Class EavStrategy

This class provides a way to translate dynamic data by keeping translations in a separate table linked to the original record from another one. Translated fields can be configured to override those in the main table when fetched or put aside into another property for the same entity.

If you wish to override fields, you need to call the locale method in this behavior for setting the language you want to fetch from the translations table.

If you want to bring all or certain languages for each of the fetched records, you can use the custom translations finder of TranslateBehavior that is exposed to the table.

Namespace: Cake\ORM\Behavior\Translate

Property Summary

$_config protected

array<string, mixed>

Runtime config
$_configInitialized protected

bool

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults
$_defaultConfig protected

array<string, mixed>

Default config
$_tableLocator protected

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null

Table locator instance
$defaultTable protected

string|null

This object's default table alias.
$locale protected

string|null

The locale name that will be used to override fields in the bound table from the translations table
$table protected

Cake\ORM\Table

Table instance
$translationTable protected

Cake\ORM\Table

Instance of Table responsible for translating

Method Summary

__construct() public

Constructor
_configDelete() protected

Deletes a single config key.
_configRead() protected

Reads a config key.
_configWrite() protected

Writes a config key.
afterSave() public

Unsets the temporary _i18n property after the entity has been saved
beforeFind() public

Callback method that listens to the beforeFind event in the bound table. It modifies the passed query by eager loading the translated fields and adding a formatter to copy the values into the main table records.
beforeSave() public

Modifies the entity before it is saved so that translated fields are persisted in the database too.
buildMarshalMap() public

Build a set of properties that should be included in the marshalling process.
bundleTranslatedFields() protected

Helper method used to generated multiple translated field entities out of the data found in the _translations property in the passed entity. The result will be put into its _i18n property.
configShallow() public

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.
fetchTable() public

Convenience method to get a table instance.
findExistingTranslations() protected

Returns the ids found for each of the condition arrays passed for the translations table. Each records is indexed by the corresponding position to the conditions array.
getConfig() public

Returns the config.
getConfigOrFail() public

Returns the config for this specific key.
getLocale() public

Returns the current locale.
getTableLocator() public

Gets the table locator.
getTranslationTable() public

Return translation table instance.
groupTranslations() public

Modifies the results from a table find in order to merge full translation records into each entity under the _translations key.
rowMapper() protected

Modifies the results from a table find in order to merge the translated fields into each entity for a given locale.
setConfig() public

Sets the config.
setLocale() public

Sets the locale to be used.
setTableLocator() public

Sets the table locator.
setupAssociations() protected

Creates the associations between the bound table and every field passed to this method.
translationField() public

Returns a fully aliased field name for translated fields.
unsetEmptyFields() protected

Unset empty translations to avoid persistence.

Method Detail

__construct() ¶ public

__construct(Cake\ORM\Table $table, array<string, mixed> $config = [])

Constructor

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Table $table: The table this strategy is attached to.
array<string, mixed> $config optional: The config for this strategy.

_configDelete() ¶ protected

_configDelete(string $key): void

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key: Key to delete.

Returns

void

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead() ¶ protected

_configRead(string|null $key): mixed

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key: Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite() ¶ protected

_configWrite(array<string, mixed>|string $key, mixed $value, string|bool $merge = false): void

Writes a config key.

Parameters

array<string, mixed>|string $key: Key to write to.
mixed $value: Value to write.
string|bool $merge optional: True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Returns

void

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
if attempting to clobber existing config

afterSave() ¶ public

afterSave(Cake\Event\EventInterfaceCake\ORM\Table> $event, Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity): void

Unsets the temporary _i18n property after the entity has been saved

Parameters

Cake\Event\EventInterfaceCake\ORM\Table> $event: The beforeSave event that was fired
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity: The entity that is going to be saved

Returns

void

beforeFind() ¶ public

beforeFind(Cake\Event\EventInterfaceCake\ORM\Table> $event, Cake\ORM\Query\SelectQuery $query, ArrayObject<string, mixed> $options): void

Callback method that listens to the beforeFind event in the bound table. It modifies the passed query by eager loading the translated fields and adding a formatter to copy the values into the main table records.

Parameters

Cake\Event\EventInterfaceCake\ORM\Table> $event: The beforeFind event that was fired.
Cake\ORM\Query\SelectQuery $query: Query
ArrayObject<string, mixed> $options: The options for the query

Returns

void

beforeSave() ¶ public

beforeSave(Cake\Event\EventInterfaceCake\ORM\Table> $event, Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity, ArrayObject<string, mixed> $options): void

Modifies the entity before it is saved so that translated fields are persisted in the database too.

Parameters

Cake\Event\EventInterfaceCake\ORM\Table> $event: The beforeSave event that was fired
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity: The entity that is going to be saved
ArrayObject<string, mixed> $options: the options passed to the save method

Returns

void

buildMarshalMap() ¶ public

buildMarshalMap(Cake\ORM\Marshaller $marshaller, array $map, array<string, mixed> $options): array

Build a set of properties that should be included in the marshalling process.

Add in _translations marshalling handlers. You can disable marshalling of translations by setting 'translations' => false in the options provided to Table::newEntity() or Table::patchEntity().

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Marshaller $marshaller: The marhshaller of the table the behavior is attached to.
array $map: The property map being built.
array<string, mixed> $options: The options array used in the marshalling call.

Returns

array

bundleTranslatedFields() ¶ protected

bundleTranslatedFields(Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity): void

Helper method used to generated multiple translated field entities out of the data found in the _translations property in the passed entity. The result will be put into its _i18n property.

Parameters

Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity: Entity

Returns

void

configShallow() ¶ public

configShallow(array<string, mixed>|string $key, mixed|null $value = null): $this

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike config() which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

array<string, mixed>|string $key: The key to set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional: The value to set.

Returns

$this

fetchTable() ¶ public

fetchTable(string|null $alias = null, array<string, mixed> $options = []): Cake\ORM\Table

Convenience method to get a table instance.

Parameters

string|null $alias optional: The alias name you want to get. Should be in CamelCase format. If null then the value of $defaultTable property is used.
array<string, mixed> $options optional: The options you want to build the table with. If a table has already been loaded the registry options will be ignored.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Table

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
If `$alias` argument and `$defaultTable` property both are `null`.

findExistingTranslations() ¶ protected

findExistingTranslations(array $ruleSet): array

Returns the ids found for each of the condition arrays passed for the translations table. Each records is indexed by the corresponding position to the conditions array.

Parameters

array $ruleSet: An array of array of conditions to be used for finding each

Returns

array

getConfig() ¶ public

getConfig(string|null $key = null, mixed $default = null): mixed

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key optional: The key to get or null for the whole config.
mixed $default optional: The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed

getConfigOrFail() ¶ public

getConfigOrFail(string $key): mixed

Returns the config for this specific key.

The config value for this key must exist, it can never be null.

Parameters

string $key: The key to get.

Returns

mixed

Throws

InvalidArgumentException

getLocale() ¶ public

getLocale(): string

Returns the current locale.

If no locale has been explicitly set via setLocale(), this method will return the currently configured global locale.

Returns

string

getTableLocator() ¶ public

getTableLocator(): Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Gets the table locator.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

getTranslationTable() ¶ public

getTranslationTable(): Cake\ORM\Table

Return translation table instance.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Table

groupTranslations() ¶ public

groupTranslations(Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface $results): Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

Modifies the results from a table find in order to merge full translation records into each entity under the _translations key.

Parameters

Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface $results: Results to modify.

Returns

Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

rowMapper() ¶ protected

rowMapper(Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface $results, string $locale): Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

Modifies the results from a table find in order to merge the translated fields into each entity for a given locale.

Parameters

Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface $results: Results to map.
string $locale: Locale string

Returns

Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

setConfig() ¶ public

setConfig(array<string, mixed>|string $key, mixed|null $value = null, bool $merge = true): $this

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

array<string, mixed>|string $key: The key to set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional: The value to set.
bool $merge optional: Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\CakeException
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

setLocale() ¶ public

setLocale(string|null $locale): $this

Sets the locale to be used.

When fetching records, the content for the locale set via this method, and likewise when saving data, it will save the data in that locale.

Note that in case an entity has a _locale property set, that locale will win over the locale set via this method (and over the globally configured one for that matter)!

Parameters

string|null $locale: The locale to use for fetching and saving records. Pass null in order to unset the current locale, and to make the behavior fall back to using the globally configured locale.

Returns

$this

setTableLocator() ¶ public

setTableLocator(Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator): $this

Sets the table locator.

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator: LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

$this

setupAssociations() ¶ protected

setupAssociations(): void

Creates the associations between the bound table and every field passed to this method.

Additionally it creates a i18n HasMany association that will be used for fetching all translations for each record in the bound table.

Returns

void

translationField() ¶ public

translationField(string $field): string

Returns a fully aliased field name for translated fields.

If the requested field is configured as a translation field, the content field with an alias of a corresponding association is returned. Table-aliased field name is returned for all other fields.

Parameters

string $field: Field name to be aliased.

Returns

string

unsetEmptyFields() ¶ protected

unsetEmptyFields(Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity): void

Unset empty translations to avoid persistence.

Should only be called if $this->_config['allowEmptyTranslations'] is false.

Parameters

Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity: The entity to check for empty translations fields inside.

Returns

void

Property Detail

`$_config` ¶ protected

Runtime config

Type

array<string, mixed>

`$_configInitialized` ¶ protected

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

Type

bool

`$_defaultConfig` ¶ protected

Default config

These are merged with user-provided configuration.

Type

array<string, mixed>

`$_tableLocator` ¶ protected

Table locator instance

Type

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null

`$defaultTable` ¶ protected

This object's default table alias.

Type

string|null

`$locale` ¶ protected

The locale name that will be used to override fields in the bound table from the translations table

Type

string|null

`$table` ¶ protected

Table instance

Type

Cake\ORM\Table

`$translationTable` ¶ protected

Instance of Table responsible for translating

Type

Cake\ORM\Table

Namespaces

Class EavStrategy

Property Summary

Method Summary

__construct() public

_configDelete() protected

_configRead() protected

_configWrite() protected

afterSave() public

beforeFind() public

beforeSave() public

buildMarshalMap() public

bundleTranslatedFields() protected

configShallow() public

fetchTable() public

findExistingTranslations() protected

getConfig() public

getConfigOrFail() public

getLocale() public

getTableLocator() public

getTranslationTable() public

groupTranslations() public

rowMapper() protected

setConfig() public

setLocale() public

setTableLocator() public

setupAssociations() protected

translationField() public

unsetEmptyFields() protected

Method Detail

__construct() ¶ public

Parameters

_configDelete() ¶ protected

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Throws

_configRead() ¶ protected

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_configWrite() ¶ protected

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Throws

afterSave() ¶ public

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beforeFind() ¶ public

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beforeSave() ¶ public

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buildMarshalMap() ¶ public

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bundleTranslatedFields() ¶ protected

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configShallow() ¶ public

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fetchTable() ¶ public

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Throws

See Also

findExistingTranslations() ¶ protected

Parameters

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getConfig() ¶ public

Usage

Parameters

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getConfigOrFail() ¶ public

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Throws

getLocale() ¶ public

Returns

See Also

`$_config` ¶ protected

`$_configInitialized` ¶ protected

`$_defaultConfig` ¶ protected

`$_tableLocator` ¶ protected

`$defaultTable` ¶ protected

`$locale` ¶ protected

`$table` ¶ protected

`$translationTable` ¶ protected