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Why is the documentation claiming that findAll() returns an array. Am I missing anything or misunderstanding anyting?Cheers,
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incorrect documentation?
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 09:03 AM
Looking at the class reference for 1.1 at the findAll() method. The documentation claims that the method returns an array. I then return the results of findAll() to a custom function and load the function as part of the data of activeDropDownList(). Now I get an error and I know why I get the error. Because findAll() returned an Object. Why is the documentation claiming that findAll() returns an array. Am I missing anything or misunderstanding anyting?
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Why is the documentation claiming that findAll() returns an array. Am I missing anything or misunderstanding anyting?Cheers,
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 10:31 AM
bettor, on 09 March 2010 - 09:03 AM, said:
Am I missing anything or misunderstanding anyting?
I think so, because findAll() certainly returns an array (both the CActiveRecord and CActiveFinder versions). What is your custom function doing?
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 11:48 AM
it returns an array of objects on success
php:
foreach(array('cat', 'dog', 'cow') as $animal) echo $animal."\n";
python:
[(animal, print(animal)) for animal in ['cat', 'dog', 'cow']]
ruby:
['cat', 'dog', 'cow'].each {|animal| puts animal}
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 11:49 AM
jsoo, on 09 March 2010 - 10:31 AM, said:
I think so, because findAll() certainly returns an array (both the CActiveRecord and CActiveFinder versions). What is your custom function doing?
my custom function just returns the result of findAll()
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:03 PM
Are you running it through CHtml::listData() before passing it to your activeDropDownList?
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:19 PM
jsoo, on 09 March 2010 - 12:03 PM, said:
Are you running it through CHtml::listData() before passing it to your activeDropDownList?
Hi, yes I am and it's working...but it is not working without running it through listData()
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 12:35 PM
bettor, on 09 March 2010 - 12:19 PM, said:
Hi, yes I am and it's working...but it is not working without running it through listData()
Right, just to clarify: findAll() returns an array of objects. CHtml::listData() returns an associative value=>text array (or an array of such arrays if $groupField is set). dropDownList doesn't know what to do with an array of objects. So, the documentation is correct
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 03:38 PM
jsoo, on 09 March 2010 - 12:35 PM, said:
Right, just to clarify: findAll() returns an array of objects. CHtml::listData() returns an associative value=>text array (or an array of such arrays if $groupField is set). dropDownList doesn't know what to do with an array of objects. So, the documentation is correct
brilliant. thanks for clarifying this.
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