in this case it is a neccessary abstraction of the DB structure
On 16 Sep., 13:36, djogo <djogopat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, String::insert is more like what I'm looking for. > > However, what I really wanted to see is something that allows me to > substitute something model-like. Let`s say > > $a = $this->Article->findById(88); > $u = $this->User->findById(21); > $m = $this->MessageTemplate->findById( 45 ); > $this->MessageComponent->send( $u, $m, $a ); > > so MessageComponent::send is receiving three arrays from models, so $a > could be like > > $a['Article']['name'] => 'xxxxxxxx' > $a['Author'][0]['name'] => 'dfajodsijo' > $a['Author'][1]['name'] => 'dskpfokp' > > And in my message template, I could just say "Hello, :$u['User'] > ['name'], here is the article $a['Article']['name'] wrote by $a > ['Author'][0]['name'] and $a['Author'][1]['name']" that the proper > values would fall into places. And my messages placeholders would not > have to follow a different nomenclature than it is done in the models. > > In order to use String::insert, I'd need to map things first, like > > array( ':username'=>$u['User']['name'], ':articlename' =>$a['Article'] > ['name'] ). > > And I think it's an unnecessary step. What do you think? > > Thanks!! > > On Sep 16, 12:06 am, "Dr. Loboto" <drlob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As all above said, you need placeholders and nothing more. Check > > String::insert()http://api.cakephp.org/class/string#method-Stringinsert > > to get nice wrap around boring str_replace. > > > On Sep 15, 8:09 pm, djogo <djogopat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > All messages, emails, and receipts that my system sends are stored in > > > a database table. This way, system administrators are able to > > > customize these messages without having to interact with programmers. > > > > Therefore, I need generic placeholders. I could write a hundred substr > > > (), for each message type needs different variables (lost password > > > email needs user info, project submission receipt needs project data, > > > and there you go) > > > > That's why I wanted to perform var subst in a variable contents.I > > > don't need code evaluation (bad practice, as pointed outra). > > > > Dfcp > > > > On Sep 14, 9:49 pm, "euromark (munich)" <dereurom...@googlemail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > thats what bbcode, placeholders etc. and sprintf(), replace functions > > > > etc. are for > > > > > On 14 Sep., 20:11, brian <bally.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:06 AM, djogo <djogopat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > That's exactly the point, I want it to be in a database column, and > > > > > > allow the end-user to edit it. Therefore, $test would keep a > > > > > > HTML/RTF > > > > > > document with tags <?=?>. > > > > > > > I want to get it, perform variable substitution, and then e-mail it, > > > > > > or save it in another database column, but I just don't want to > > > > > > display it. > > > > > > What do you mean by "allow the end-user to edit it"? What, exactly, > > > > > are you trying to do? There's surely a better way, whatever it is. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---