Proposed new methods for Db_Table_Abstract

[Rich]

I have these methods written for a couple modules, and I like them,
and I think they should be added to the core db table abstract.

Let me know what you think of these ideas...


fetchAllArray($where, $order, $limit, $page)
- Just like fetchAll(), except the output is always an array of
rows, or an empty array.

fetchRowArray($where)
- Same as above except it returns just one row as an array, or an
empty array.

getWhereClauseForKeywords($keywords, array $fieldnames)
- Creates a where clause based on supplied keywords and the names of
the fields to look in.

fetchAllArrayByKeywords($keywords, $fieldnames)
- Combines fetchAllArray with getWhereClauseForKeywords to perform a
keyword search.


It all ends up being relatively little code, and should not affect
existing implementations at all.

[Rich]

Changed my mind about one thing:

The field names array should just be a property instead of a variable
that's passed around. It probably rarely changes for each table, if
ever.

[Jaybill McCarthy]

works for me!

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Jaybill McCarthy <hey...@jaybill.com> wrote:

Works for me.