class Date extends DBField (View source)

Represents a date field.

The field currently supports New Zealand date format (DD/MM/YYYY), or an ISO 8601 formatted date (YYYY-MM-DD). Alternatively you can set a timestamp that is evaluated through PHP's built-in date() function according to your system locale.

Example definition via DataObject::$db:

static $db = array(
    "Expires" => "Date",
);

Add localization support, see http://open.silverstripe.com/ticket/2931

Properties

public string $class from  SS_Object
protected array $extension_instances from  SS_Object
protected $beforeExtendCallbacks

List of callbacks to call prior to extensions having extend called on them, each grouped by methodName.

from  SS_Object
protected $afterExtendCallbacks

List of callbacks to call after extensions having extend called on them, each grouped by methodName.

from  SS_Object
protected ViewableData $failover

A failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.

from  ViewableData
protected ViewableData $customisedObject from  ViewableData
protected $value from  DBField
protected $tableName from  DBField
protected $name from  DBField
protected $arrayValue from  DBField
protected $defaultVal from  DBField

Methods

public static 
config()

Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .....).

protected
beforeExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend prior to control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

protected
afterExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend after control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

public static 
create()

An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class

public static 
singleton()

Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.

public static 
create_from_string($classSpec, $firstArg = null)

Create an object from a string representation. It treats it as a PHP constructor without the 'new' keyword. It also manages to construct the object without the use of eval().

public static 
parse_class_spec($classSpec)

Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string().

public static 
strong_create()

Similar to Object::create(), except that classes are only overloaded if you set the $strong parameter to TRUE when using Object::useCustomClass()

public static 
useCustomClass(string $oldClass, string $newClass, bool $strong = false)

This class allows you to overload classes with other classes when they are constructed using the factory method Object::create()

public static 
string
getCustomClass(string $class)

If a class has been overloaded, get the class name it has been overloaded with - otherwise return the class name

public static 
any
static_lookup($class, $name, null $default = null)

Get the value of a static property of a class, even in that property is declared protected (but not private), without any inheritance, merging or parent lookup if it doesn't exist on the given class.

public static 
get_static($class, $name, $uncached = false) deprecated

No description

public static 
set_static($class, $name, $value) deprecated

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public static 
uninherited_static($class, $name, $uncached = false) deprecated

No description

public static 
combined_static($class, $name, $ceiling = false) deprecated

No description

public static 
addStaticVars($class, $properties, $replace = false) deprecated

No description

public static 
add_static_var($class, $name, $value, $replace = false) deprecated

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public static 
has_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $requiredExtension = null, bool $strict = false)

Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.

public static 
add_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $extension = null)

Add an extension to a specific class.

public static 
remove_extension(string $extension)

Remove an extension from a class.

public static 
array
get_extensions(string $class, bool $includeArgumentString = false)

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public static 
get_extra_config_sources($class = null)

No description

public
__construct($name = null)

No description

from  DBField
public
mixed
__call(string $method, array $arguments)

Attemps to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located

public
bool
hasMethod(string $method)

Return TRUE if a method exists on this object

public
array
allMethodNames(bool $custom = false)

Return the names of all the methods available on this object

public
defineMethods()

Add methods from the ViewableData::$failover object, as well as wrapping any methods prefixed with an underscore into a ViewableData::cachedCall().

protected
array
findMethodsFromExtension(object $extension)

No description

protected
addMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

protected
removeMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

protected
addWrapperMethod(string $method, string $wrap)

Add a wrapper method - a method which points to another method with a different name. For example, Thumbnail(x) can be wrapped to generateThumbnail(x)

protected
createMethod(string $method, string $code)

Add an extra method using raw PHP code passed as a string

public
stat($name, $uncached = false)

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public
set_stat($name, $value)

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public
uninherited($name)

No description

public
bool
exists()

Determines if the field has a value which is not considered to be 'null' in a database context.

from  DBField
public
string
parentClass()

No description

public
bool
is_a(string $class)

Check if this class is an instance of a specific class, or has that class as one of its parents

public
string
__toString()

No description

from  DBField
public
mixed
invokeWithExtensions(string $method, mixed $argument = null)

Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied Extensions, and then attempts to merge all results into an array

public
array
extend(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)

Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed

public
getExtensionInstance(string $extension)

Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.

public
bool
hasExtension(string $extension)

Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in $extension_instances. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use add_extension() afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method has_extension() to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.

public
array
getExtensionInstances()

Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.

public
mixed
cacheToFile(string $method, int $lifetime = 3600, string $ID = false, array $arguments = array())

Cache the results of an instance method in this object to a file, or if it is already cache return the cached results

public
clearCache($method, $ID = false, $arguments = array())

Clears the cache for the given cacheToFile call

protected
mixed
loadCache(string $cache, int $lifetime = 3600)

Loads a cache from the filesystem if a valid on is present and within the specified lifetime

protected
saveCache(string $cache, mixed $data)

Save a piece of cached data to the file system

protected
string
sanitiseCachename(string $name)

Strip a file name of special characters so it is suitable for use as a cache file name

public static 
string
castingObjectCreator(string $fieldSchema)

Converts a field spec into an object creator. For example: "Int" becomes "new Int($fieldName);" and "Varchar(50)" becomes "new Varchar($fieldName, 50);".

public static 
array
castingObjectCreatorPair(string $fieldSchema)

Convert a field schema (e.g. "Varchar(50)") into a casting object creator array that contains both a className and castingHelper constructor code. See castingObjectCreator for more information about the constructor.

public
bool
__isset(string $property)

Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.

public
mixed
__get(string $property)

Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using ViewableData::getField(), then fall back on a failover object.

public
__set(string $property, mixed $value)

Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the ViewableData::setField() method.

public
setFailover(ViewableData $failover)

Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.

public
getFailover()

Get the current failover object if set

public
bool
hasField(string $field)

Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

public
mixed
getField(string $field)

Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

public
setField(string $field, mixed $value)

Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

public
unknown
deprecatedCachedCall($method, $args = null, string $identifier = null)

Method to facilitate deprecation of underscore-prefixed methods automatically being cached.

public
customise(array|ViewableData $data)

Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a ViewableData_Customised instance with references to both this and the new custom data.

public
getCustomisedObj()

No description

public
setCustomisedObj(ViewableData $object)

No description

public
array
castingHelperPair(string $field)

Get the class a field on this object would be casted to, as well as the casting helper for casting a field to an object (see ViewableData::castingHelper() for information on casting helpers).

public
string
castingHelper(string $field)

Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object.

public
string
castingClass(string $field)

Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to

public
string
escapeTypeForField(string $field)

Return the string-format type for the given field.

public
buildCastingCache(reference $cache)

Save the casting cache for this object (including data from any failovers) into a variable

public
renderWith(string|array|SSViewer $template, array $customFields = null)

Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter:

  • a template name (e.g. Page)
  • an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used
  • an SSViewer instance

protected
objCacheName(string $fieldName, array $arguments)

Generate the cache name for a field

protected
mixed
objCacheGet(string $key)

Get a cached value from the field cache

protected
objCacheSet(string $key, mixed $value)

Store a value in the field cache

public
obj(string $fieldName, array $arguments = null, bool $forceReturnedObject = true, bool $cache = false, string $cacheName = null)

Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.

public
cachedCall(string $field, array $arguments = null, string $identifier = null)

A simple wrapper around ViewableData::obj() that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.

public
bool
hasValue(string $field, array $arguments = null, bool $cache = true)

Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.

public
XML_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = false)

Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.

public
RAW_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of the field without any escaping being applied.

public
SQL_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of a field in an SQL-safe format.

public
JS_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of a field in a JavaScript-save format.

public
ATT_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of a field escaped suitable to be inserted into an XML node attribute.

public
array
getXMLValues($fields)

Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name

public
getIterator()

Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.

public
Me()

When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.

public
string
ThemeDir(string $subtheme = false)

Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).

public
string
CSSClasses(string $stopAtClass = 'ViewableData')

Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.

public
Debug()

Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template

public static 
create_field(string $className, mixed $value, string $name = null, mixed $object = null)

Create a DBField object that's not bound to any particular field.

from  DBField
public
setName(string $name)

Set the name of this field.

from  DBField
public
string
getName()

Returns the name of this field.

from  DBField
public
mixed
getValue()

Returns the value of this field.

from  DBField
public
setValue(mixed $value, array $record = null)

Set the value on the field.

public
mixed
prepValueForDB($value)

Return the transformed value ready to be sent to the database. This value will be escaped automatically by the prepared query processor, so it should not be escaped or quoted at all.

from  DBField
public
writeToManipulation(array $manipulation)

Prepare the current field for usage in a database-manipulation (works on a manipulation reference).

from  DBField
public
addToQuery(SS_Query $query)

Add custom query parameters for this field, mostly SELECT statements for multi-value fields.

from  DBField
public
setTable($tableName)

No description

from  DBField
public
string
forTemplate()

No description

from  DBField
public
HTMLATT()

No description

from  DBField
public
URLATT()

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from  DBField
public
RAWURLATT()

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from  DBField
public
ATT()

No description

from  DBField
public
RAW()

No description

from  DBField
public
JS()

No description

from  DBField
public
string
JSON()

Return JSON encoded value

from  DBField
public
HTML()

No description

from  DBField
public
XML()

No description

from  DBField
public
mixed
nullValue()

Returns the value to be set in the database to blank this field.

from  DBField
public
saveInto($dataObject)

Saves this field to the given data object.

from  DBField
public
scaffoldFormField(string $title = null, $params = null)

Returns a FormField instance used as a default for form scaffolding.

public
scaffoldSearchField(string $title = null)

Returns a FormField instance used as a default for searchform scaffolding.

from  DBField
public
defaultSearchFilter($name = false)

No description

from  DBField
public
requireField()

Add the field to the underlying database.

public
debug()

No description

from  DBField
public
bool
scalarValueOnly()

Whatever this DBField only accepts scalar values.

from  DBField
public
Nice()

Returns the date in the format specified by the config value nice_format, or dd/mm/yy by default

public
NiceUS()

Returns the date in US format: “01/18/2006”

public
Year()

Returns the year from the given date

public
Day()

Returns the Full day, of the given date.

public
Month()

Returns a full textual representation of a month, such as January.

public
ShortMonth()

Returns the short version of the month such as Jan

public
string
DayOfMonth($includeOrdinal = false)

Returns the day of the month.

public
Long()

Returns the date in the format 24 December 2006

public
Full()

Returns the date in the format 24 Dec 2006

public
string
Format(string $format)

Return the date using a particular formatting string.

public
FormatI18N($formattingString)

Return the date formatted using the given strftime formatting string.

public
bool
FormatFromSettings(Member $member = null)

Return a date formatted as per a CMS user's settings.

public
RangeString($otherDateObj, $includeOrdinals = false)

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public
Rfc822()

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public
Rfc2822()

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public
Rfc3339()

No description

public
string
Ago(bool $includeSeconds = true, int $significance = 2)

Returns the number of seconds/minutes/hours/days or months since the timestamp.

public
string
TimeDiff(bool $includeSeconds = true, int $significance = 2)

No description

public
string
TimeDiffIn(string $format)

Gets the time difference, but always returns it in a certain format

public
bool
InPast()

Returns true if date is in the past.

public
bool
InFuture()

Returns true if date is in the future.

public
bool
IsToday()

Returns true if date is today.

public
URLDate()

Returns a date suitable for insertion into a URL and use by the system.

public
days_between($fyear, $fmonth, $fday, $tyear, $tmonth, $tday)

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public
day_before($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

No description

public
next_day($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

No description

public
weekday($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

No description

public
prior_monday($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

No description

public static 
string
past_date($fmonth, $fday = 1, $fyear = null)

Return the nearest date in the past, based on day and month.

Details

static Config_ForClass|null config()

Get a configuration accessor for this class. Short hand for Config::inst()->get($this->class, .....).

Return Value

Config_ForClass|null

protected beforeExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend prior to control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

Parameters

string $method

The name of the method to hook into

callable $callback

The callback to execute

protected afterExtending(string $method, callable $callback)

Allows user code to hook into Object::extend after control being delegated to extensions. Each callback will be reset once called.

Parameters

string $method

The name of the method to hook into

callable $callback

The callback to execute

static SS_Object create()

An implementation of the factory method, allows you to create an instance of a class

This method first for strong class overloads (singletons & DB interaction), then custom class overloads. If an overload is found, an instance of this is returned rather than the original class. To overload a class, use Object::useCustomClass()

This can be called in one of two ways - either calling via the class directly, or calling on Object and passing the class name as the first parameter. The following are equivalent: $list = DataList::create('SiteTree'); $list = SiteTree::get();

Return Value

SS_Object

static SS_Object singleton()

Creates a class instance by the "singleton" design pattern.

It will always return the same instance for this class, which can be used for performance reasons and as a simple way to access instance methods which don't rely on instance data (e.g. the custom SilverStripe static handling).

Return Value

SS_Object

The singleton instance

static create_from_string($classSpec, $firstArg = null)

Create an object from a string representation. It treats it as a PHP constructor without the 'new' keyword. It also manages to construct the object without the use of eval().

Construction itself is done with Object::create(), so that Object::useCustomClass() calls are respected.

Object::create_from_string("Versioned('Stage','Live')") will return the result of Versioned::create('Stage', 'Live);

It is designed for simple, clonable objects. The first time this method is called for a given string it is cached, and clones of that object are returned.

If you pass the $firstArg argument, this will be prepended to the constructor arguments. It's impossible to pass null as the firstArg argument.

Object::create_from_string("Varchar(50)", "MyField") will return the result of Vachar::create('MyField', '50');

Arguments are always strings, although this is a quirk of the current implementation rather than something that can be relied upon.

Parameters

$classSpec
$firstArg

static parse_class_spec($classSpec)

Parses a class-spec, such as "Versioned('Stage','Live')", as passed to create_from_string().

Returns a 2-elemnent array, with classname and arguments

Parameters

$classSpec

static SS_Object strong_create()

Similar to Object::create(), except that classes are only overloaded if you set the $strong parameter to TRUE when using Object::useCustomClass()

Return Value

SS_Object

static useCustomClass(string $oldClass, string $newClass, bool $strong = false)

This class allows you to overload classes with other classes when they are constructed using the factory method Object::create()

Parameters

string $oldClass

the class to replace

string $newClass

the class to replace it with

bool $strong

allows you to enforce a certain class replacement under all circumstances. This is used in singletons and DB interaction classes

static string getCustomClass(string $class)

If a class has been overloaded, get the class name it has been overloaded with - otherwise return the class name

Parameters

string $class

the class to check

Return Value

string

the class that would be created if you called Object::create() with the class

static any static_lookup($class, $name, null $default = null)

Get the value of a static property of a class, even in that property is declared protected (but not private), without any inheritance, merging or parent lookup if it doesn't exist on the given class.

Parameters

$class
  • The class to get the static from
$name
  • The property to get from the class
null $default
  • The value to return if property doesn't exist on class

Return Value

any
  • The value of the static property $name on class $class, or $default if that property is not defined

static get_static($class, $name, $uncached = false) deprecated

deprecated

No description

Parameters

$class
$name
$uncached

static set_static($class, $name, $value) deprecated

deprecated

No description

Parameters

$class
$name
$value

static uninherited_static($class, $name, $uncached = false) deprecated

deprecated

No description

Parameters

$class
$name
$uncached

static combined_static($class, $name, $ceiling = false) deprecated

deprecated

No description

Parameters

$class
$name
$ceiling

static addStaticVars($class, $properties, $replace = false) deprecated

deprecated

No description

Parameters

$class
$properties
$replace

static add_static_var($class, $name, $value, $replace = false) deprecated

deprecated

No description

Parameters

$class
$name
$value
$replace

static has_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $requiredExtension = null, bool $strict = false)

Return TRUE if a class has a specified extension.

This supports backwards-compatible format (static Object::has_extension($requiredExtension)) and new format ($object->has_extension($class, $requiredExtension))

Parameters

string $classOrExtension

if 1 argument supplied, the class name of the extension to check for; if 2 supplied, the class name to test

string $requiredExtension

used only if 2 arguments supplied

bool $strict

if the extension has to match the required extension and not be a subclass

static add_extension(string $classOrExtension, string $extension = null)

Add an extension to a specific class.

The preferred method for adding extensions is through YAML config, since it avoids autoloading the class, and is easier to override in more specific configurations.

As an alternative, extensions can be added to a specific class directly in the Object::$extensions array. See SiteTree::$extensions for examples. Keep in mind that the extension will only be applied to new instances, not existing ones (including all instances created through singleton()).

Parameters

string $classOrExtension

Class that should be extended - has to be a subclass of Object

string $extension

Subclass of Extension with optional parameters as a string, e.g. "Versioned" or "Translatable('Param')"

See also

http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/trunk/reference/dataextension

static remove_extension(string $extension)

Remove an extension from a class.

Keep in mind that this won't revert any datamodel additions of the extension at runtime, unless its used before the schema building kicks in (in your _config.php). Doesn't remove the extension from any Object instances which are already created, but will have an effect on new extensions. Clears any previously created singletons through singleton() to avoid side-effects from stale extension information.

Add support for removing extensions with parameters

Parameters

string $extension

Classname of an Extension subclass, without parameters

static array get_extensions(string $class, bool $includeArgumentString = false)

No description

Parameters

string $class
bool $includeArgumentString

Include the argument string in the return array, FALSE would return array("Versioned"), TRUE returns array("Versioned('Stage','Live')").

Return Value

array

Numeric array of either DataExtension classnames, or eval'ed classname strings with constructor arguments.

static get_extra_config_sources($class = null)

No description

Parameters

$class

__construct($name = null)

No description

Parameters

$name

mixed __call(string $method, array $arguments)

Attemps to locate and call a method dynamically added to a class at runtime if a default cannot be located

You can add extra methods to a class using Extensions}, {@link Object::createMethod() or Object::addWrapperMethod()

Parameters

string $method
array $arguments

Return Value

mixed

bool hasMethod(string $method)

Return TRUE if a method exists on this object

This should be used rather than PHP's inbuild method_exists() as it takes into account methods added via extensions

Parameters

string $method

Return Value

bool

array allMethodNames(bool $custom = false)

Return the names of all the methods available on this object

Parameters

bool $custom

include methods added dynamically at runtime

Return Value

array

defineMethods()

Add methods from the ViewableData::$failover object, as well as wrapping any methods prefixed with an underscore into a ViewableData::cachedCall().

protected array findMethodsFromExtension(object $extension)

No description

Parameters

object $extension

Return Value

array

protected addMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

Parameters

string $property

the property name

string|int $index

an index to use if the property is an array

protected removeMethodsFrom(string $property, string|int $index = null)

Add all the methods from an object property (which is an Extension) to this object.

Parameters

string $property

the property name

string|int $index

an index to use if the property is an array

protected addWrapperMethod(string $method, string $wrap)

Add a wrapper method - a method which points to another method with a different name. For example, Thumbnail(x) can be wrapped to generateThumbnail(x)

Parameters

string $method

the method name to wrap

string $wrap

the method name to wrap to

protected createMethod(string $method, string $code)

Add an extra method using raw PHP code passed as a string

Parameters

string $method

the method name

string $code

the PHP code - arguments will be in an array called $args, while you can access this object by using $obj. Note that you cannot call protected methods, as the method is actually an external function

stat($name, $uncached = false)

No description

Parameters

$name
$uncached

See also

SS_Object::get_static

set_stat($name, $value)

No description

Parameters

$name
$value

See also

SS_Object::set_static

uninherited($name)

No description

Parameters

$name

See also

SS_Object::uninherited_static

bool exists()

Determines if the field has a value which is not considered to be 'null' in a database context.

Return Value

bool

string parentClass()

No description

Return Value

string

this classes parent class

bool is_a(string $class)

Check if this class is an instance of a specific class, or has that class as one of its parents

Parameters

string $class

Return Value

bool

string __toString()

No description

Return Value

string

the class name

mixed invokeWithExtensions(string $method, mixed $argument = null)

Calls a method if available on both this object and all applied Extensions, and then attempts to merge all results into an array

integrate inheritance rules

Parameters

string $method

the method name to call

mixed $argument

a single argument to pass

Return Value

mixed

array extend(string $method, mixed $a1 = null, mixed $a2 = null, mixed $a3 = null, mixed $a4 = null, mixed $a5 = null, mixed $a6 = null, mixed $a7 = null)

Run the given function on all of this object's extensions. Note that this method originally returned void, so if you wanted to return results, you're hosed

Currently returns an array, with an index resulting every time the function is called. Only adds returns if they're not NULL, to avoid bogus results from methods just defined on the parent extension. This is important for permission-checks through extend, as they use min() to determine if any of the returns is FALSE. As min() doesn't do type checking, an included NULL return would fail the permission checks.

The extension methods are defined during __construct()} in {@link defineMethods().

Parameters

string $method

the name of the method to call on each extension

mixed $a1
mixed $a2
mixed $a3
mixed $a4
mixed $a5
mixed $a6
mixed $a7

Return Value

array

Extension getExtensionInstance(string $extension)

Get an extension instance attached to this object by name.

Parameters

string $extension

Return Value

Extension

bool hasExtension(string $extension)

Returns TRUE if this object instance has a specific extension applied in $extension_instances. Extension instances are initialized at constructor time, meaning if you use add_extension() afterwards, the added extension will just be added to new instances of the extended class. Use the static method has_extension() to check if a class (not an instance) has a specific extension.

Caution: Don't use singleton()->hasExtension() as it will give you inconsistent results based on when the singleton was first accessed.

Parameters

string $extension

Classname of an Extension subclass without parameters

Return Value

bool

array getExtensionInstances()

Get all extension instances for this specific object instance.

See get_extensions() to get all applied extension classes for this class (not the instance).

Return Value

array

Map of DataExtension instances, keyed by classname.

mixed cacheToFile(string $method, int $lifetime = 3600, string $ID = false, array $arguments = array())

Cache the results of an instance method in this object to a file, or if it is already cache return the cached results

Parameters

string $method

the method name to cache

int $lifetime

the cache lifetime in seconds

string $ID

custom cache ID to use

array $arguments

an optional array of arguments

Return Value

mixed

the cached data

clearCache($method, $ID = false, $arguments = array())

Clears the cache for the given cacheToFile call

Parameters

$method
$ID
$arguments

protected mixed loadCache(string $cache, int $lifetime = 3600)

Loads a cache from the filesystem if a valid on is present and within the specified lifetime

Parameters

string $cache

the cache name

int $lifetime

the lifetime (in seconds) of the cache before it is invalid

Return Value

mixed

protected saveCache(string $cache, mixed $data)

Save a piece of cached data to the file system

Parameters

string $cache

the cache name

mixed $data

data to save (must be serializable)

protected string sanitiseCachename(string $name)

Strip a file name of special characters so it is suitable for use as a cache file name

Parameters

string $name

Return Value

string

the name with all special cahracters replaced with underscores

static string castingObjectCreator(string $fieldSchema)

Converts a field spec into an object creator. For example: "Int" becomes "new Int($fieldName);" and "Varchar(50)" becomes "new Varchar($fieldName, 50);".

Parameters

string $fieldSchema

The field spec

Return Value

string

static array castingObjectCreatorPair(string $fieldSchema)

Convert a field schema (e.g. "Varchar(50)") into a casting object creator array that contains both a className and castingHelper constructor code. See castingObjectCreator for more information about the constructor.

Parameters

string $fieldSchema

Return Value

array

bool __isset(string $property)

Check if a field exists on this object or its failover.

Parameters

string $property

Return Value

bool

mixed __get(string $property)

Get the value of a property/field on this object. This will check if a method called get{$property} exists, then check if a field is available using ViewableData::getField(), then fall back on a failover object.

Parameters

string $property

Return Value

mixed

__set(string $property, mixed $value)

Set a property/field on this object. This will check for the existence of a method called set{$property}, then use the ViewableData::setField() method.

Parameters

string $property
mixed $value

setFailover(ViewableData $failover)

Set a failover object to attempt to get data from if it is not present on this object.

Parameters

ViewableData $failover

ViewableData|null getFailover()

Get the current failover object if set

Return Value

ViewableData|null

bool hasField(string $field)

Check if a field exists on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

bool

mixed getField(string $field)

Get the value of a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

mixed

setField(string $field, mixed $value)

Set a field on this object. This should be overloaded in child classes.

Parameters

string $field
mixed $value

unknown deprecatedCachedCall($method, $args = null, string $identifier = null)

Method to facilitate deprecation of underscore-prefixed methods automatically being cached.

Parameters

$method
$args
string $identifier

an optional custom cache identifier

Return Value

unknown

ViewableData_Customised customise(array|ViewableData $data)

Merge some arbitrary data in with this object. This method returns a ViewableData_Customised instance with references to both this and the new custom data.

Note that any fields you specify will take precedence over the fields on this object.

Parameters

array|ViewableData $data

Return Value

ViewableData_Customised

ViewableData getCustomisedObj()

No description

Return Value

ViewableData

setCustomisedObj(ViewableData $object)

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Parameters

ViewableData $object

array castingHelperPair(string $field)

Get the class a field on this object would be casted to, as well as the casting helper for casting a field to an object (see ViewableData::castingHelper() for information on casting helpers).

The returned array contains two keys:

  • className: the class the field would be casted to (e.g. "Varchar")
  • castingHelper: the casting helper for casting the field (e.g. "return new Varchar($fieldName)")

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

array

string castingHelper(string $field)

Return the "casting helper" (a piece of PHP code that when evaluated creates a casted value object) for a field on this object.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

string

string castingClass(string $field)

Get the class name a field on this object will be casted to

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

string

string escapeTypeForField(string $field)

Return the string-format type for the given field.

Parameters

string $field

Return Value

string 'xml'|'raw'

buildCastingCache(reference $cache)

Save the casting cache for this object (including data from any failovers) into a variable

Parameters

reference $cache

HTMLText renderWith(string|array|SSViewer $template, array $customFields = null)

Render this object into the template, and get the result as a string. You can pass one of the following as the $template parameter:

  • a template name (e.g. Page)
  • an array of possible template names - the first valid one will be used
  • an SSViewer instance

Parameters

string|array|SSViewer $template

the template to render into

array $customFields

fields to customise() the object with before rendering

Return Value

HTMLText

protected objCacheName(string $fieldName, array $arguments)

Generate the cache name for a field

Parameters

string $fieldName

Name of field

array $arguments

List of optional arguments given

protected mixed objCacheGet(string $key)

Get a cached value from the field cache

Parameters

string $key

Cache key

Return Value

mixed

protected objCacheSet(string $key, mixed $value)

Store a value in the field cache

Parameters

string $key

Cache key

mixed $value

obj(string $fieldName, array $arguments = null, bool $forceReturnedObject = true, bool $cache = false, string $cacheName = null)

Get the value of a field on this object, automatically inserting the value into any available casting objects that have been specified.

Parameters

string $fieldName
array $arguments
bool $forceReturnedObject

if TRUE, the value will ALWAYS be casted to an object before being returned, even if there is no explicit casting information

bool $cache

Cache this object

string $cacheName

a custom cache name

cachedCall(string $field, array $arguments = null, string $identifier = null)

A simple wrapper around ViewableData::obj() that automatically caches the result so it can be used again without re-running the method.

Parameters

string $field
array $arguments
string $identifier

an optional custom cache identifier

bool hasValue(string $field, array $arguments = null, bool $cache = true)

Checks if a given method/field has a valid value. If the result is an object, this will return the result of the exists method, otherwise will check if the result is not just an empty paragraph tag.

Parameters

string $field
array $arguments
bool $cache

Return Value

bool

XML_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = false)

Get the string value of a field on this object that has been suitable escaped to be inserted directly into a template.

Parameters

$field
$arguments
$cache

RAW_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of the field without any escaping being applied.

Parameters

$field
$arguments
$cache

SQL_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of a field in an SQL-safe format.

Parameters

$field
$arguments
$cache

JS_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of a field in a JavaScript-save format.

Parameters

$field
$arguments
$cache

ATT_val($field, $arguments = null, $cache = true)

Return the value of a field escaped suitable to be inserted into an XML node attribute.

Parameters

$field
$arguments
$cache

array getXMLValues($fields)

Get an array of XML-escaped values by field name

Parameters

$fields

Return Value

array

ArrayIterator getIterator()

Return a single-item iterator so you can iterate over the fields of a single record.

This is useful so you can use a single record inside a <% control %> block in a template - and then use to access individual fields on this object.

Return Value

ArrayIterator

ViewableData Me()

When rendering some objects it is necessary to iterate over the object being rendered, to do this, you need access to itself.

Return Value

ViewableData

string ThemeDir(string $subtheme = false)

Return the directory if the current active theme (relative to the site root).

This method is useful for things such as accessing theme images from your template without hardcoding the theme page - e.g. .

This method should only be used when a theme is currently active. However, it will fall over to the current project directory.

Parameters

string $subtheme

the subtheme path to get

Return Value

string

string CSSClasses(string $stopAtClass = 'ViewableData')

Get part of the current classes ancestry to be used as a CSS class.

This method returns an escaped string of CSS classes representing the current classes ancestry until it hits a stop point - e.g. "Page DataObject ViewableData".

Parameters

string $stopAtClass

the class to stop at (default: ViewableData)

Return Value

string

ViewableData_Debugger Debug()

Return debug information about this object that can be rendered into a template

Return Value

ViewableData_Debugger

static DBField create_field(string $className, mixed $value, string $name = null, mixed $object = null)

Create a DBField object that's not bound to any particular field.

Useful for accessing the classes behaviour for other parts of your code.

Parameters

string $className

class of field to construct

mixed $value

value of field

string $name

Name of field

mixed $object

Additional parameter to pass to field constructor

Return Value

DBField

DBField setName(string $name)

Set the name of this field.

The name should never be altered, but it if was never given a name in the first place you can set a name.

If you try an alter the name a warning will be thrown.

Parameters

string $name

Return Value

DBField

string getName()

Returns the name of this field.

Return Value

string

mixed getValue()

Returns the value of this field.

Return Value

mixed

setValue(mixed $value, array $record = null)

Set the value on the field.

Optionally takes the whole record as an argument, to pick other values.

Parameters

mixed $value
array $record

mixed prepValueForDB($value)

Return the transformed value ready to be sent to the database. This value will be escaped automatically by the prepared query processor, so it should not be escaped or quoted at all.

The field values could also be in paramaterised format, such as array('MAX(?,?)' => array(42, 69)), allowing the use of raw SQL values such as array('NOW()' => array()).

Parameters

$value

mixed The value to check

Return Value

mixed

The raw value, or escaped parameterised details

See also

SQLWriteExpression::addAssignments for syntax examples

writeToManipulation(array $manipulation)

Prepare the current field for usage in a database-manipulation (works on a manipulation reference).

Make value safe for insertion into a SQL SET statement by applying addslashes() - can also be used to apply special SQL-commands to the raw value (e.g. for GIS functionality). {\prepValueForDB}

Parameters

array $manipulation

addToQuery(SS_Query $query)

Add custom query parameters for this field, mostly SELECT statements for multi-value fields.

By default, the ORM layer does a SELECT .* which gets you the default representations of all columns.

Parameters

SS_Query $query

setTable($tableName)

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Parameters

$tableName

string forTemplate()

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Return Value

string

HTMLATT()

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URLATT()

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RAWURLATT()

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ATT()

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RAW()

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JS()

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string JSON()

Return JSON encoded value

Return Value

string

HTML()

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XML()

No description

mixed nullValue()

Returns the value to be set in the database to blank this field.

Usually it's a choice between null, 0, and ''

Return Value

mixed

saveInto($dataObject)

Saves this field to the given data object.

Parameters

$dataObject

FormField scaffoldFormField(string $title = null, $params = null)

Returns a FormField instance used as a default for form scaffolding.

Used by SearchContext}, {@link ModelAdmin}, {@link DataObject::scaffoldFormFields()

Parameters

string $title

Optional. Localized title of the generated instance

$params

Return Value

FormField

FormField scaffoldSearchField(string $title = null)

Returns a FormField instance used as a default for searchform scaffolding.

Used by SearchContext}, {@link ModelAdmin}, {@link DataObject::scaffoldFormFields().

Parameters

string $title

Optional. Localized title of the generated instance

Return Value

FormField

SearchFilter defaultSearchFilter($name = false)

No description

documentation figure out how we pass configuration parameters to search filters (note: parameter hack now in place to pass in the required full path - using $this->name won't work)

Parameters

$name

Return Value

SearchFilter

requireField()

Add the field to the underlying database.

debug()

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bool scalarValueOnly()

Whatever this DBField only accepts scalar values.

Composite DBField to override this method and return false. So they can accept arrays of values.

Return Value

bool

Nice()

Returns the date in the format specified by the config value nice_format, or dd/mm/yy by default

NiceUS()

Returns the date in US format: “01/18/2006”

Year()

Returns the year from the given date

Day()

Returns the Full day, of the given date.

Month()

Returns a full textual representation of a month, such as January.

ShortMonth()

Returns the short version of the month such as Jan

string DayOfMonth($includeOrdinal = false)

Returns the day of the month.

Parameters

$includeOrdinal

Return Value

string

Long()

Returns the date in the format 24 December 2006

Full()

Returns the date in the format 24 Dec 2006

string Format(string $format)

Return the date using a particular formatting string.

Parameters

string $format

Format code string. e.g. "d M Y" (see http://php.net/date)

Return Value

string

The date in the requested format

FormatI18N($formattingString)

Return the date formatted using the given strftime formatting string.

strftime obeys the current LC_TIME/LC_ALL when printing lexical values like day- and month-names

Parameters

$formattingString

bool FormatFromSettings(Member $member = null)

Return a date formatted as per a CMS user's settings.

Parameters

Member $member

Return Value

bool

| string A date formatted as per user-defined settings.

RangeString($otherDateObj, $includeOrdinals = false)

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Parameters

$otherDateObj
$includeOrdinals

Rfc822()

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Rfc2822()

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Rfc3339()

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string Ago(bool $includeSeconds = true, int $significance = 2)

Returns the number of seconds/minutes/hours/days or months since the timestamp.

Parameters

bool $includeSeconds

Show seconds, or just round to "less than a minute".

int $significance

Minimum significant value of X for "X units ago" to display

Return Value

string

string TimeDiff(bool $includeSeconds = true, int $significance = 2)

No description

Parameters

bool $includeSeconds

Show seconds, or just round to "less than a minute".

int $significance

Minimum significant value of X for "X units ago" to display

Return Value

string

string TimeDiffIn(string $format)

Gets the time difference, but always returns it in a certain format

Parameters

string $format

The format, could be one of these: 'seconds', 'minutes', 'hours', 'days', 'months', 'years'.

Return Value

string

The resulting formatted period

bool InPast()

Returns true if date is in the past.

Return Value

bool

bool InFuture()

Returns true if date is in the future.

Return Value

bool

bool IsToday()

Returns true if date is today.

Return Value

bool

URLDate()

Returns a date suitable for insertion into a URL and use by the system.

days_between($fyear, $fmonth, $fday, $tyear, $tmonth, $tday)

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Parameters

$fyear
$fmonth
$fday
$tyear
$tmonth
$tday

day_before($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

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Parameters

$fyear
$fmonth
$fday

next_day($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

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Parameters

$fyear
$fmonth
$fday

weekday($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

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Parameters

$fyear
$fmonth
$fday

prior_monday($fyear, $fmonth, $fday)

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Parameters

$fyear
$fmonth
$fday

static string past_date($fmonth, $fday = 1, $fyear = null)

Return the nearest date in the past, based on day and month.

Automatically attaches the correct year.

This is useful for determining a financial year start or end date.

Parameters

$fmonth

int The number of the month (e.g. 3 is March, 4 is April)

$fday

int The day of the month

$fyear

int Determine historical value

Return Value

string

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format