Interface TypeInterface
Encapsulates all conversion functions for values coming from a database into PHP and going from PHP into a database.
Method Summary
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getBaseType() public
Returns the base type name that this class is inheriting.
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getName() public
Returns type identifier name for this object.
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marshal() public
Marshalls flat data into PHP objects.
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newId() public
Generate a new primary key value for a given type.
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toDatabase() public
Casts given value from a PHP type to one acceptable by a database.
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toPHP() public
Casts given value from a database type to a PHP equivalent.
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toStatement() public
Casts given value to its Statement equivalent.
Method Detail
getBaseType() ¶ public
getBaseType(): stringReturns the base type name that this class is inheriting.
This is useful when extending base type for adding extra functionality, but still want the rest of the framework to use the same assumptions it would do about the base type it inherits from.
Returns
stringmarshal() ¶ public
marshal(mixed $value): mixedMarshalls flat data into PHP objects.
Most useful for converting request data into PHP objects, that make sense for the rest of the ORM/Database layers.
Parameters
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mixed$value The value to convert.
Returns
mixednewId() ¶ public
newId(): mixedGenerate a new primary key value for a given type.
This method can be used by types to create new primary key values when entities are inserted.
Returns
mixedSee Also
toDatabase() ¶ public
toDatabase(mixed $value, Cake\Database\Driver $driver): mixedCasts given value from a PHP type to one acceptable by a database.
Parameters
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mixed$value Value to be converted to a database equivalent.
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Cake\Database\Driver$driver Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted.
Returns
mixedtoPHP() ¶ public
toPHP(mixed $value, Cake\Database\Driver $driver): mixedCasts given value from a database type to a PHP equivalent.
Parameters
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mixed$value Value to be converted to PHP equivalent
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Cake\Database\Driver$driver Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted
Returns
mixedtoStatement() ¶ public
toStatement(mixed $value, Cake\Database\Driver $driver): mixedCasts given value to its Statement equivalent.
Parameters
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mixed$value Value to be converted to PDO statement.
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Cake\Database\Driver$driver Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted.
Returns
mixed