Set custom model attribute

[prakashraman]

table: user (name, age)

class Model_User extends Redbean_SimpleModel {

   public $url;

   public function __construct(){

      parent::__construct();

      $this->url = "/user/" . $this->name;

   }
}

$user = R::load("user", 1)

echo $user->url;

--- END OF CODE ---

What I would like to know is, if I can create custom class variables for a model and have them initialized at some place. Does redbean currently allow anything like this ?

Thanks.

[gabor]

Hi,

You can use dispense() method for this in the model.
You can use this method to set bean properties and model properties.

example:
class Model_Book extends RedBean_SimpleModel {
        public function dispense() {
                $this->bean->url = '/prefilledurl';
        }
}

R::setup('sqlite:test.txt');
R::store(R::dispense('book'));
$a = R::load('book', 1);
echo '>'.$a->url;
echo '>'.R::dispense('book')->url;

http://www.redbeanphp.com/models_and_fuse


cheers,
Gabor

[Prakash Raman]

Great. Thanks a lot. I find this very very useless, as most of models have any custom attributes that need to be set. 

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[Prakash Raman]

And when I perform a R::find or R::findOne it still, internally beans are loaded right ?

[indiekiduk]

Found your post when I was looking for a solution and thought I would post how I eventually solved it:

class Model_User extends Redbean_SimpleModel {

   public $url;

   public function __construct(){

      parent::__construct();

      $this->url = "/user/" . $this->name;

   }

   

//override RedBeans magic getter

   public function __get($prop){

   if($prob == 'url'){

      return $this->url;

   }else{

      return parent::__get($prop);

[indiekiduk]

Oh I have just realized the situation is kind of ambiguous. What I was trying to achieve is have a custom variable I can use for business logic in the model that doesn't go the database. You might want your url in the database in which case my solution wasn't for you.

[indiekiduk]

woops this is what meta is for isn't it?

On Thursday, May 9, 2013 3:11:43 PM UTC-4, prakashraman wrote:

[Zewa One]

In your example if you have overridden __get from OODBBean take care that the method signature is &__get( $property ).

Note the leading & which denotes that the return is done by ref.

Anyway not sure if thats the best way since __GET is doing really a lot of magic which you really skip for your URL prop. If thats what you desire ok, otherwhise ... MEH :)

[indiekiduk]

I actually switched from overriding the __get() to using the meta feature and it's much cleaner:

class RedTemplate_Model extends RedBean_SimpleModel{

public function actAs($template){

$templates = $this->bean->getMeta('templates',array());

$templates[] = $template;

$this->bean->setMeta('templates',$templates);

}

public function update(){

foreach($this->bean->getMeta('templates') as $template){

$template->update($this->bean);

}

}

}

On Thursday, May 9, 2013 3:11:43 PM UTC-4, prakashraman wrote: