Thanks for sharing, I'll definitely try this out! I really hope they
fix this before 1.2 is considered a final release. The documentation
is completely wrong otherwise.
On Dec 17, 5:36 am, "martin.westin...@gmail.com"
<martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
> I ended up creating a special set of functions for this.
>
> afterFind() calls _afterFind()
> _afterFind() locates the data and calls doAfterFind()
>
> This works for what I use afterFind for.
> I will only have one place to edit if the data-structires change or I
> find I have missed something.
> It makes my models a lot more readable.
>
> The relevant code if you should find it useful:
>
> in SomeModel:
>
> // this just calls the "real" afterFind
> function afterFind($data, $primary) {
> return $this->_afterFind($data, $primary);
>
> }
>
> // receives data as a flat array of fields, no Modelname or anything.
> // run from _afterFind splits datetime-field sendat into senddate and
> sendtime
> function doAfterFind($data) {
>
> if ( !isset($data['senddate']) ) {
> $timestamp = strtotime($data['sendat']);
> $data['senddate'] = date('Y-m-d', $timestamp);
> $data['sendtime'] = date('H', $timestamp);
> }
>
> return $data;
>
> }
>
> // AppModel::_afterFind()
> function _afterFind($data, $primary) {
>
> if ( $primary ) {
>
> foreach ( $data as $key => $val ) {
> if ( isset($val[$this->alias]) ) {
> $data[$key][$this->alias] = $this->doAfterFind( $data
> [$key][$this->alias] );
> }
> }
>
> } else {
>
> if ( isset($data['id']) ) {
> $data = $this->doAfterFind( $data );
> } else {
>
> foreach ( $data as $key => $val ) {
> if ( isset($val[$this->alias]) ) {
> if ( isset($val[$this->alias]['id']) ) {
> $data[$key][$this->alias] = $this->doAfterFind
> ( $data[$key][$this->alias] );
> } else {
> foreach ( $data[$key][$this->alias] as $key2
> => $val2 ) {
> $data[$key][$this->alias][$key2] =
> $this->doAfterFind( $data[$key][$this->alias][$key2] );
>
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> }
> return $data;
>
> }
>
> On Dec 17, 12:55 am, Matt Huggins <matt.hugg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same issue, and I have yet to find a solution. The
> > Cake documentation is wrong and/or the implementation is incorrect.
>
> > On Oct 23, 1:58 am, "martin.westin...@gmail.com"
>
> > <martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I compiled a list of the variations I have encountered in different
> > > associations. I have not checked how behaviors are called.
>
> > > When primary is set this is the structure I get just as in the
> > > Cookbook:
> > > array(
> > > '0' => array(
> > > 'Model' => array(
> > > 'id' => 1
> > > )
> > > )
> > > )
>
> > > When primary is not set I get a subset of these for each association:
>
> > > hasOne
> > > array(
> > > 'id' => 1
> > > )
>
> > > habtm
> > > array(
> > > '0' => array(
> > > 'id' => 1
> > > )
> > > )
>
> > > hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo
> > > array(
> > > '0' => array(
> > > 'Model' => array(
> > > 'id' => 1
> > > )
> > > )
> > > )
>
> > > habtm, hasMany
> > > array(
> > > '0' => array(
> > > 'Model' => array(
> > > '0' => array(
> > > 'id' => 1
> > > )
> > > )
> > > )
> > > )
>
> > > This makes the number of ifs and fors quite many in order the catch
> > > them all. And since more than one is sometimes called for the same
> > > record in the same request, you also have to check is you have already
> > > manipulated your data. At least if you do something "destructive" to
> > > it like encryption/decryption or serialization.
>
> > > My orignal question still stands. What is the best way to write an
> > > afterFind in order to: 1. not miss converting data in some queries 2.
> > > not double-convert the data ?
>
> > > regards,
> > > /Martin
>
> > > On Oct 22, 5:16 pm, "martin.westin...@gmail.com"
>
> > > <martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I thought I'd ask this here. (see why below)
> > > > How do I write afterFind() to modify a field.
>
> > > > For example just something simple like this (just an example):
>
> > > > function afterFind($data) {
> > > > foreach ($data as $key => $val) {
> > > > if ( isset($val[$this->alias]['name']) ) {
> > > > $data[$key][$this->alias]['name2'] = $val[$this->alias]
> > > > ['name'];
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > > debug($data);
> > > > return $data;
>
> > > > }
>
> > > > What I want to know is how to pick out the field from the passed data
> > > > array. There are so many different ways the data is formatted that I
> > > > end up with a quite messy series of for's and if's and I still don't
> > > > fell 100% sure I got them all. I feel there must be some sure-fire way
> > > > to write these.
>
> > > > The Cookbook is not complete compared to what I
> > > > get.http://book.cakephp.org/view/681/afterFind
>
> > > > The API does not mention much about this.
>
> > > > I did not find any test in the core that helped me.
>
> > > > I did not find anything on Google that dealt with anything but basic
> > > > "primary" data.
>
> > > > I noticed that sometimes afterFind() is called more than once with
> > > > different data-structure each time. I asked about that
> > > > here:http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/c83e5f40...
>
> > > > I'd love some clarification of this callback. Thans in advance.
> > > > /Martin
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