well, the model class would only be in one place and the objects that inherit those methods would be able to access the $timestamp variable created upon insertion and use it as a reference point that would allow you to reuse/polymorph one function based on the argument passed to it...
no=yes unless, you want to over complicate things for no apparent good reason. On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Krissy Masters <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com>wrote: > No, if that’s in 15 places then that’s of no use to me changing it in 15 > places > > New USERS, POSTS, EVENTS various models / controller > > All have created dates, now I want a standard set of “time” definitions to > define if each of these is new, brand_new, recently_new…so if I say 2 > months > from now NEW is now less than 12 hours I don’t have to go everywhere > looking > for if this $created less than 24 hours and make it 12, I just want to > change it in 1 spot. $created less than NEW / BRAND_NEW / RECENTLY_NEW...so > on so on..... > > > > From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf > Of Angel Robert Marquez > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:51 PM > To: cake-php@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Global Variable > > interface when{ > public function new(); > } > > class shtuff implements when { > function new($type); > if ($type="helluv"){...blah1} > ifelse($type="retro"){..blah2} > } > > $now = new shtuff; > $now->new('recent'); > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Krissy Masters <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > Quick question. > > I have 3 types / classifications of "NEW" > > Brand new = less than 24 hours > New more than 24 but less than 48 hours > And recently new more than 48 but less than 96 hours > > Now how can I define these globally so if I have in the code anywhere > NEW > or < RECENT rather than tracing back all the spots where -24 hours so I can > simply change the NEW, BRAND_NEW and RECENTLY_NEW if I want to increase or > decrease their values later on > > So I can use something like this in the code: > if ( $created < BRAND_NEW ){ > //fun stuff here > } > > So I can change them in 1 spot and reflect on the site throughout. > > Configure::write('BRAND_NEW', date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( "-24 hours" ) > ) ); > > Thanks > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 > > -- > 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 > -- 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
