Class Entity
An entity represents a single result row from a repository. It exposes the methods for retrieving and storing properties associated in this row.
Properties summary
- $_accessible protected
array
Map of properties in this entity that can be safely assigned, each property name points to a boolean indicating its status. An empty array means no properties are accessible
- $_accessors protected static
array
Holds a cached list of getters/setters per class
- $_className protected
string
Holds the name of the class for the instance object
- $_dirty protected
bool[]
Holds a list of the properties that were modified or added after this object was originally created.
- $_errors protected
array
List of errors per field as stored in this object
- $_hidden protected
string[]
List of property names that should not be included in JSON or Array representations of this Entity.
- $_invalid protected
array
List of invalid fields and their data for errors upon validation/patching
- $_new protected
bool
Indicates whether or not this entity is yet to be persisted.
- $_original protected
array
Holds all properties that have been changed and their original values for this entity
- $_properties protected
array
Holds all properties and their values for this entity
- $_registryAlias protected
string
The alias of the repository this entity came from
- $_virtual protected
string[]
List of computed or virtual fields that should be included in JSON or array representations of this Entity. If a field is present in both _hidden and _virtual the field will not be in the array/json versions of the entity.
- $id public
mixed
Alias for commonly used primary key.
Method Summary
- __construct() public
Initializes the internal properties of this entity out of the keys in an array. The following list of options can be used:
- __debugInfo() public
Returns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.
- __isset() public
Returns whether this entity contains a property named $property regardless of if it is empty.
- _accessor() protected static
Fetch accessor method name Accessor methods (available or not) are cached in $_accessors
- clean() public
Sets the entire entity as clean, which means that it will appear as no properties being modified or added at all. This is an useful call for an initial object hydration
- dirty() public
Sets the dirty status of a single property. If called with no second argument, it will return whether the property was modified or not after the object creation.
- errors() public
Sets the error messages for a field or a list of fields. When called without the second argument it returns the validation errors for the specified fields. If called with no arguments it returns all the validation error messages stored in this entity and any other nested entity.
- extract() public
Returns an array with the requested properties stored in this entity, indexed by property name
- extractOriginal() public
Returns an array with the requested original properties stored in this entity, indexed by property name.
- extractOriginalChanged() public
Returns an array with only the original properties stored in this entity, indexed by property name.
- has() public
Returns whether this entity contains a property named $property that contains a non-null value.
Method Detail
__construct() public
__construct(array $properties, array $options)
Initializes the internal properties of this entity out of the keys in an array. The following list of options can be used:
- useSetters: whether use internal setters for properties or not
- markClean: whether to mark all properties as clean after setting them
- markNew: whether this instance has not yet been persisted
- guard: whether to prevent inaccessible properties from being set (default: false)
- source: A string representing the alias of the repository this entity came from
Example:
$entity = new Entity(['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Andrew'])
Parameters
-
array
$properties optional hash of properties to set in this entity
-
array
$options optional list of options to use when creating this entity
__debugInfo() public
__debugInfo()
Returns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.
Returns
array
__get() public
__get(mixed $property)
Magic getter to access properties that have been set in this entity
Parameters
-
string
$property Name of the property to access
Returns
mixed
__isset() public
__isset(mixed $property)
Returns whether this entity contains a property named $property regardless of if it is empty.
Parameters
-
string
$property The property to check.
Returns
bool
See Also
__set() public
__set(mixed $property, mixed $value)
Magic setter to add or edit a property in this entity
Parameters
-
string
$property The name of the property to set
-
mixed
$value The value to set to the property
__toString() public
__toString()
Returns a string representation of this object in a human readable format.
Returns
string
__unset() public
__unset(mixed $property)
Removes a property from this entity
Parameters
-
string
$property The property to unset
_accessor() protected static
_accessor(mixed $property, mixed $type)
Fetch accessor method name Accessor methods (available or not) are cached in $_accessors
Parameters
-
string
$property the field name to derive getter name from
-
string
$type the accessor type ('get' or 'set')
Returns
string
method name or empty string (no method available)
_nestedErrors() protected
_nestedErrors(mixed $field)
Auxiliary method for getting errors in nested entities
Parameters
-
string
$field the field in this entity to check for errors
Returns
array
errors in nested entity if any
_readError() protected
_readError(mixed $object, mixed $path)
Read the error(s) from one or many objects.
Parameters
-
array|\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface
$object The object to read errors from.
-
string|null
$path optional The field name for errors.
Returns
array
_readHasErrors() protected
_readHasErrors(mixed $object)
Reads if there are errors for one or many objects.
Parameters
-
mixed
$object The object to read errors from.
Returns
bool
accessible() public
accessible(mixed $property, mixed $set)
Stores whether or not a property value can be changed or set in this entity.
The special property *
can also be marked as accessible or protected, meaning that any other property specified before will take its value. For example $entity->accessible('*', true)
means that any property not specified already will be accessible by default.
You can also call this method with an array of properties, in which case they will each take the accessibility value specified in the second argument.
Example:
$entity->accessible('id', true); // Mark id as not protected $entity->accessible('author_id', false); // Mark author_id as protected $entity->accessible(['id', 'user_id'], true); // Mark both properties as accessible $entity->accessible('*', false); // Mark all properties as protected
When called without the second param it will return whether or not the property can be set.
Example:
$entity->accessible('id'); // Returns whether it can be set or not
Parameters
-
string|array
$property single or list of properties to change its accessibility
-
bool|null
$set optional true marks the property as accessible, false will mark it as protected.
Returns
$this|bool
clean() public
clean()
Sets the entire entity as clean, which means that it will appear as no properties being modified or added at all. This is an useful call for an initial object hydration
dirty() public
dirty(mixed $property, mixed $isDirty)
Sets the dirty status of a single property. If called with no second argument, it will return whether the property was modified or not after the object creation.
When called with no arguments it will return whether or not there are any dirty property in the entity
Parameters
-
string|null
$property optional the field to set or check status for
-
bool|null
$isDirty optional true means the property was changed, false means it was not changed and null will make the function return current state for that property
Returns
bool
Whether the property was changed or not
errors() public
errors(mixed $field, mixed $errors, mixed $overwrite)
Sets the error messages for a field or a list of fields. When called without the second argument it returns the validation errors for the specified fields. If called with no arguments it returns all the validation error messages stored in this entity and any other nested entity.
Example
// Sets the error messages for a single field $entity->errors('salary', ['must be numeric', 'must be a positive number']); // Returns the error messages for a single field $entity->getErrors('salary'); // Returns all error messages indexed by field name $entity->getErrors(); // Sets the error messages for multiple fields at once $entity->getErrors(['salary' => ['message'], 'name' => ['another message']);
When used as a setter, this method will return this entity instance for method chaining.
Parameters
-
string|array|null
$field optional The field to get errors for, or the array of errors to set.
-
string|array|null
$errors optional The errors to be set for $field
-
bool
$overwrite optional Whether or not to overwrite pre-existing errors for $field
Returns
array|$this
extract() public
extract(array $properties, mixed $onlyDirty)
Returns an array with the requested properties stored in this entity, indexed by property name
Parameters
-
string[]
$properties list of properties to be returned
-
bool
$onlyDirty optional Return the requested property only if it is dirty
Returns
array
extractOriginal() public
extractOriginal(array $properties)
Returns an array with the requested original properties stored in this entity, indexed by property name.
Properties that are unchanged from their original value will be included in the return of this method.
Parameters
-
string[]
$properties List of properties to be returned
Returns
array
extractOriginalChanged() public
extractOriginalChanged(array $properties)
Returns an array with only the original properties stored in this entity, indexed by property name.
This method will only return properties that have been modified since the entity was built. Unchanged properties will be omitted.
Parameters
-
string[]
$properties List of properties to be returned
Returns
array
get() public
get(mixed $property)
Returns the value of a property by name
Parameters
-
string
$property the name of the property to retrieve
Returns
mixed
Throws
InvalidArgumentException
if an empty property name is passed
getAccessible() public
getAccessible()
Returns the raw accessible configuration for this entity.
The *
wildcard refers to all fields.
Returns
bool[]
getDirty() public
getDirty()
Gets the dirty properties.
Returns
string[]
getError() public
getError(mixed $field)
Returns validation errors of a field
Parameters
-
string
$field Field name to get the errors from
Returns
array
getErrors() public
getErrors()
Returns all validation errors.
Returns
array
getHidden() public
getHidden()
Gets the hidden properties.
Returns
string[]
getInvalid() public
getInvalid()
Get a list of invalid fields and their data for errors upon validation/patching
Returns
array
getInvalidField() public
getInvalidField(mixed $field)
Get a single value of an invalid field. Returns null if not set.
Parameters
-
string
$field The name of the field.
Returns
mixed|null
getOriginal() public
getOriginal(mixed $property)
Returns the value of an original property by name
Parameters
-
string
$property the name of the property for which original value is retrieved.
Returns
mixed
Throws
InvalidArgumentException
if an empty property name is passed.
getOriginalValues() public
getOriginalValues()
Gets all original values of the entity.
Returns
array
getSource() public
getSource()
Returns the alias of the repository from which this entity came from.
Returns
string
getVirtual() public
getVirtual()
Gets the virtual properties on this entity.
Returns
string[]
getVisible() public
getVisible()
Gets the list of visible properties.
The list of visible properties is all standard properties plus virtual properties minus hidden properties.
Returns
string[]
A list of properties that are 'visible' in all representations.
has() public
has(mixed $property)
Returns whether this entity contains a property named $property that contains a non-null value.
Example:
$entity = new Entity(['id' => 1, 'name' => null]); $entity->has('id'); // true $entity->has('name'); // false $entity->has('last_name'); // false
You can check multiple properties by passing an array:
$entity->has(['name', 'last_name']);
All properties must not be null to get a truthy result.
When checking multiple properties. All properties must not be null in order for true to be returned.
Parameters
-
string|string[]
$property The property or properties to check.
Returns
bool
hasErrors() public
hasErrors(mixed $includeNested)
Returns whether this entity has errors.
Parameters
-
bool
$includeNested optional true will check nested entities for hasErrors()
Returns
bool
hasValue() public
hasValue(mixed $property)
Checks tha a property has a value.
This method will return true for
- Non-empty strings
- Non-empty arrays
- Any object
- Integer, even
0
- Float, even 0.0
and false in all other cases.
Parameters
-
string
$property The property to check.
Returns
bool
hiddenProperties() public
hiddenProperties(mixed $properties)
Get/Set the hidden properties on this entity.
If the properties argument is null, the currently hidden properties will be returned. Otherwise the hidden properties will be set.
Parameters
-
string[]|null
$properties optional Either an array of properties to hide or null to get properties
Returns
string[]|$this
invalid() public
invalid(mixed $field, mixed $value, mixed $overwrite)
Sets a field as invalid and not patchable into the entity.
This is useful for batch operations when one needs to get the original value for an error message after patching. This value could not be patched into the entity and is simply copied into the _invalid property for debugging purposes or to be able to log it away.
Parameters
-
string|array|null
$field optional The field to get invalid value for, or the value to set.
-
mixed|null
$value optional The invalid value to be set for $field.
-
bool
$overwrite optional Whether or not to overwrite pre-existing values for $field.
Returns
$this|mixed
isAccessible() public
isAccessible(mixed $property)
Checks if a property is accessible
Example:
$entity->isAccessible('id'); // Returns whether it can be set or not
Parameters
-
string
$property Property name to check
Returns
bool
isDirty() public
isDirty(mixed $property)
Checks if the entity is dirty or if a single property of it is dirty.
Parameters
-
string|null
$property optional The field to check the status for. Null for the whole entity.
Returns
bool
Whether the property was changed or not
isEmpty() public
isEmpty(mixed $property)
Checks that a property is empty
This is not working like the PHP empty()
function. The method will return true for:
-
''
(empty string) null
[]
and false in all other cases.
Parameters
-
string
$property The property to check.
Returns
bool
isNew() public
isNew(mixed $new)
Returns whether or not this entity has already been persisted.
Parameters
-
bool|null
$new optional true if it is known this instance was not yet persisted. This will be deprecated in 4.0, use
setNew()
instead.
Returns
bool
Whether or not the entity has been persisted.
jsonSerialize() public
jsonSerialize()
Returns the properties that will be serialized as JSON
Returns
array
offsetExists() public
offsetExists(mixed $offset)
Implements isset($entity);
Parameters
-
mixed
$offset The offset to check.
Returns
bool
Success
offsetGet() public
offsetGet(mixed $offset)
Implements $entity[$offset];
Parameters
-
mixed
$offset The offset to get.
Returns
mixed
offsetSet() public
offsetSet(mixed $offset, mixed $value)
Implements $entity[$offset] = $value;
Parameters
-
mixed
$offset The offset to set.
-
mixed
$value The value to set.
offsetUnset() public
offsetUnset(mixed $offset)
Implements unset($result[$offset]);
Parameters
-
mixed
$offset The offset to remove.
set() public
set(mixed $property, mixed $value, array $options)
Sets a single property inside this entity.
Example:
$entity->set('name', 'Andrew');
It is also possible to mass-assign multiple properties to this entity with one call by passing a hashed array as properties in the form of property => value pairs
Example:
$entity->set(['name' => 'andrew', 'id' => 1]); echo $entity->name // prints andrew echo $entity->id // prints 1
Some times it is handy to bypass setter functions in this entity when assigning properties. You can achieve this by disabling the setter
option using the $options
parameter:
$entity->set('name', 'Andrew', ['setter' => false]); $entity->set(['name' => 'Andrew', 'id' => 1], ['setter' => false]);
Mass assignment should be treated carefully when accepting user input, by default entities will guard all fields when properties are assigned in bulk. You can disable the guarding for a single set call with the guard
option:
$entity->set(['name' => 'Andrew', 'id' => 1], ['guard' => true]);
You do not need to use the guard option when assigning properties individually:
// No need to use the guard option. $entity->set('name', 'Andrew');
Parameters
-
string|array
$property the name of property to set or a list of properties with their respective values
-
mixed
$value optional The value to set to the property or an array if the first argument is also an array, in which case will be treated as $options
-
array
$options optional options to be used for setting the property. Allowed option keys are
setter
andguard
Returns
$this
Throws
InvalidArgumentException
setAccess() public
setAccess(mixed $property, mixed $set)
Stores whether or not a property value can be changed or set in this entity.
The special property *
can also be marked as accessible or protected, meaning that any other property specified before will take its value. For example $entity->setAccess('*', true)
means that any property not specified already will be accessible by default.
You can also call this method with an array of properties, in which case they will each take the accessibility value specified in the second argument.
Example:
$entity->setAccess('id', true); // Mark id as not protected $entity->setAccess('author_id', false); // Mark author_id as protected $entity->setAccess(['id', 'user_id'], true); // Mark both properties as accessible $entity->setAccess('*', false); // Mark all properties as protected
Parameters
-
string|string[]
$property single or list of properties to change its accessibility
-
bool
$set true marks the property as accessible, false will mark it as protected.
Returns
$this
setDirty() public
setDirty(mixed $property, mixed $isDirty)
Sets the dirty status of a single property.
Parameters
-
string
$property the field to set or check status for
-
bool
$isDirty optional true means the property was changed, false means it was not changed. Defaults to true.
Returns
$this
setError() public
setError(mixed $field, mixed $errors, mixed $overwrite)
Sets errors for a single field
Example
// Sets the error messages for a single field $entity->setError('salary', ['must be numeric', 'must be a positive number']);
Parameters
-
string
$field The field to get errors for, or the array of errors to set.
-
string|array
$errors The errors to be set for $field
-
bool
$overwrite optional Whether or not to overwrite pre-existing errors for $field
Returns
$this
setErrors() public
setErrors(array $errors, mixed $overwrite)
Sets error messages to the entity
Example
// Sets the error messages for multiple fields at once $entity->setErrors(['salary' => ['message'], 'name' => ['another message']]);
Parameters
-
array
$errors The array of errors to set.
-
bool
$overwrite optional Whether or not to overwrite pre-existing errors for $fields
Returns
$this
setHidden() public
setHidden(array $properties, mixed $merge)
Sets hidden properties.
Parameters
-
string[]
$properties An array of properties to hide from array exports.
-
bool
$merge optional Merge the new properties with the existing. By default false.
Returns
$this
setInvalid() public
setInvalid(array $fields, mixed $overwrite)
Set fields as invalid and not patchable into the entity.
This is useful for batch operations when one needs to get the original value for an error message after patching. This value could not be patched into the entity and is simply copied into the _invalid property for debugging purposes or to be able to log it away.
Parameters
-
array
$fields The values to set.
-
bool
$overwrite optional Whether or not to overwrite pre-existing values for $field.
Returns
$this
setInvalidField() public
setInvalidField(mixed $field, mixed $value)
Sets a field as invalid and not patchable into the entity.
Parameters
-
string
$field The value to set.
-
mixed
$value The invalid value to be set for $field.
Returns
$this
setNew() public
setNew(mixed $new)
Set the status of this entity.
Using true
means that the entity has not been persisted in the database, false
that it already is.
Parameters
-
bool
$new Indicate whether or not this entity has been persisted.
Returns
$this
setSource() public
setSource(mixed $alias)
Sets the source alias
Parameters
-
string
$alias the alias of the repository
Returns
$this
setVirtual() public
setVirtual(array $properties, mixed $merge)
Sets the virtual properties on this entity.
Parameters
-
string[]
$properties An array of properties to treat as virtual.
-
bool
$merge optional Merge the new properties with the existing. By default false.
Returns
$this
source() public
source(mixed $alias)
Returns the alias of the repository from which this entity came from.
If called with no arguments, it returns the alias of the repository this entity came from if it is known.
Parameters
-
string|null
$alias optional the alias of the repository
Returns
string|$this
toArray() public
toArray()
Returns an array with all the properties that have been set to this entity
This method will recursively transform entities assigned to properties into arrays as well.
Returns
array
unsetProperty() public
unsetProperty(mixed $property)
Removes a property or list of properties from this entity
Examples:
$entity->unsetProperty('name'); $entity->unsetProperty(['name', 'last_name']);
Parameters
-
string|string[]
$property The property to unset.
Returns
$this
virtualProperties() public
virtualProperties(mixed $properties)
Get/Set the virtual properties on this entity.
If the properties argument is null, the currently virtual properties will be returned. Otherwise the virtual properties will be set.
Parameters
-
string[]|null
$properties optional Either an array of properties to treat as virtual or null to get properties
Returns
string[]|$this
visibleProperties() public
visibleProperties()
Gets the list of visible properties.
The list of visible properties is all standard properties plus virtual properties minus hidden properties.
Returns
string[]
A list of properties that are 'visible' in all representations.
Property Detail
$_accessible protected
Map of properties in this entity that can be safely assigned, each property name points to a boolean indicating its status. An empty array means no properties are accessible
The special property '*' can also be mapped, meaning that any other property not defined in the map will take its value. For example, '\*' => true
means that any property not defined in the map will be accessible by default
Type
array
$_accessors protected static
Holds a cached list of getters/setters per class
Type
array
$_className protected
Holds the name of the class for the instance object
Type
string
$_dirty protected
Holds a list of the properties that were modified or added after this object was originally created.
Type
bool[]
$_errors protected
List of errors per field as stored in this object
Type
array
$_hidden protected
List of property names that should not be included in JSON or Array representations of this Entity.
Type
string[]
$_invalid protected
List of invalid fields and their data for errors upon validation/patching
Type
array
$_new protected
Indicates whether or not this entity is yet to be persisted.
Entities default to assuming they are new. You can use Table::persisted() to set the new flag on an entity based on records in the database.
Type
bool
$_original protected
Holds all properties that have been changed and their original values for this entity
Type
array
$_properties protected
Holds all properties and their values for this entity
Type
array
$_registryAlias protected
The alias of the repository this entity came from
Type
string
$_virtual protected
List of computed or virtual fields that should be included in JSON or array representations of this Entity. If a field is present in both _hidden and _virtual the field will not be in the array/json versions of the entity.
Type
string[]
$id public
Alias for commonly used primary key.
Type
mixed
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