the$surrogate
query correspond to the associated target table, the resulting formatter will be the result of applying the surrogate formatters to only the property corresponding to such table. -
_joinCondition() protected
Returns a single or multiple conditions to be appended to the generated join clause for getting the results on the target table.
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_linkField() protected
Generates a string used as a table field that contains the values upon which the filter should be applied
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_modelKey() protected
Creates the proper underscored model key for associations
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_modelNameFromKey() protected
Creates the proper model name from a foreign key
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_multiKeysInjector() protected
Returns a callable to be used for each row in a query result set for injecting the eager loaded rows when the matching needs to be done with multiple foreign keys
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_options() protected
Override this function to initialize any concrete association class, it will get passed the original list of options used in the constructor
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_pluginNamespace() protected
Return plugin's namespace
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_pluginPath() protected
Find the correct path for a plugin. Scans $pluginPaths for the plugin you want.
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_pluralHumanName() protected
Creates the plural human name used in views
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_resultInjector() protected
Returns a callable to be used for each row in a query result set for injecting the eager loaded rows
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_singularHumanName() protected
Creates the singular human name used in views
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_singularName() protected
Creates the singular name for use in views.
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_subqueryFields() protected
Calculate the fields that need to participate in a subquery.
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_variableName() protected
Creates the plural variable name for views
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attachTo() public
Alters a Query object to include the associated target table data in the final result
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bindingKey() public
Sets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table. When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.
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canBeJoined() public
Whether this association can be expressed directly in a query join
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cascadeCallbacks() public
Sets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks. If no arguments are passed, the current configured value is returned
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cascadeDelete() public
Cascade a delete to remove dependent records.
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conditions() public
Sets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association. If no parameters are passed the current list is returned
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defaultRowValue() public
Returns a modified row after appending a property for this association with the default empty value according to whether the association was joined or fetched externally.
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deleteAll() public
Proxies the delete operation to the target table's deleteAll method
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dependent() public
Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.
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eagerLoader() public
Eager loads a list of records in the target table that are related to another set of records in the source table. Source records can specified in two ways: first one is by passing a Query object setup to find on the source table and the other way is by explicitly passing an array of primary key values from the source table.
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find() public
Proxies the finding operation to the target table's find method and modifies the query accordingly based of this association configuration
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finder() public
Sets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently configured finder name.
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foreignKey() public
Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table. If no parameters are passed current field is returned
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isOwningSide() public
Returns whether or not the passed table is the owning side for this association. This means that rows in the 'target' table would miss important or required information if the row in 'source' did not exist.
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joinType() public
Sets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured type is returned.
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name() public
Sets the name for this association. If no argument is passed then the current configured name will be returned
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property() public
Sets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record. If no arguments are passed, currently configured type is returned.
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requiresKeys() public
Returns true if the eager loading process will require a set of the owning table's binding keys in order to use them as a filter in the finder query.
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saveAssociated() public
Takes an entity from the source table and looks if there is a field matching the property name for this association. The found entity will be saved on the target table for this association by passing supplied
$options
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source() public
Sets the table instance for the source side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned
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strategy() public
Sets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured strategy is returned.
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tableLocator() public
Sets the table locator. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.
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target() public
Sets the table instance for the target side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned
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transformRow() public
Correctly nests a result row associated values into the correct array keys inside the source results.
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type() public
Get the relationship type.
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updateAll() public
Proxies the update operation to the target table's updateAll method
Method Detail
__call() ¶ public
__call(string $method, array $argument): mixed
Proxies method calls to the target table.
Parameters
-
string
$method name of the method to be invoked
-
array
$argument List of arguments passed to the function
Returns
mixed
Throws
BadMethodCallException
__construct() ¶ public
__construct(string $alias, array $options = [])
Constructor. Subclasses can override _options function to get the original list of passed options if expecting any other special key
Parameters
-
string
$alias The name given to the association
-
array
$options optional A list of properties to be set on this object
__get() ¶ public
__get(string $property): Cake\ORM\Association
Proxies property retrieval to the target table. This is handy for getting this association's associations
Parameters
-
string
$property the property name
Returns
Cake\ORM\Association
Throws
RuntimeException
if no association with such name exists
__isset() ¶ public
__isset(string $property): bool
Proxies the isset call to the target table. This is handy to check if the target table has another association with the passed name
Parameters
-
string
$property the property name
Returns
bool
_addFilteringCondition() ¶ protected
_addFilteringCondition(Cake\ORM\Query $query, string|array $key, mixed $filter): Cake\ORM\Query
Appends any conditions required to load the relevant set of records in the target table query given a filter key and some filtering values.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query Target table's query
-
string|array
$key the fields that should be used for filtering
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mixed
$filter the value that should be used to match for $key
Returns
Cake\ORM\Query
_addFilteringJoin() ¶ public
_addFilteringJoin(Cake\ORM\Query $query, string $key, Cake\ORM\Query $subquery): Cake\ORM\Query
Appends any conditions required to load the relevant set of records in the target table query given a filter key and some filtering values when the filtering needs to be done using a subquery.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query Target table's query
-
string
$key the fields that should be used for filtering
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$subquery The Subquery to use for filtering
Returns
Cake\ORM\Query
_appendFields() ¶ protected
_appendFields(Cake\ORM\Query $query, Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate, array $options): void
Helper function used to conditionally append fields to the select clause of a query from the fields found in another query object.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query the query that will get the fields appended to
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$surrogate the query having the fields to be copied from
-
array
$options options passed to the method
attachTo
Returns
void
_appendNotMatching() ¶ protected
_appendNotMatching(Cake\Database\Query $query, array $options): void
Conditionally adds a condition to the passed Query that will make it find records where there is no match with this association.
Parameters
-
Cake\Database\Query
$query The query to modify
-
array
$options Options array containing the
negateMatch
key.
Returns
void
_bindNewAssociations() ¶ protected
_bindNewAssociations(Cake\ORM\Query $query, Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate, array $options): void
Applies all attachable associations to $query
out of the containments found
in the $surrogate
query.
Copies all contained associations from the $surrogate
query into the
passed $query
. Containments are altered so that they respect the associations
chain from which they originated.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query the query that will get the associations attached to
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$surrogate the query having the containments to be attached
-
array
$options options passed to the method
attachTo
Returns
void
_buildQuery() ¶ protected
_buildQuery(array $options): Cake\ORM\Query
Auxiliary function to construct a new Query object to return all the records in the target table that are associated to those specified in $options from the source table
Parameters
-
array
$options options accepted by eagerLoader()
Returns
Cake\ORM\Query
Throws
InvalidArgumentException
When a key is required for associations but not selected.
_buildResultMap() ¶ protected
_buildResultMap(Cake\ORM\Query $fetchQuery, array $options): array
Builds an array containing the results from fetchQuery indexed by the foreignKey value corresponding to this association.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$fetchQuery -
array
$options
Returns
array
_buildSubquery() ¶ protected
_buildSubquery(Cake\ORM\Query $query): Cake\ORM\Query
Builds a query to be used as a condition for filtering records in the target table, it is constructed by cloning the original query that was used to load records in the source table.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query the original query used to load source records
Returns
Cake\ORM\Query
_camelize() ¶ protected
_camelize(string $name): string
Creates a camelized version of $name
Parameters
-
string
$name name
Returns
string
_createTupleCondition() ¶ protected
_createTupleCondition(Cake\ORM\Query $query, array $keys, mixed $filter, string $operator): Cake\Database\Expression\TupleComparison
Returns a TupleComparison object that can be used for matching all the fields from $keys with the tuple values in $filter using the provided operator.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query Target table's query
-
array
$keys the fields that should be used for filtering
-
mixed
$filter the value that should be used to match for $key
-
string
$operator The operator for comparing the tuples
Returns
Cake\Database\Expression\TupleComparison
_defaultOptions() ¶ protected
_defaultOptions(): array
Returns the default options to use for the eagerLoader
Returns
array
_dispatchBeforeFind() ¶ protected
_dispatchBeforeFind(Cake\ORM\Query $query): void
Triggers beforeFind on the target table for the query this association is attaching to
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query the query this association is attaching itself to
Returns
void
_entityName() ¶ protected
_entityName(string $name): string
Creates the proper entity name (singular) for the specified name
Parameters
-
string
$name Name
Returns
string
_extractFinder() ¶ protected
_extractFinder(string|array $finderData): array
Helper method to infer the requested finder and its options.
Returns the inferred options from the finder $type.
Examples:
The following will call the finder 'translations' with the value of the finder as its options: $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations']]]); $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations' => []]]]); $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations' => ['locales' => ['en_US']]]]]);
Parameters
-
string|array
$finderData The finder name or an array having the name as key and options as value.
Returns
array
_fixtureName() ¶ protected
_fixtureName(string $name): string
Creates a fixture name
Parameters
-
string
$name Model class name
Returns
string
_formatAssociationResults() ¶ protected
_formatAssociationResults(Cake\ORM\Query $query, Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate, array $options): void
Adds a formatter function to the passed $query
if the $surrogate
query
declares any other formatter. Since the $surrogate
query correspond to
the associated target table, the resulting formatter will be the result of
applying the surrogate formatters to only the property corresponding to
such table.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query the query that will get the formatter applied to
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$surrogate the query having formatters for the associated target table.
-
array
$options options passed to the method
attachTo
Returns
void
_joinCondition() ¶ protected
_joinCondition(array $options): array
Returns a single or multiple conditions to be appended to the generated join clause for getting the results on the target table.
Parameters
-
array
$options list of options passed to attachTo method
Returns
array
Throws
RuntimeException
if the number of columns in the foreignKey do not match the number of columns in the source table primaryKey
_linkField() ¶ protected
_linkField(array $options): string|array
Generates a string used as a table field that contains the values upon which the filter should be applied
Parameters
-
array
$options
Returns
string|array
_modelKey() ¶ protected
_modelKey(string $name): string
Creates the proper underscored model key for associations
If the input contains a dot, assume that the right side is the real table name.
Parameters
-
string
$name Model class name
Returns
string
_modelNameFromKey() ¶ protected
_modelNameFromKey(string $key): string
Creates the proper model name from a foreign key
Parameters
-
string
$key Foreign key
Returns
string
_multiKeysInjector() ¶ protected
_multiKeysInjector(array $resultMap, array $sourceKeys, string $nestKey): Closure
Returns a callable to be used for each row in a query result set for injecting the eager loaded rows when the matching needs to be done with multiple foreign keys
Parameters
-
array
$resultMap A keyed arrays containing the target table
-
array
$sourceKeys An array with aliased keys to match
-
string
$nestKey The key under which results should be nested
Returns
Closure
_options() ¶ protected
_options(array $options): void
Override this function to initialize any concrete association class, it will get passed the original list of options used in the constructor
Parameters
-
array
$options List of options used for initialization
Returns
void
_pluginNamespace() ¶ protected
_pluginNamespace(string $pluginName): string
Return plugin's namespace
Parameters
-
string
$pluginName Plugin name
Returns
string
_pluginPath() ¶ protected
_pluginPath(string $pluginName): string
Find the correct path for a plugin. Scans $pluginPaths for the plugin you want.
Parameters
-
string
$pluginName Name of the plugin you want ie. DebugKit
Returns
string
_pluralHumanName() ¶ protected
_pluralHumanName(string $name): string
Creates the plural human name used in views
Parameters
-
string
$name Controller name
Returns
string
_resultInjector() ¶ protected
_resultInjector(Cake\ORM\Query $fetchQuery, array $resultMap, array $options): Closure
Returns a callable to be used for each row in a query result set for injecting the eager loaded rows
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$fetchQuery the Query used to fetch results
-
array
$resultMap an array with the foreignKey as keys and the corresponding target table results as value.
-
array
$options The options passed to the eagerLoader method
Returns
Closure
_singularHumanName() ¶ protected
_singularHumanName(string $name): string
Creates the singular human name used in views
Parameters
-
string
$name Controller name
Returns
string
_singularName() ¶ protected
_singularName(string $name): string
Creates the singular name for use in views.
Parameters
-
string
$name Name to use
Returns
string
_subqueryFields() ¶ protected
_subqueryFields(Cake\ORM\Query $query): array
Calculate the fields that need to participate in a subquery.
Normally this includes the binding key columns. If there is a an ORDER BY, those columns are also included as the fields may be calculated or constant values, that need to be present to ensure the correct association data is loaded.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Query
$query The query to get fields from.
Returns
array
_variableName() ¶ protected
_variableName(string $name): string
Creates the plural variable name for views
Parameters
-
string
$name Name to use
Returns
string
attachTo() ¶ public
attachTo(Query $query, array $options = []): void
Alters a Query object to include the associated target table data in the final result
The options array accept the following keys:
- includeFields: Whether to include target model fields in the result or not
- foreignKey: The name of the field to use as foreign key, if false none will be used
- conditions: array with a list of conditions to filter the join with, this will be merged with any conditions originally configured for this association
- fields: a list of fields in the target table to include in the result
- type: The type of join to be used (e.g. INNER) the records found on this association
- aliasPath: A dot separated string representing the path of association names followed from the passed query main table to this association.
- propertyPath: A dot separated string representing the path of association properties to be followed from the passed query main entity to this association
- joinType: The SQL join type to use in the query.
- negateMatch: Will append a condition to the passed query for excluding matches. with this association.
Parameters
-
Query
$query the query to be altered to include the target table data
-
array
$options optional Any extra options or overrides to be taken in account
Returns
void
Throws
RuntimeException
if the query builder passed does not return a query object
bindingKey() ¶ public
bindingKey(string|null $key = null): string|array
Sets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table. When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.
If no parameters are passed the current field is returned
Parameters
-
string|null
$key optional the table field to be used to link both tables together
Returns
string|array
canBeJoined() ¶ public
canBeJoined(array $options = []): bool
Whether this association can be expressed directly in a query join
Parameters
-
array
$options optional custom options key that could alter the return value
Returns
bool
cascadeCallbacks() ¶ public
cascadeCallbacks(bool|null $cascadeCallbacks = null): bool
Sets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks. If no arguments are passed, the current configured value is returned
Parameters
-
bool|null
$cascadeCallbacks optional cascade callbacks switch value
Returns
bool
cascadeDelete() ¶ public
cascadeDelete(Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity, array $options = []): bool
Cascade a delete to remove dependent records.
This method does nothing if the association is not dependent.
Parameters
-
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface
$entity The entity that started the cascaded delete.
-
array
$options optional The options for the original delete.
Returns
bool
conditions() ¶ public
conditions(array|null $conditions = null): array
Sets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association. If no parameters are passed the current list is returned
Parameters
-
array|null
$conditions optional list of conditions to be used
Returns
array
See Also
defaultRowValue() ¶ public
defaultRowValue(array $row, bool $joined): array
Returns a modified row after appending a property for this association with the default empty value according to whether the association was joined or fetched externally.
Parameters
-
array
$row The row to set a default on.
-
bool
$joined Whether or not the row is a result of a direct join with this association
Returns
array
deleteAll() ¶ public
deleteAll(mixed $conditions): bool
Proxies the delete operation to the target table's deleteAll method
Parameters
-
mixed
$conditions Conditions to be used, accepts anything Query::where() can take.
Returns
bool
See Also
dependent() ¶ public
dependent(bool|null $dependent = null): bool
Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.
This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.
If no parameters are passed the current setting is returned.
Parameters
-
bool|null
$dependent optional Set the dependent mode. Use null to read the current state.
Returns
bool
eagerLoader() ¶ public
eagerLoader(array $options): Closure
Eager loads a list of records in the target table that are related to another set of records in the source table. Source records can specified in two ways: first one is by passing a Query object setup to find on the source table and the other way is by explicitly passing an array of primary key values from the source table.
The required way of passing related source records is controlled by "strategy" When the subquery strategy is used it will require a query on the source table. When using the select strategy, the list of primary keys will be used.
Returns a closure that should be run for each record returned in a specific Query. This callable will be responsible for injecting the fields that are related to each specific passed row.
Options array accepts the following keys:
- query: Query object setup to find the source table records
- keys: List of primary key values from the source table
- foreignKey: The name of the field used to relate both tables
- conditions: List of conditions to be passed to the query where() method
- sort: The direction in which the records should be returned
- fields: List of fields to select from the target table
- contain: List of related tables to eager load associated to the target table
- strategy: The name of strategy to use for finding target table records
- nestKey: The array key under which results will be found when transforming the row
Parameters
-
array
$options
Returns
Closure
find() ¶ public
find(string|array $type = null, array $options = []): Cake\ORM\Query
Proxies the finding operation to the target table's find method and modifies the query accordingly based of this association configuration
Parameters
-
string|array
$type optional the type of query to perform, if an array is passed, it will be interpreted as the
$options
parameter-
array
$options optional The options to for the find
Returns
Cake\ORM\Query
See Also
finder() ¶ public
finder(string|null $finder = null): string
Sets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently configured finder name.
Parameters
-
string|null
$finder optional the finder name to use
Returns
string
foreignKey() ¶ public
foreignKey(string|null $key = null): string
Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table. If no parameters are passed current field is returned
Parameters
-
string|null
$key optional the key to be used to link both tables together
Returns
string
isOwningSide() ¶ public
isOwningSide(Cake\ORM\Table $side): bool
Returns whether or not the passed table is the owning side for this association. This means that rows in the 'target' table would miss important or required information if the row in 'source' did not exist.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Table
$side The potential Table with ownership
Returns
bool
joinType() ¶ public
joinType(string $type = null): string
Sets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured type is returned.
Parameters
-
string
$type optional the join type to be used (e.g. INNER)
Returns
string
name() ¶ public
name(string|null $name = null): string
Sets the name for this association. If no argument is passed then the current configured name will be returned
Parameters
-
string|null
$name optional Name to be assigned
Returns
string
property() ¶ public
property(string|null $name = null): string
Sets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record. If no arguments are passed, currently configured type is returned.
Parameters
-
string|null
$name optional The name of the property. Pass null to read the current value.
Returns
string
requiresKeys() ¶ public
requiresKeys(array $options = []): bool
Returns true if the eager loading process will require a set of the owning table's binding keys in order to use them as a filter in the finder query.
Parameters
-
array
$options optional The options containing the strategy to be used.
Returns
bool
saveAssociated() ¶ public
saveAssociated(Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity, array|ArrayObject $options = []): bool|Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface
Takes an entity from the source table and looks if there is a field
matching the property name for this association. The found entity will be
saved on the target table for this association by passing supplied
$options
Parameters
-
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface
$entity an entity from the source table
-
array|ArrayObject
$options optional options to be passed to the save method in the target table
Returns
bool|Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface
See Also
source() ¶ public
source(Cake\ORM\Table|null $table = null): Cake\ORM\Table
Sets the table instance for the source side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Table|null
$table optional the instance to be assigned as source side
Returns
Cake\ORM\Table
strategy() ¶ public
strategy(string|null $name = null): string
Sets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured strategy is returned.
Parameters
-
string|null
$name optional The strategy type. Use null to read the current value.
Returns
string
Throws
InvalidArgumentException
When an invalid strategy is provided.
tableLocator() ¶ public
tableLocator(Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null $tableLocator = null): Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface
Sets the table locator. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null
$tableLocator optional LocatorInterface instance.
Returns
Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface
target() ¶ public
target(Cake\ORM\Table|null $table = null): Cake\ORM\Table
Sets the table instance for the target side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned
Parameters
-
Cake\ORM\Table|null
$table optional the instance to be assigned as target side
Returns
Cake\ORM\Table
transformRow() ¶ public
transformRow(array $row, string $nestKey, bool $joined): array
Correctly nests a result row associated values into the correct array keys inside the source results.
Parameters
-
array
$row The row to transform
-
string
$nestKey The array key under which the results for this association should be found
-
bool
$joined Whether or not the row is a result of a direct join with this association
Returns
array
updateAll() ¶ public
updateAll(array $fields, mixed $conditions): bool
Proxies the update operation to the target table's updateAll method
Parameters
-
array
$fields A hash of field => new value.
-
mixed
$conditions Conditions to be used, accepts anything Query::where() can take.
Returns
bool
See Also
Property Detail
$_bindingKey ¶ protected
The field name in the owning side table that is used to match with the foreignKey
Type
string|array
$_cascadeCallbacks ¶ protected
Whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.
Type
string
$_conditions ¶ protected
A list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association
Type
array
$_dependent ¶ protected
Whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table, often used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.
Type
bool
$_finder ¶ protected
The default finder name to use for fetching rows from the target table
Type
string
$_foreignKey ¶ protected
The name of the field representing the foreign key to the table to load
Type
string|array
$_joinType ¶ protected
The type of join to be used when adding the association to a query
Type
string
$_name ¶ protected
Name given to the association, it usually represents the alias assigned to the target associated table
Type
string
$_propertyName ¶ protected
The property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.
Type
string
$_strategy ¶ protected
The strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Some association types might not implement but one strategy to fetch records.
Type
string