User Error » PHP http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com Ramblings of a tinkering SysAdmin Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:43:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 CakePHP Code Snippet: Return only fields with values to the DB upon saving. http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/cakephp-code-snippet-return-only-fields-with-values-to-the-db-upon-saving/ http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/cakephp-code-snippet-return-only-fields-with-values-to-the-db-upon-saving/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:34:11 +0000 Daniel http://daniel.streefkerkonline.com/?p=106 data[$this->name] as $key => $value) { if (!set::classicExtract($this->data,$this->name . '.' . $key)) { $this->data = set::remove($this->data,$this->name . '.' . $key); } } I use it where the DB may be expecting values for certain … Continue reading →]]> This code goes in {ModelName}::beforeSave:

foreach ($this->data[$this->name] as $key => $value) {
    if (!set::classicExtract($this->data,$this->name . '.' . $key)) {
        $this->data = set::remove($this->data,$this->name . '.' . $key);
    }
}

I use it where the DB may be expecting values for certain fields that are optional in the UI, and therefore may be returned empty by the controller.

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The file release on Sourceforge is a old though, from December 2006. I’ve been using the latest build from Subversion since I started using Open-Audit, and I’ve never experienced any problems.

 To download the latest version from SVN using Linux, do the following:


svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/open-audit/trunk open-audit

tar -czvf openaudit.tar.gz open-audit/

I normally use Filezilla to download the tarball from the linux box to my Windows machine.

Just make sure you make a backup of your ‘audit.config’ file (contained in the ‘scripts’ subfolder) before you overwrite any files.

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I had a look at a few different PHP MVC frameworks, and while I thought that Symfony looked the best, I ended up going with CakePHP due to hosting restrictions. CakePHP fits the bill for me due to not being able (or inclined) to change the virtual directory or install any type of URL rewriting modules.

I found that the best tutorial so far is the IBM DeveloperWorks series ‘Cook up Web sites fast with CakePHP’.

Some of the resources i’ve used so far:

I’ll post more tidbits of useful info about CakePHP and what i’ve learned here as I go.

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