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 AbstractData implementation being used. With this objects, the data is passed arround and validated.

property definition

protected EntityDefinition

The definition how this entity looks like.

property entity

protected array

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