CActiveRecord

Package system.db.ar
Inheritance abstract class CActiveRecord » CModel » CComponent
Implements ArrayAccess, Traversable, IteratorAggregate
Since 1.0
Version $Id: CActiveRecord.php 2230 2010-06-25 20:16:41Z qiang.xue $
CActiveRecord is the base class for classes representing relational data.

It implements the active record design pattern, a popular Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) technique. Please check the Guide for more details about this class.

Public Properties

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PropertyTypeDescriptionDefined By
attributes array Returns all column attribute values. CActiveRecord
commandBuilder CDbCommandBuilder the command builder used by this AR CActiveRecord
db CDbConnection the default database connection for all active record classes. CActiveRecord
dbConnection CDbConnection Returns the database connection used by active record. CActiveRecord
dbCriteria CDbCriteria Returns the query criteria associated with this model. CActiveRecord
errors array Returns the errors for all attribute or a single attribute. CModel
isNewRecord boolean whether the record is new and should be inserted when calling save. CActiveRecord
iterator CMapIterator Returns an iterator for traversing the attributes in the model. CModel
metaData CActiveRecordMetaData the meta for this AR class. CActiveRecord
oldPrimaryKey mixed Returns the old primary key value. CActiveRecord
primaryKey mixed the primary key value. CActiveRecord
safeAttributeNames array Returns the attribute names that are safe to be massively assigned. CModel
scenario string Returns the scenario that this model is used in. CModel
tableAlias string Returns the table alias to be used by the find methods. CActiveRecord
tableSchema CDbTableSchema the metadata of the table that this AR belongs to CActiveRecord
validatorList CList Returns all the validators declared in the model. CModel
validators array Returns the validators applicable to the current scenario. CModel

Public Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
__call() Calls the named method which is not a class method. CActiveRecord
__construct() Constructor. CActiveRecord
__get() PHP getter magic method. CActiveRecord
__isset() Checks if a property value is null. CActiveRecord
__set() PHP setter magic method. CActiveRecord
__sleep() PHP sleep magic method. CActiveRecord
__unset() Sets a component property to be null. CActiveRecord
addError() Adds a new error to the specified attribute. CModel
addErrors() Adds a list of errors. CModel
addRelatedRecord() Adds a related object to this record. CActiveRecord
afterFindInternal() Calls afterFind. CActiveRecord
applyScopes() Applies the query scopes to the given criteria. CActiveRecord
asa() Returns the named behavior object. CComponent
attachBehavior() Attaches a behavior to this component. CComponent
attachBehaviors() Attaches a list of behaviors to the component. CComponent
attachEventHandler() Attaches an event handler to an event. CComponent
attributeLabels() Returns the attribute labels. CModel
attributeNames() Returns the list of all attribute names of the model. CActiveRecord
beforeFindInternal() Calls beforeFind. CActiveRecord
behaviors() Returns a list of behaviors that this model should behave as. CModel
canGetProperty() Determines whether a property can be read. CComponent
canSetProperty() Determines whether a property can be set. CComponent
clearErrors() Removes errors for all attributes or a single attribute. CModel
count() Finds the number of rows satisfying the specified query condition. CActiveRecord
countBySql() Finds the number of rows using the given SQL statement. CActiveRecord
createValidators() Creates validator objects based on the specification in rules. CModel
defaultScope() Returns the default named scope that should be implicitly applied to all queries for this model. CActiveRecord
delete() Deletes the row corresponding to this active record. CActiveRecord
deleteAll() Deletes rows with the specified condition. CActiveRecord
deleteAllByAttributes() Deletes rows which match the specified attribute values. CActiveRecord
deleteByPk() Deletes rows with the specified primary key. CActiveRecord
detachBehavior() Detaches a behavior from the component. CComponent
detachBehaviors() Detaches all behaviors from the component. CComponent
detachEventHandler() Detaches an existing event handler. CComponent
disableBehavior() Disables an attached behavior. CComponent
disableBehaviors() Disables all behaviors attached to this component. CComponent
enableBehavior() Enables an attached behavior. CComponent
enableBehaviors() Enables all behaviors attached to this component. CComponent
equals() Compares this active record with another one. CActiveRecord
evaluateExpression() Evaluates a PHP expression or callback under the context of this component. CComponent
exists() Checks whether there is row satisfying the specified condition. CActiveRecord
find() Finds a single active record with the specified condition. CActiveRecord
findAll() Finds all active records satisfying the specified condition. CActiveRecord
findAllByAttributes() Finds all active records that have the specified attribute values. CActiveRecord
findAllByPk() Finds all active records with the specified primary keys. CActiveRecord
findAllBySql() Finds all active records using the specified SQL statement. CActiveRecord
findByAttributes() Finds a single active record that has the specified attribute values. CActiveRecord
findByPk() Finds a single active record with the specified primary key. CActiveRecord
findBySql() Finds a single active record with the specified SQL statement. CActiveRecord
generateAttributeLabel() Generates a user friendly attribute label. CModel
getActiveRelation() CActiveRecord
getAttribute() Returns the named attribute value. CActiveRecord
getAttributeLabel() Returns the text label for the specified attribute. CModel
getAttributes() Returns all column attribute values. CActiveRecord
getCommandBuilder() CActiveRecord
getDbConnection() Returns the database connection used by active record. CActiveRecord
getDbCriteria() Returns the query criteria associated with this model. CActiveRecord
getError() Returns the first error of the specified attribute. CModel
getErrors() Returns the errors for all attribute or a single attribute. CModel
getEventHandlers() Returns the list of attached event handlers for an event. CComponent
getIsNewRecord() CActiveRecord
getIterator() Returns an iterator for traversing the attributes in the model. CModel
getMetaData() CActiveRecord
getOldPrimaryKey() Returns the old primary key value. CActiveRecord
getPrimaryKey() CActiveRecord
getRelated() Returns the related record(s). CActiveRecord
getSafeAttributeNames() Returns the attribute names that are safe to be massively assigned. CModel
getScenario() Returns the scenario that this model is used in. CModel
getTableAlias() Returns the table alias to be used by the find methods. CActiveRecord
getTableSchema() CActiveRecord
getValidatorList() Returns all the validators declared in the model. CModel
getValidators() Returns the validators applicable to the current scenario. CModel
hasAttribute() CActiveRecord
hasErrors() Returns a value indicating whether there is any validation error. CModel
hasEvent() Determines whether an event is defined. CComponent
hasEventHandler() Checks whether the named event has attached handlers. CComponent
hasProperty() Determines whether a property is defined. CComponent
hasRelated() Returns a value indicating whether the named related object(s) has been loaded. CActiveRecord
init() Initializes this model. CActiveRecord
insert() Inserts a row into the table based on this active record attributes. CActiveRecord
isAttributeRequired() Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is required. CModel
isAttributeSafe() Returns a value indicating whether the attribute is safe for massive assignments. CModel
model() Returns the static model of the specified AR class. CActiveRecord
offsetExists() Returns whether there is an element at the specified offset. CActiveRecord
offsetGet() Returns the element at the specified offset. CModel
offsetSet() Sets the element at the specified offset. CModel
offsetUnset() Unsets the element at the specified offset. CModel
onAfterConstruct() This event is raised after the record instance is created by new operator. CActiveRecord
onAfterDelete() This event is raised after the record is deleted. CActiveRecord
onAfterFind() This event is raised after the record is instantiated by a find method. CActiveRecord
onAfterSave() This event is raised after the record is saved. CActiveRecord
onAfterValidate() This event is raised after the validation is performed. CModel
onBeforeDelete() This event is raised before the record is deleted. CActiveRecord
onBeforeFind() This event is raised before an AR finder performs a find call. CActiveRecord
onBeforeSave() This event is raised before the record is saved. CActiveRecord
onBeforeValidate() This event is raised before the validation is performed. CModel
onUnsafeAttribute() This method is invoked when an unsafe attribute is being massively assigned. CModel
populateRecord() Creates an active record with the given attributes. CActiveRecord
populateRecords() Creates a list of active records based on the input data. CActiveRecord
primaryKey() Returns the primary key of the associated database table. CActiveRecord
raiseEvent() Raises an event. CComponent
refresh() Repopulates this active record with the latest data. CActiveRecord
refreshMetaData() Refreshes the meta data for this AR class. CActiveRecord
relations() This method should be overridden to declare related objects. CActiveRecord
resetScope() Resets all scopes and criterias applied including default scope. CActiveRecord
rules() Returns the validation rules for attributes. CModel
save() Saves the current record. CActiveRecord
saveAttributes() Saves a selected list of attributes. CActiveRecord
scopes() Returns the declaration of named scopes. CActiveRecord
setAttribute() Sets the named attribute value. CActiveRecord
setAttributes() Sets the attribute values in a massive way. CModel
setDbCriteria() Sets the query criteria for the current model. CActiveRecord
setIsNewRecord() CActiveRecord
setOldPrimaryKey() Sets the old primary key value. CActiveRecord
setPrimaryKey() Sets the primary key value. CActiveRecord
setScenario() CModel
setTableAlias() Sets the table alias to be used in queries. CActiveRecord
tableName() Returns the name of the associated database table. CActiveRecord
unsetAttributes() Unsets the attributes. CModel
update() Updates the row represented by this active record. CActiveRecord
updateAll() Updates records with the specified condition. CActiveRecord
updateByPk() Updates records with the specified primary key(s). CActiveRecord
updateCounters() Updates one or several counter columns. CActiveRecord
validate() Performs the validation. CModel
with() Specifies which related objects should be eagerly loaded. CActiveRecord

Protected Methods

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MethodDescriptionDefined By
afterConstruct() This method is invoked after a record instance is created by new operator. CActiveRecord
afterDelete() This method is invoked after deleting a record. CActiveRecord
afterFind() This method is invoked after each record is instantiated by a find method. CActiveRecord
afterSave() This method is invoked after saving a record successfully. CActiveRecord
afterValidate() This method is invoked after validation ends. CModel
beforeDelete() This method is invoked before deleting a record. CActiveRecord
beforeFind() This method is invoked before an AR finder executes a find call. CActiveRecord
beforeSave() This method is invoked before saving a record (after validation, if any). CActiveRecord
beforeValidate() This method is invoked before validation starts. CModel
instantiate() Creates an active record instance. CActiveRecord

Events

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EventDescriptionDefined By
onBeforeSave This event is raised before the record is saved. CActiveRecord
onAfterSave This event is raised after the record is saved. CActiveRecord
onBeforeDelete This event is raised before the record is deleted. CActiveRecord
onAfterDelete This event is raised after the record is deleted. CActiveRecord
onAfterConstruct This event is raised after the record instance is created by new operator. CActiveRecord
onBeforeFind This event is raised before an AR finder performs a find call. CActiveRecord
onAfterFind This event is raised after the record is instantiated by a find method. CActiveRecord
onBeforeValidate This event is raised before the validation is performed. CModel
onAfterValidate This event is raised after the validation is performed. CModel
onUnsafeAttribute This method is invoked when an unsafe attribute is being massively assigned. CModel

Property Details

attributes property
public array getAttributes(mixed $names=true)
public void setAttributes(array $values, boolean $safeOnly=true)

Returns all column attribute values. Note, related objects are not returned.

commandBuilder property read-only

the command builder used by this AR

db property
public static CDbConnection $db;

the default database connection for all active record classes. By default, this is the 'db' application component.

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dbConnection property read-only

Returns the database connection used by active record. By default, the "db" application component is used as the database connection. You may override this method if you want to use a different database connection.

dbCriteria property (available since v1.0.5)
public CDbCriteria getDbCriteria(boolean $createIfNull=true)
public void setDbCriteria(CDbCriteria $criteria)

Returns the query criteria associated with this model.

isNewRecord property
public boolean getIsNewRecord()
public void setIsNewRecord(boolean $value)

whether the record is new and should be inserted when calling save. This property is automatically set in constructor and populateRecord. Defaults to false, but it will be set to true if the instance is created using the new operator.

metaData property read-only

the meta for this AR class.

oldPrimaryKey property (available since v1.1.0)
public mixed getOldPrimaryKey()
public void setOldPrimaryKey(mixed $value)

Returns the old primary key value. This refers to the primary key value that is populated into the record after executing a find method (e.g. find(), findAll()). The value remains unchanged even if the primary key attribute is manually assigned with a different value.

primaryKey property
public mixed getPrimaryKey()
public void setPrimaryKey(mixed $value)

the primary key value. An array (column name=>column value) is returned if the primary key is composite. If primary key is not defined, null will be returned.

tableAlias property (available since v1.1.1)
public string getTableAlias(boolean $quote=false, boolean $checkScopes=true)
public void setTableAlias(string $alias)

Returns the table alias to be used by the find methods. In relational queries, the returned table alias may vary according to the corresponding relation declaration. Also, the default table alias set by setTableAlias may be overridden by the applied scopes.

tableSchema property read-only

the metadata of the table that this AR belongs to

Method Details

__call() method (available since v1.0.5)
public mixed __call(string $name, array $parameters)
$name string the method name
$parameters array method parameters
{return} mixed the method return value

Calls the named method which is not a class method. Do not call this method. This is a PHP magic method that we override to implement the named scope feature.

__construct() method
public void __construct(string $scenario='insert')
$scenario string scenario name. See CModel::scenario for more details about this parameter.

Constructor.

__get() method
public mixed __get(string $name)
$name string property name
{return} mixed property value

PHP getter magic method. This method is overridden so that AR attributes can be accessed like properties.

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__isset() method (available since v1.0.1)
public boolean __isset(string $name)
$name string the property name or the event name
{return} boolean whether the property value is null

Checks if a property value is null. This method overrides the parent implementation by checking if the named attribute is null or not.

__set() method
public void __set(string $name, mixed $value)
$name string property name
$value mixed property value

PHP setter magic method. This method is overridden so that AR attributes can be accessed like properties.

__sleep() method
public void __sleep()

PHP sleep magic method. This method ensures that the model meta data reference is set to null.

__unset() method (available since v1.0.1)
public void __unset(string $name)
$name string the property name or the event name

Sets a component property to be null. This method overrides the parent implementation by clearing the specified attribute value.

addRelatedRecord() method
public void addRelatedRecord(string $name, mixed $record, mixed $index)
$name string attribute name
$record mixed the related record
$index mixed the index value in the related object collection. If true, it means using zero-based integer index. If false, it means a HAS_ONE or BELONGS_TO object and no index is needed.

Adds a related object to this record. This method is used internally by CActiveFinder to populate related objects.

afterConstruct() method
protected void afterConstruct()

This method is invoked after a record instance is created by new operator. The default implementation raises the onAfterConstruct event. You may override this method to do postprocessing after record creation. Make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

afterDelete() method
protected void afterDelete()

This method is invoked after deleting a record. The default implementation raises the onAfterDelete event. You may override this method to do postprocessing after the record is deleted. Make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

afterFind() method
protected void afterFind()

This method is invoked after each record is instantiated by a find method. The default implementation raises the onAfterFind event. You may override this method to do postprocessing after each newly found record is instantiated. Make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

afterFindInternal() method (available since v1.0.3)
public void afterFindInternal()

Calls afterFind. This method is internally used.

afterSave() method
protected void afterSave()

This method is invoked after saving a record successfully. The default implementation raises the onAfterSave event. You may override this method to do postprocessing after record saving. Make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

applyScopes() method (available since v1.0.12)
public void applyScopes(CDbCriteria $criteria)
$criteria CDbCriteria the query criteria. This parameter may be modified by merging dbCriteria.

Applies the query scopes to the given criteria. This method merges dbCriteria with the given criteria parameter. It then resets dbCriteria to be null.

attributeNames() method (available since v1.0.1)
public array attributeNames()
{return} array list of attribute names.

Returns the list of all attribute names of the model. This would return all column names of the table associated with this AR class.

beforeDelete() method
protected boolean beforeDelete()
{return} boolean whether the record should be deleted. Defaults to true.

This method is invoked before deleting a record. The default implementation raises the onBeforeDelete event. You may override this method to do any preparation work for record deletion. Make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

beforeFind() method (available since v1.0.9)
protected void beforeFind()

This method is invoked before an AR finder executes a find call. The find calls include find, findAll, findByPk, findAllByPk, findByAttributes and findAllByAttributes. The default implementation raises the onBeforeFind event. If you override this method, make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

beforeFindInternal() method (available since v1.0.11)
public void beforeFindInternal()

Calls beforeFind. This method is internally used.

beforeSave() method
protected boolean beforeSave()
{return} boolean whether the saving should be executed. Defaults to true.

This method is invoked before saving a record (after validation, if any). The default implementation raises the onBeforeSave event. You may override this method to do any preparation work for record saving. Use isNewRecord to determine whether the saving is for inserting or updating record. Make sure you call the parent implementation so that the event is raised properly.

count() method
public integer count(mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} integer the number of rows satisfying the specified query condition.

Finds the number of rows satisfying the specified query condition. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

countBySql() method
public integer countBySql(string $sql, array $params=array ( ))
$sql string the SQL statement
$params array parameters to be bound to the SQL statement
{return} integer the number of rows using the given SQL statement.

Finds the number of rows using the given SQL statement. This is equivalent to calling CDbCommand::queryScalar with the specified SQL statement and the parameters.

defaultScope() method (available since v1.0.5)
public array defaultScope()
{return} array the query criteria. This will be used as the parameter to the constructor of CDbCriteria.

Returns the default named scope that should be implicitly applied to all queries for this model. Note, default scope only applies to SELECT queries. It is ignored for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE queries. The default implementation simply returns an empty array. You may override this method if the model needs to be queried with some default criteria (e.g. only active records should be returned).

delete() method
public boolean delete()
{return} boolean whether the deletion is successful.

Deletes the row corresponding to this active record.

deleteAll() method
public integer deleteAll(mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} integer the number of rows deleted

Deletes rows with the specified condition. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

deleteAllByAttributes() method (available since v1.0.9)
public CActiveRecord deleteAllByAttributes(array $attributes, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$attributes array list of attribute values (indexed by attribute names) that the active records should match. Since version 1.0.8, an attribute value can be an array which will be used to generate an IN condition.
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} CActiveRecord the record found. Null if none is found.

Deletes rows which match the specified attribute values. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

deleteByPk() method
public integer deleteByPk(mixed $pk, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$pk mixed primary key value(s). Use array for multiple primary keys. For composite key, each key value must be an array (column name=>column value).
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} integer the number of rows deleted

Deletes rows with the specified primary key. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

equals() method
public boolean equals($record)
$record
{return} boolean whether the two active records refer to the same row in the database table.

Compares this active record with another one. The comparison is made by comparing the primary key values of the two active records.

exists() method
public boolean exists(mixed $condition, array $params=array ( ))
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} boolean whether there is row satisfying the specified condition.

Checks whether there is row satisfying the specified condition. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

find() method
public CActiveRecord find(mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$condition mixed query condition or criteria. If a string, it is treated as query condition (the WHERE clause); If an array, it is treated as the initial values for constructing a CDbCriteria object; Otherwise, it should be an instance of CDbCriteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement. This is only used when the first parameter is a string (query condition). In other cases, please use CDbCriteria::params to set parameters.
{return} CActiveRecord the record found. Null if no record is found.

Finds a single active record with the specified condition.

findAll() method
public array findAll(mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} array list of active records satisfying the specified condition. An empty array is returned if none is found.

Finds all active records satisfying the specified condition. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

findAllByAttributes() method
public array findAllByAttributes(array $attributes, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$attributes array list of attribute values (indexed by attribute names) that the active records should match. Since version 1.0.8, an attribute value can be an array which will be used to generate an IN condition.
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} array the records found. An empty array is returned if none is found.

Finds all active records that have the specified attribute values. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

findAllByPk() method
public array findAllByPk(mixed $pk, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$pk mixed primary key value(s). Use array for multiple primary keys. For composite key, each key value must be an array (column name=>column value).
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} array the records found. An empty array is returned if none is found.

Finds all active records with the specified primary keys. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

findAllBySql() method
public array findAllBySql(string $sql, array $params=array ( ))
$sql string the SQL statement
$params array parameters to be bound to the SQL statement
{return} array the records found. An empty array is returned if none is found.

Finds all active records using the specified SQL statement.

findByAttributes() method
public CActiveRecord findByAttributes(array $attributes, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$attributes array list of attribute values (indexed by attribute names) that the active records should match. Since version 1.0.8, an attribute value can be an array which will be used to generate an IN condition.
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} CActiveRecord the record found. Null if none is found.

Finds a single active record that has the specified attribute values. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

findByPk() method
public CActiveRecord findByPk(mixed $pk, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$pk mixed primary key value(s). Use array for multiple primary keys. For composite key, each key value must be an array (column name=>column value).
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} CActiveRecord the record found. Null if none is found.

Finds a single active record with the specified primary key. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

findBySql() method
public CActiveRecord findBySql(string $sql, array $params=array ( ))
$sql string the SQL statement
$params array parameters to be bound to the SQL statement
{return} CActiveRecord the record found. Null if none is found.

Finds a single active record with the specified SQL statement.

getActiveRelation() method
public CActiveRelation getActiveRelation(string $name)
$name string the relation name
{return} CActiveRelation the named relation declared for this AR class. Null if the relation does not exist.

getAttribute() method
public mixed getAttribute(string $name)
$name string the attribute name
{return} mixed the attribute value. Null if the attribute is not set or does not exist.

Returns the named attribute value. If this is a new record and the attribute is not set before, the default column value will be returned. If this record is the result of a query and the attribute is not loaded, null will be returned. You may also use $this->AttributeName to obtain the attribute value.

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getAttributes() method
public array getAttributes(mixed $names=true)
$names mixed names of attributes whose value needs to be returned. If this is true (default), then all attribute values will be returned, including those that are not loaded from DB (null will be returned for those attributes). If this is null, all attributes except those that are not loaded from DB will be returned.
{return} array attribute values indexed by attribute names.

Returns all column attribute values. Note, related objects are not returned.

getCommandBuilder() method
public CDbCommandBuilder getCommandBuilder()
{return} CDbCommandBuilder the command builder used by this AR

getDbConnection() method
public CDbConnection getDbConnection()
{return} CDbConnection the database connection used by active record.

Returns the database connection used by active record. By default, the "db" application component is used as the database connection. You may override this method if you want to use a different database connection.

getDbCriteria() method (available since v1.0.5)
public CDbCriteria getDbCriteria(boolean $createIfNull=true)
$createIfNull boolean whether to create a criteria instance if it does not exist. Defaults to true.
{return} CDbCriteria the query criteria that is associated with this model. This criteria is mainly used by named scope feature to accumulate different criteria specifications.

Returns the query criteria associated with this model.

getIsNewRecord() method
public boolean getIsNewRecord()
{return} boolean whether the record is new and should be inserted when calling save. This property is automatically set in constructor and populateRecord. Defaults to false, but it will be set to true if the instance is created using the new operator.

getMetaData() method
public CActiveRecordMetaData getMetaData()
{return} CActiveRecordMetaData the meta for this AR class.

getOldPrimaryKey() method (available since v1.1.0)
public mixed getOldPrimaryKey()
{return} mixed the old primary key value. An array (column name=>column value) is returned if the primary key is composite. If primary key is not defined, null will be returned.

Returns the old primary key value. This refers to the primary key value that is populated into the record after executing a find method (e.g. find(), findAll()). The value remains unchanged even if the primary key attribute is manually assigned with a different value.

getPrimaryKey() method
public mixed getPrimaryKey()
{return} mixed the primary key value. An array (column name=>column value) is returned if the primary key is composite. If primary key is not defined, null will be returned.

getRelated() method (available since v1.0.2)
public mixed getRelated(string $name, boolean $refresh=false, array $params=array ( ))
$name string the relation name (see relations)
$refresh boolean whether to reload the related objects from database. Defaults to false.
$params array additional parameters that customize the query conditions as specified in the relation declaration. This parameter has been available since version 1.0.5.
{return} mixed the related object(s).

Returns the related record(s). This method will return the related record(s) of the current record. If the relation is HAS_ONE or BELONGS_TO, it will return a single object or null if the object does not exist. If the relation is HAS_MANY or MANY_MANY, it will return an array of objects or an empty array.

getTableAlias() method (available since v1.1.1)
public string getTableAlias(boolean $quote=false, boolean $checkScopes=true)
$quote boolean whether to quote the alias name
$checkScopes boolean whether to check if a table alias is defined in the applied scopes so far. This parameter must be set false when calling this method in defaultScope. An infinite loop would be formed otherwise.
{return} string the default table alias

Returns the table alias to be used by the find methods. In relational queries, the returned table alias may vary according to the corresponding relation declaration. Also, the default table alias set by setTableAlias may be overridden by the applied scopes.

getTableSchema() method
public CDbTableSchema getTableSchema()
{return} CDbTableSchema the metadata of the table that this AR belongs to

hasAttribute() method
public boolean hasAttribute(string $name)
$name string attribute name
{return} boolean whether this AR has the named attribute (table column).

hasRelated() method (available since v1.0.3)
public booolean hasRelated(string $name)
$name string the relation name
{return} booolean a value indicating whether the named related object(s) has been loaded.

Returns a value indicating whether the named related object(s) has been loaded.

init() method (available since v1.0.8)
public void init()

Initializes this model. This method is invoked when an AR instance is newly created and has its scenario set. You may override this method to provide code that is needed to initialize the model (e.g. setting initial property values.)

insert() method
public boolean insert(array $attributes=NULL)
$attributes array list of attributes that need to be saved. Defaults to null, meaning all attributes that are loaded from DB will be saved.
{return} boolean whether the attributes are valid and the record is inserted successfully.

Inserts a row into the table based on this active record attributes. If the table's primary key is auto-incremental and is null before insertion, it will be populated with the actual value after insertion. Note, validation is not performed in this method. You may call validate to perform the validation. After the record is inserted to DB successfully, its isNewRecord property will be set false, and its scenario property will be set to be 'update'.

instantiate() method (available since v1.0.2)
protected CActiveRecord instantiate(array $attributes)
$attributes array list of attribute values for the active records.
{return} CActiveRecord the active record

Creates an active record instance. This method is called by populateRecord and populateRecords. You may override this method if the instance being created depends the attributes that are to be populated to the record. For example, by creating a record based on the value of a column, you may implement the so-called single-table inheritance mapping.

model() method
public static CActiveRecord model(string $className='CActiveRecord')
$className string active record class name.
{return} CActiveRecord active record model instance.

Returns the static model of the specified AR class. The model returned is a static instance of the AR class. It is provided for invoking class-level methods (something similar to static class methods.)

EVERY derived AR class must override this method as follows,

public static function model($className=__CLASS__)
{
    return parent::model($className);
}

offsetExists() method (available since v1.0.2)
public boolean offsetExists(mixed $offset)
$offset mixed the offset to check on
{return} boolean

Returns whether there is an element at the specified offset. This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.

onAfterConstruct() method (available since v1.0.2)
public void onAfterConstruct(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised after the record instance is created by new operator.

onAfterDelete() method (available since v1.0.2)
public void onAfterDelete(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised after the record is deleted.

onAfterFind() method (available since v1.0.2)
public void onAfterFind(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised after the record is instantiated by a find method.

onAfterSave() method (available since v1.0.2)
public void onAfterSave(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised after the record is saved.

onBeforeDelete() method (available since v1.0.2)
public void onBeforeDelete(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised before the record is deleted.

onBeforeFind() method (available since v1.0.9)
public void onBeforeFind(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised before an AR finder performs a find call.

See Also

onBeforeSave() method (available since v1.0.2)
public void onBeforeSave(CEvent $event)
$event CEvent the event parameter

This event is raised before the record is saved.

populateRecord() method
public CActiveRecord populateRecord(array $attributes, boolean $callAfterFind=true)
$attributes array attribute values (column name=>column value)
$callAfterFind boolean whether to call afterFind after the record is populated. This parameter is added in version 1.0.3.
{return} CActiveRecord the newly created active record. The class of the object is the same as the model class. Null is returned if the input data is false.

Creates an active record with the given attributes. This method is internally used by the find methods.

populateRecords() method
public array populateRecords(array $data, boolean $callAfterFind=true)
$data array list of attribute values for the active records.
$callAfterFind boolean whether to call afterFind after each record is populated. This parameter is added in version 1.0.3.
{return} array list of active records.

Creates a list of active records based on the input data. This method is internally used by the find methods.

primaryKey() method (available since v1.0.4)
public mixed primaryKey()
{return} mixed the primary key of the associated database table. If the key is a single column, it should return the column name; If the key is a composite one consisting of several columns, it should return the array of the key column names.

Returns the primary key of the associated database table. This method is meant to be overridden in case when the table is not defined with a primary key (for some legency database). If the table is already defined with a primary key, you do not need to override this method. The default implementation simply returns null, meaning using the primary key defined in the database.

refresh() method
public boolean refresh()
{return} boolean whether the row still exists in the database. If true, the latest data will be populated to this active record.

Repopulates this active record with the latest data.

refreshMetaData() method (available since v1.0.8)
public void refreshMetaData()

Refreshes the meta data for this AR class. By calling this method, this AR class will regenerate the meta data needed. This is useful if the table schema has been changed and you want to use the latest available table schema. Make sure you have called CDbSchema::refresh before you call this method. Otherwise, old table schema data will still be used.

relations() method
public array relations()
{return} array list of related object declarations. Defaults to empty array.

This method should be overridden to declare related objects.

There are four types of relations that may exist between two active record objects:



Besides the above relation types, a special relation called STAT is also supported that can be used to perform statistical query (or aggregational query). It retrieves the aggregational information about the related objects, such as the number of comments for each post, the average rating for each product, etc.

Each kind of related objects is defined in this method as an array with the following elements:
'varName'=>array('relationType', 'className', 'foreign_key', ...additional options)
where 'varName' refers to the name of the variable/property that the related object(s) can be accessed through; 'relationType' refers to the type of the relation, which can be one of the following four constants: self::BELONGS_TO, self::HAS_ONE, self::HAS_MANY and self::MANY_MANY; 'className' refers to the name of the active record class that the related object(s) is of; and 'foreign_key' states the foreign key that relates the two kinds of active record. Note, for composite foreign keys, they must be listed together, separating with space or comma; and for foreign keys used in MANY_MANY relation, the joining table must be declared as well (e.g. 'join_table(fk1, fk2)').

Additional options may be specified as name-value pairs in the rest array elements:

The following options are available for certain relations when lazy loading:

Below is an example declaring related objects for 'Post' active record class:
return array(
    'author'=>array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'User', 'author_id'),
    'comments'=>array(self::HAS_MANY, 'Comment', 'post_id', 'with'=>'author', 'order'=>'create_time DESC'),
    'tags'=>array(self::MANY_MANY, 'Tag', 'post_tag(post_id, tag_id)', 'order'=>'name'),
);

resetScope() method (available since v1.1.2)
public CActiveRecord resetScope()
{return} CActiveRecord

Resets all scopes and criterias applied including default scope.

save() method
public boolean save(boolean $runValidation=true, array $attributes=NULL)
$runValidation boolean whether to perform validation before saving the record. If the validation fails, the record will not be saved to database.
$attributes array list of attributes that need to be saved. Defaults to null, meaning all attributes that are loaded from DB will be saved.
{return} boolean whether the saving succeeds

Saves the current record.

The record is inserted as a row into the database table if its isNewRecord property is true (usually the case when the record is created using the 'new' operator). Otherwise, it will be used to update the corresponding row in the table (usually the case if the record is obtained using one of those 'find' methods.)

Validation will be performed before saving the record. If the validation fails, the record will not be saved. You can call getErrors() to retrieve the validation errors.

If the record is saved via insertion, its isNewRecord property will be set false, and its scenario property will be set to be 'update'. And if its primary key is auto-incremental and is not set before insertion, the primary key will be populated with the automatically generated key value.

saveAttributes() method
public boolean saveAttributes(array $attributes)
$attributes array attributes to be updated. Each element represents an attribute name or an attribute value indexed by its name. If the latter, the record's attribute will be changed accordingly before saving.
{return} boolean whether the update is successful

Saves a selected list of attributes. Unlike save, this method only saves the specified attributes of an existing row dataset and does NOT call either beforeSave or afterSave. Also note that this method does neither attribute filtering nor validation. So do not use this method with untrusted data (such as user posted data). You may consider the following alternative if you want to do so:

$postRecord=Post::model()->findByPk($postID);
$postRecord->attributes=$_POST['post'];
$postRecord->save();

scopes() method (available since v1.0.5)
public array scopes()
{return} array the scope definition. The array keys are scope names; the array values are the corresponding scope definitions. Each scope definition is represented as an array whose keys must be properties of CDbCriteria.

Returns the declaration of named scopes. A named scope represents a query criteria that can be chained together with other named scopes and applied to a query. This method should be overridden by child classes to declare named scopes for the particular AR classes. For example, the following code declares two named scopes: 'recently' and 'published'.

return array(
    'published'=>array(
          'condition'=>'status=1',
    ),
    'recently'=>array(
          'order'=>'create_time DESC',
          'limit'=>5,
    ),
);
If the above scopes are declared in a 'Post' model, we can perform the following queries:
$posts=Post::model()->published()->findAll();
$posts=Post::model()->published()->recently()->findAll();
$posts=Post::model()->published()->with('comments')->findAll();
Note that the last query is a relational query.

setAttribute() method
public boolean setAttribute(string $name, mixed $value)
$name string the attribute name
$value mixed the attribute value.
{return} boolean whether the attribute exists and the assignment is conducted successfully

Sets the named attribute value. You may also use $this->AttributeName to set the attribute value.

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setDbCriteria() method (available since v1.1.3)
public void setDbCriteria(CDbCriteria $criteria)
$criteria CDbCriteria the query criteria

Sets the query criteria for the current model.

setIsNewRecord() method
public void setIsNewRecord(boolean $value)
$value boolean whether the record is new and should be inserted when calling save.

See Also

setOldPrimaryKey() method (available since v1.1.3)
public void setOldPrimaryKey(mixed $value)
$value mixed the old primary key value.

Sets the old primary key value.

setPrimaryKey() method (available since v1.1.0)
public void setPrimaryKey(mixed $value)
$value mixed the new primary key value. If the primary key is composite, the new value should be provided as an array (column name=>column value).

Sets the primary key value. After calling this method, the old primary key value can be obtained from oldPrimaryKey.

setTableAlias() method (available since v1.1.3)
public void setTableAlias(string $alias)
$alias string the table alias to be used in queries. The alias should NOT be quoted.

Sets the table alias to be used in queries.

tableName() method
public string tableName()
{return} string the table name

Returns the name of the associated database table. By default this method returns the class name as the table name. You may override this method if the table is not named after this convention.

update() method
public boolean update(array $attributes=NULL)
$attributes array list of attributes that need to be saved. Defaults to null, meaning all attributes that are loaded from DB will be saved.
{return} boolean whether the update is successful

Updates the row represented by this active record. All loaded attributes will be saved to the database. Note, validation is not performed in this method. You may call validate to perform the validation.

updateAll() method
public integer updateAll(array $attributes, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$attributes array list of attributes (name=>$value) to be updated
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} integer the number of rows being updated

Updates records with the specified condition. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params. Note, the attributes are not checked for safety and no validation is done.

updateByPk() method
public integer updateByPk(mixed $pk, array $attributes, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$pk mixed primary key value(s). Use array for multiple primary keys. For composite key, each key value must be an array (column name=>column value).
$attributes array list of attributes (name=>$value) to be updated
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} integer the number of rows being updated

Updates records with the specified primary key(s). See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params. Note, the attributes are not checked for safety and validation is NOT performed.

updateCounters() method
public integer updateCounters(array $counters, mixed $condition='', array $params=array ( ))
$counters array the counters to be updated (column name=>increment value)
$condition mixed query condition or criteria.
$params array parameters to be bound to an SQL statement.
{return} integer the number of rows being updated

Updates one or several counter columns. Note, this updates all rows of data unless a condition or criteria is specified. See find() for detailed explanation about $condition and $params.

with() method
public CActiveFinder with()
{return} CActiveFinder the active finder instance. If no parameter is passed in, the object itself will be returned.

Specifies which related objects should be eagerly loaded. This method takes variable number of parameters. Each parameter specifies the name of a relation or child-relation. For example,

// find all posts together with their author and comments
Post::model()->with('author','comments')->findAll();
// find all posts together with their author and the author's profile
Post::model()->with('author','author.profile')->findAll();
The relations should be declared in relations().

By default, the options specified in relations() will be used to do relational query. In order to customize the options on the fly, we should pass an array parameter to the with() method. The array keys are relation names, and the array values are the corresponding query options. For example,
Post::model()->with(array(
    'author'=>array('select'=>'id, name'),
    'comments'=>array('condition'=>'approved=1', 'order'=>'create_time'),
))->findAll();


This method returns a CActiveFinder instance that provides a set of find methods similar to that of CActiveRecord.

Note, the possible parameters to this method have been changed since version 1.0.2. Previously, it was not possible to specify on-th-fly query options, and child-relations were specified as hierarchical arrays.