CRUDlex\Entity

class Entity

Represents a single set of data in field value pairs like the row in a database. Depends of course on the {@see AbstractData} implementation being used. With this objects, the data is passed arround and validated.

property definition

protected

The {@see EntityDefinition} defining how this entity looks like.

property entity

protected

Holds the key value data of the entity.

toType($value, $type)

Converts a given value to the given type.

Parameters:
  • $value (mixed) – the value to convert
  • $type (string) – the type to convert to like ‘integer’ or ‘float’
Returns:

mixed the converted value
__construct(EntityDefinition $definition)

Constructor.

Parameters:
set($field, $value)

Sets a field value pair of this entity.

Parameters:
  • $field (string) – the field
  • $value (mixed) – the value
getRaw($field)

Gets the raw value of a field no matter what type it is. This is usefull for input validation for example.

Parameters:
  • $field (string) – the field
Returns:

mixed null on invalid field or else the raw value
get($field)

Gets the value of a field in its specific type.

Parameters:
  • $field (string) – the field
Returns:

mixed null on invalid field, an integer if the definition says that the type of the field is an integer, a boolean if the field is a boolean or else the raw value
getDefinition()

Gets the entity definition.

Returns:EntityDefinition the definition
populateViaRequest(Request $request)

Populates the entities fields from the requests parameters.

Parameters:
  • $request (Request) – the request to take the field data from