my temporary solution using getters & setters:
example of a VO with Date Types:
public var _lastDay: String;
public var _clockedIn: String;
//date getter setters
public function get lastDay():Date{
return mysqlDateUtil.parseDate(this._lastDay);
}
public function get clockedIn():Date{
return mysqlDateUtil.parseDate(this._clockedIn);
}
public function set lastDay(value:Date):void{
this._lastDay;
}
public function set clockedIn(value:Date):void{
this._clockedIn;
}
PHP just passes in it's Mysql date string into the vars _lastDay &
_clockedIn. The only downside to this is that I can't seem to make
the "holder" variables private since or else they don't get mapped
from PHP.
The mysqlDateUtil is a custom class I wrote to convert mysql date &
time stings into Flex dates. If anyone is interested I can share
that code. It's a little sloppy, but it works for now.
- Kevin
On Mar 20, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Kevin wrote:
thanks for the advice. I completely agree that I need to store them
as dates. Unfortunately, my problem seems to be how to do that
from the PHP end of things.
As I understand it, becuase PHP is not a typed language, AMFPHP
tries to guess as what the type is. Unfortunately, I can't figure
out how to force it to see a date type. It sees anything I send it
as a string or number (UTC). Any suggestions from AMFPHP coders out
there??
In the meantime here is what I am going to try:
in PHP:
send a VO with
class myDate(){
public phpDate; // as a string
}
in FLEX:
public class myDate(){
public phpDate:String;
public function get flexDate():Date{
return new Date(phpDate); //parse PHP date (not sure how best to
do this yet)
}
public function set flexDate(value:Date):void{
this.phpDate = value.toString; //or something like this...
}
}
Hopefully this will work and be as clean as I can make it until I
figure out how to return Date types from AMFPHP.
Thanks, Kevin
On Mar 20, 2007, at 8:20 AM, Brian Dunphy wrote:
I would store it in a format that both PHP and Flex understand and
can
manipulate (i.e. epoch milliseconds). That way you can convert it to
either a PHP date object or a Flex date object for convenience when
you need to.
Cheers,
Brian
On 3/20/07, Sam Shrefler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Kevin:
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> I dont' use AMFPHP so I can't specifically help you with that
situation, but
> to your first question: I would recommend figuring out a way to
get your
> PHP DateTypes to automatically transfer to Date type's in Flex.
I went down
> both roads (Date and String in flex) and found that there is a
Date Type in
> Flex for a reason. It makes your life easier when dealing with
Dates,
> especially comparing, sorting and performing Date arithmetic. So my
> recommendation would be to make the extra effort to get your
Object to
> transfer correctly typed properties...
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> Sam
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> On 19 Mar 2007 17:51:09 -0700, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> > Should Dates & Times be stored as Strings in Flex VO's?
> >
> > If not, what is the proper way to assign a value from the server
> > (which generally comes in as a string) to a Date type in a
Flex VO?
> >
> > I have been struggling with this. I am using AMFPHP and
mapping my
> > PHP objects to Flex for calls returned from the server,
however, my
> > date fields are not mapping. Does a setter function get call when
> > you are doing VO mapping??
> >
> > Thanks for the help.
> >
> > Thanks, Kevin
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Brian Dunphy
