I'm having the same issue, and I have yet to find a solution. The
Cake documentation is wrong and/or the implementation is incorrect.
On Oct 23, 1:58 am, "martin.westin...@gmail.com"
<martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I compiled a list of the variations I have encountered in different
> associations. I have not checked how behaviors are called.
>
> When primary is set this is the structure I get just as in the
> Cookbook:
> array(
> '0' => array(
> 'Model' => array(
> 'id' => 1
> )
> )
> )
>
> When primary is not set I get a subset of these for each association:
>
> hasOne
> array(
> 'id' => 1
> )
>
> habtm
> array(
> '0' => array(
> 'id' => 1
> )
> )
>
> hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo
> array(
> '0' => array(
> 'Model' => array(
> 'id' => 1
> )
> )
> )
>
> habtm, hasMany
> array(
> '0' => array(
> 'Model' => array(
> '0' => array(
> 'id' => 1
> )
> )
> )
> )
>
> This makes the number of ifs and fors quite many in order the catch
> them all. And since more than one is sometimes called for the same
> record in the same request, you also have to check is you have already
> manipulated your data. At least if you do something "destructive" to
> it like encryption/decryption or serialization.
>
> My orignal question still stands. What is the best way to write an
> afterFind in order to: 1. not miss converting data in some queries 2.
> not double-convert the data ?
>
> regards,
> /Martin
>
> On Oct 22, 5:16 pm, "martin.westin...@gmail.com"
>
> <martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I thought I'd ask this here. (see why below)
> > How do I write afterFind() to modify a field.
>
> > For example just something simple like this (just an example):
>
> > function afterFind($data) {
> > foreach ($data as $key => $val) {
> > if ( isset($val[$this->alias]['name']) ) {
> > $data[$key][$this->alias]['name2'] = $val[$this->alias]
> > ['name'];
> > }
> > }
> > debug($data);
> > return $data;
>
> > }
>
> > What I want to know is how to pick out the field from the passed data
> > array. There are so many different ways the data is formatted that I
> > end up with a quite messy series of for's and if's and I still don't
> > fell 100% sure I got them all. I feel there must be some sure-fire way
> > to write these.
>
> > The Cookbook is not complete compared to what I
> > get.http://book.cakephp.org/view/681/afterFind
>
> > The API does not mention much about this.
>
> > I did not find any test in the core that helped me.
>
> > I did not find anything on Google that dealt with anything but basic
> > "primary" data.
>
> > I noticed that sometimes afterFind() is called more than once with
> > different data-structure each time. I asked about that
> > here:http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/c83e5f40...
>
> > I'd love some clarification of this callback. Thans in advance.
> > /Martin
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