Thats the only good way of mimicking enums in PHP. Since constants are static by nature, just call them whereever you need them. If the order class is not in scope within the page, either load the model, or include it with App. Really your only options.
On Dec 23, 5:50 am, func0der <funco...@web.de> wrote: > i found that one, too. > > Just wondered if there is any better solution to it or to the whole > thing. > > On Dec 23, 12:54 pm, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > that's exactly how I do > > it:http://www.dereuromark.de/2010/06/24/static-enums-or-semihardcoded-at... > > > On 23 Dez., 11:23, func0der <funco...@web.de> wrote: > > > > Hey guys, > > > > i worked a lit with Magento in the last months. > > > They used, in my opinion, a really good way to configurate and/or > > > access for example status fields. > > > > They had a table field for example for the status of an order. > > > 0 meant cancelled > > > 1 meant payed > > > 2 meant completed > > > > In the Model they used constants for identifying these statuses (if > > > this is the plural of it) > > > > class Order{ > > > const ORDER_STATUS_CANCELLED = 0; > > > const ORDER_STATUS_PAYED = 1; > > > const ORDER_STATUS_COMPLETED = 2; > > > > } > > > > So they could access these constants from as good as anyway with > > > Order::ORDER_STATUS_CANCELLED. > > > > Is there a way to do so in cakephp? > > > I mean without requiring the class, using "new" and so on? > > > > I need to access it from helpers, views, models, controllers and > > > everywhere. > > > > Any idea? > > > > Greetings > > > func0der -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
