Hi Roland, What you're suggesting is a pretty major change to data returned by Cake - major in that there would be a lot of user-end code that needs changing if this were to happen to the core. Though I think it's awesome that you'd be willing to write a patch and submit it, maybe you should first submit a ticket to Lighthouse ( http://cakephp.lighthouseapp.com ) for some feedback from the core development team. To be honest, I found the structure of returned data a bit odd when I was starting out with Cake as well, so you're not the only one.
- Jamie On May 7, 5:46 am, Roland Bock <feedback2...@eudoxos.de> wrote: > Yes, and validation, too, I guess... > > I hope to find the time :-) > > Thanks for your help! > > Regards, > > Roland > > > > > > > > > You could probably write a Behaviour, but that will take additional > > processing, which slows down the application. > > > On May 7, 2:48 pm, Roland Bock <feedback2...@eudoxos.de> wrote: > >> John Andersen wrote: > >>> I agree that the structure could be better, but as it is, is the way > >>> we have to work with it, and I consider it sufficient for my usage. > >>> Enjoy, > >>> John > >> OK, two questions: > > >> a) Do you think I could tweak current Models with a Behavior in order to > >> get the structure I prefer? > > >> b) Do you think it would make sense to send a patch that would change > >> the data structure (maybe for cake-1.4)? > > >> Thanks and regards, > > >> Roland > > >>> On May 7, 12:30 pm, Roland Bock <feedback2...@eudoxos.de> wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> John Andersen wrote: > >>>>> I do think that if you don't like something in CakePHP, please write > >>>>> your own solution to it, then offer it to the CakePHP developers. > >>>> Sure. I'd like to understand first, though :-) > >>>> In CakePHP, Parent -> Node -> Child leads to different ways to handle a > >>>> single Node: > >>>> $node['id']; // in case Node has been retrieved by Parent > >>>> $node[Child']; > >>>> but > >>>> $currentRecord['Node']['id']; // Node has been retrieved by Node > >>>> $currentRecord['Child']; > >>>> This seems to add complexity. > >>>> Now, here is what I would aim for (including the Ghost you added) > >>>> Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [Parent] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [0] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [id] => 1 > >>>> [Node] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [0] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [id] => 17 > >>>> [Child] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> [1] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [id] => 19 > >>>> [Child] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> [Ghost] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [0] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [id] => 2 > >>>> ) > >>>> [1] => Array > >>>> ( > >>>> [id] => 3 > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> ) > >>>> This way I can say > >>>> $resultSet <- This is an array of Parents > >>>> $currentRecord = $resultSet['Parent']['0'] > >>>> $currentRecord <- This is a Parent > >>>> $currentRecord['id'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Node'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Node'][0]['id'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Node'][0]['Child'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Ghost] > >>>> In the original CakePHP structure, > >>>> $resultSet <- This is an array of arrays(Parent,Nodes, Ghosts) > >>>> $currentRecord = $resultSet['0'] > >>>> $currentRecord <- This is a Parent/Nodes/Ghosts array > >>>> $currentRecord['Parent'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Parent']['id'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Node'] > >>>> $currentRecord['Node'][0]['Child] > >>>> $currentRecord['Ghost'] > >>>> So basically, my way, you need to write *less* to access members of > >>>> 'Parent'. The rest is pretty similar. But, (huge benefit, I think), you > >>>> can handle a Node always in the same way, regardless of whether you get > >>>> it included in a Parent or use the Node Model directly: > >>>> My way: > >>>> $node['id']; // no matter what > >>>> $node['Child']; > >>>> Remeber the CakePHP way: > >>>> $node['id']; // in case Node has been retrieved by Parent > >>>> $node[Child']; > >>>> but > >>>> $currentRecord['Node']['id']; // Node has been retrieved by Node > >>>> $currentRecord['Child']; > >>>>> Does the above helps you to clarify why the original structure is > >>>>> good? > >>>> Not yet, I am afraid. Maybe I was able to intrigue you with my proposal? > >>>> :-) > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Roland > >>> [snip] > >>> Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organdhelp others > >>> with their CakePHP related questions. > >>> 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 > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en > >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organdhelp others > >> with their CakePHP related questions. > > >> 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 > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organd help others > > with their CakePHP related questions. > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organd help others with > their CakePHP related questions. > > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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