Represents an N - 1 relationship where the target side of the relationship will have one or multiple records per each one in the source side.
An example of a HasMany association would be Author has many Articles.
string
'append' string
'replace' MANY_TO_MANY, MANY_TO_ONE, ONE_TO_MANY, ONE_TO_ONE, STRATEGY_JOIN, STRATEGY_SELECT, STRATEGY_SUBQUERY $_joinType protected string$_saveStrategy protected string$_sort protected mixed$_strategy protected string$_validStrategies protected array_bindingKey, _cascadeCallbacks, _className, _conditions, _dependent, _finder, _foreignKey, _name, _propertyName, _sourceTable, _targetTable _tableLocator Persists each of the entities into the target table and creates links between the parent entity and each one of the saved target entities.
Deletes/sets null the related objects matching $conditions. The action which is taken depends on the dependency between source and targets and also on foreign key nullability
Deletes/sets null the related objects according to the dependency between source and targets and foreign key nullability Skips deleting records present in $remainingEntities
Returns a modified row after appending a property for this association with the default empty value according to whether the association was joined or fetched externally.
Eager loads a list of records in the target table that are related to another set of records in the source table. Source records can specified in two ways: first one is by passing a Query object setup to find on the source table and the other way is by explicitly passing an array of primary key values from the source table.
Returns whether or not the passed table is the owning side for this association. This means that rows in the 'target' table would miss important or required information if the row in 'source' did not exist.
Associates the source entity to each of the target entities provided. When using this method, all entities in $targetEntities will be appended to the source entity's property corresponding to this association object.
Replaces existing association links between the source entity and the target with the ones passed. This method does a smart cleanup, links that are already persisted and present in $targetEntities will not be deleted, new links will be created for the passed target entities that are not already in the database and the rest will be removed.
Takes an entity from the source table and looks if there is a field matching the property name for this association. The found entity will be saved on the target table for this association by passing supplied $options
Sets the strategy that should be used for saving. If called with no arguments, it will return the currently configured strategy
Sets the sort order in which target records should be returned. If no arguments are passed the currently configured value is returned
Removes all links between the passed source entity and each of the provided target entities. This method assumes that all passed objects are already persisted in the database and that each of them contain a primary key value.
_foreignKeyAcceptsNull( Cake\ORM\Table $table , array $properties )
Checks the nullable flag of the foreign key
Cake\ORM\Table $table $properties _options( array $opts )
Parse extra options passed in the constructor.
$opts Cake\ORM\Association::_options() _saveTarget( array $foreignKeyReference , Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $parentEntity , array|Traversable $entities , array $options )
Persists each of the entities into the target table and creates links between the parent entity and each one of the saved target entities.
$foreignKeyReference The foreign key reference defining the link between the target entity, and the parent entity.
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $parentEntity The source entity containing the target entities to be saved.
$entities list of entities to persist in target table and to link to the parent entity
$options Table::save().true on success, false otherwise._unlink( array $foreignKey , Cake\ORM\Table $target , array $conditions [] , array $options [] )
Deletes/sets null the related objects matching $conditions. The action which is taken depends on the dependency between source and targets and also on foreign key nullability
$foreignKey Cake\ORM\Table $target $conditions optional [] $options optional [] Table::delete()
_unlinkAssociated( array $foreignKeyReference , Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity , Cake\ORM\Table $target , array $remainingEntities [] , array $options [] )
Deletes/sets null the related objects according to the dependency between source and targets and foreign key nullability Skips deleting records present in $remainingEntities
$foreignKeyReference The foreign key reference defining the link between the target entity, and the parent entity.
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity Cake\ORM\Table $target $remainingEntities optional [] $options optional [] Table::delete()
canBeJoined( array $options [] )
Whether this association can be expressed directly in a query join
$options optional [] if the 'matching' key in $option is true then this function will return true, false otherwise
Cake\ORM\Association::canBeJoined() cascadeDelete( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity , array $options [] )
Handles cascading a delete from an associated model.
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity $options optional [] defaultRowValue( array $row , boolean $joined )
Returns a modified row after appending a property for this association with the default empty value according to whether the association was joined or fetched externally.
$row $joined Whether or not the row is a result of a direct join with this association
Cake\ORM\Association::defaultRowValue() eagerLoader( array $options )
Eager loads a list of records in the target table that are related to another set of records in the source table. Source records can specified in two ways: first one is by passing a Query object setup to find on the source table and the other way is by explicitly passing an array of primary key values from the source table.
$options getForeignKey( )
Gets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the source table.
Cake\ORM\Association::getForeignKey() getSaveStrategy( )
Gets the strategy that should be used for saving.
getSort( )
Gets the sort order in which target records should be returned.
isOwningSide( Cake\ORM\Table $side )
Returns whether or not the passed table is the owning side for this association. This means that rows in the 'target' table would miss important or required information if the row in 'source' did not exist.
Cake\ORM\Table $side link( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity , array $targetEntities , array $options [] )
Associates the source entity to each of the target entities provided. When using this method, all entities in $targetEntities will be appended to the source entity's property corresponding to this association object.
This method does not check link uniqueness. Changes are persisted in the database and also in the source entity.
$user = $users->get(1);
$allArticles = $articles->find('all')->toArray();
$users->Articles->link($user, $allArticles); $user->get('articles') will contain all articles in $allArticles after linking
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity the row belonging to the source side of this association
$targetEntities list of entities belonging to the target side of this association
$options optional [] save callreplace( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity , array $targetEntities , array $options [] )
Replaces existing association links between the source entity and the target with the ones passed. This method does a smart cleanup, links that are already persisted and present in $targetEntities will not be deleted, new links will be created for the passed target entities that are not already in the database and the rest will be removed.
For example, if an author has many articles, such as 'article1','article 2' and 'article 3' and you pass to this method an array containing the entities for articles 'article 1' and 'article 4', only the link for 'article 1' will be kept in database, the links for 'article 2' and 'article 3' will be deleted and the link for 'article 4' will be created.
Existing links are not deleted and created again, they are either left untouched or updated.
This method does not check link uniqueness.
On success, the passed $sourceEntity will contain $targetEntities as value in the corresponding property for this association.
Additional options for new links to be saved can be passed in the third argument, check Table::save() for information on the accepted options.
$author->articles = [$article1, $article2, $article3, $article4];
$authors->save($author);
$articles = [$article1, $article3];
$authors->association('articles')->replace($author, $articles); $author->get('articles') will contain only [$article1, $article3] at the end
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity an entity persisted in the source table for this association
$targetEntities $options optional [] list of options to be passed to the internal save/delete calls when persisting/updating new links, or deleting existing ones
if non persisted entities are passed or if any of them is lacking a primary key value
saveAssociated( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity , array $options [] )
Takes an entity from the source table and looks if there is a field matching the property name for this association. The found entity will be saved on the target table for this association by passing supplied $options
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity $options optional [] options to be passed to the save method in the target table
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterfacefalse if $entity could not be saved, otherwise it returns the saved entity
saveStrategy( string|null $strategy null )
Sets the strategy that should be used for saving. If called with no arguments, it will return the currently configured strategy
$strategy optional null setSaveStrategy( string $strategy )
Sets the strategy that should be used for saving.
$strategy setSort( mixed $sort )
Sets the sort order in which target records should be returned.
$sort sort( mixed $sort null )
Sets the sort order in which target records should be returned. If no arguments are passed the currently configured value is returned
$sort optional null unlink( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity , array $targetEntities , array $options [] )
Removes all links between the passed source entity and each of the provided target entities. This method assumes that all passed objects are already persisted in the database and that each of them contain a primary key value.
Additionally to the default options accepted by Table::delete(), the following keys are supported:
$targetEntities that are stored in $sourceEntity (default: true)By default this method will unset each of the entity objects stored inside the source entity.
Changes are persisted in the database and also in the source entity.
$user = $users->get(1); $user->articles = [$article1, $article2, $article3, $article4]; $users->save($user, ['Associated' => ['Articles']]); $allArticles = [$article1, $article2, $article3]; $users->Articles->unlink($user, $allArticles);
$article->get('articles') will contain only [$article4] after deleting in the database
Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $sourceEntity an entity persisted in the source table for this association
$targetEntities list of entities persisted in the target table for this association
$options optional [] delete callif non persisted entities are passed or if any of them is lacking a primary key value
__call( string $method , array $argument )
Proxies method calls to the target table.
$method $argument __construct( string $alias , array $options [] )
Constructor. Subclasses can override _options function to get the original list of passed options if expecting any other special key
$alias $options optional [] __get( string $property )
Proxies property retrieval to the target table. This is handy for getting this association's associations
$property Cake\ORM\Association__isset( string $property )
Proxies the isset call to the target table. This is handy to check if the target table has another association with the passed name
$property _appendFields( Cake\ORM\Query $query , Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate , array $options )
Helper function used to conditionally append fields to the select clause of a query from the fields found in another query object.
Cake\ORM\Query $query Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate $options attachTo
_appendNotMatching( Cake\Datasource\QueryInterface $query , array $options )
Conditionally adds a condition to the passed Query that will make it find records where there is no match with this association.
Cake\Datasource\QueryInterface $query $options negateMatch key._bindNewAssociations( Cake\ORM\Query $query , Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate , array $options )
Applies all attachable associations to $query out of the containments found in the $surrogate query.
Copies all contained associations from the $surrogate query into the passed $query. Containments are altered so that they respect the associations chain from which they originated.
Cake\ORM\Query $query Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate $options attachTo
_dispatchBeforeFind( Cake\ORM\Query $query )
Triggers beforeFind on the target table for the query this association is attaching to
Cake\ORM\Query $query _extractFinder( string|array $finderData )
Helper method to infer the requested finder and its options.
Returns the inferred options from the finder $type.
The following will call the finder 'translations' with the value of the finder as its options: $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations']]]); $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations' => []]]]); $query->contain(['Comments' => ['finder' => ['translations' => ['locales' => ['en_US']]]]]);
$finderData The finder name or an array having the name as key and options as value.
_formatAssociationResults( Cake\ORM\Query $query , Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate , array $options )
Adds a formatter function to the passed $query if the $surrogate query declares any other formatter. Since the $surrogate query correspond to the associated target table, the resulting formatter will be the result of applying the surrogate formatters to only the property corresponding to such table.
Cake\ORM\Query $query Cake\ORM\Query $surrogate the query having formatters for the associated target table.
$options attachTo
_getClassName( string $alias , array $options [] )
Gets the table class name.
$alias $options optional [] _joinCondition( array $options )
Returns a single or multiple conditions to be appended to the generated join clause for getting the results on the target table.
$options if the number of columns in the foreignKey do not match the number of columns in the source table primaryKey
_propertyName( )
Returns default property name based on association name.
attachTo( Cake\ORM\Query $query , array $options [] )
Alters a Query object to include the associated target table data in the final result
The options array accept the following keys:
Cake\ORM\Query $query $options optional [] if the query builder passed does not return a query object
bindingKey( string|null $key null )
Sets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table. When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.
If no parameters are passed the current field is returned
$key optional null cascadeCallbacks( boolean|null $cascadeCallbacks null )
Sets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks. If no arguments are passed, the current configured value is returned
$cascadeCallbacks optional null conditions( array|null $conditions null )
Sets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association. If no parameters are passed the current list is returned
$conditions optional null deleteAll( mixed $conditions )
Proxies the delete operation to the target table's deleteAll method
$conditions Conditions to be used, accepts anything Query::where() can take.
dependent( boolean|null $dependent null )
Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.
This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.
If no parameters are passed the current setting is returned.
$dependent optional null exists( array|callable|Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface $conditions )
Proxies the operation to the target table's exists method after appending the default conditions for this association
Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface $conditions The conditions to use for checking if any record matches.
find( string|array|null $type null , array $options [] )
Proxies the finding operation to the target table's find method and modifies the query accordingly based of this association configuration
$type optional null the type of query to perform, if an array is passed, it will be interpreted as the $options parameter
$options optional [] Cake\ORM\Queryfinder( string|null $finder null )
Sets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently configured finder name.
$finder optional null foreignKey( string|null $key null )
Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table. If no parameters are passed the current field is returned
$key optional null getBindingKey( )
Gets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table. When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.
getCascadeCallbacks( )
Gets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.
getConditions( )
Gets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association.
getDependent( )
Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.
This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.
getFinder( )
Gets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table.
getJoinType( )
Gets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query.
getName( )
Gets the name for this association, usually the alias assigned to the target associated table
getProperty( )
Gets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.
getSource( )
Gets the table instance for the source side of the association.
Cake\ORM\TablegetStrategy( )
Gets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void.
getTarget( )
Gets the table instance for the target side of the association.
Cake\ORM\TablejoinType( string|null $type null )
Sets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured type is returned.
$type optional null name( string|null $name null )
Sets the name for this association.
$name optional null property( string|null $name null )
Sets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured type is returned.
$name optional null requiresKeys( array $options [] )
Returns true if the eager loading process will require a set of the owning table's binding keys in order to use them as a filter in the finder query.
$options optional [] setBindingKey( string|array $key )
Sets the name of the field representing the binding field with the target table. When not manually specified the primary key of the owning side table is used.
$key setCascadeCallbacks( boolean $cascadeCallbacks )
Sets whether or not cascaded deletes should also fire callbacks.
$cascadeCallbacks setConditions( array $conditions )
Sets a list of conditions to be always included when fetching records from the target association.
$conditions setDependent( boolean $dependent )
Sets whether the records on the target table are dependent on the source table.
This is primarily used to indicate that records should be removed if the owning record in the source table is deleted.
If no parameters are passed the current setting is returned.
$dependent setFinder( string $finder )
Sets the default finder to use for fetching rows from the target table.
$finder setForeignKey( string|array $key )
Sets the name of the field representing the foreign key to the target table.
$key setJoinType( string $type )
Sets the type of join to be used when adding the association to a query.
$type setName( string $name )
Sets the name for this association, usually the alias assigned to the target associated table
$name setProperty( string $name )
Sets the property name that should be filled with data from the target table in the source table record.
$name setSource( Cake\ORM\Table $table )
Sets the table instance for the source side of the association.
Cake\ORM\Table $table setStrategy( string $name )
Sets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void.
$name setTarget( Cake\ORM\Table $table )
Sets the table instance for the target side of the association.
Cake\ORM\Table $table source( Cake\ORM\Table $table null )
Sets the table instance for the source side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned
Cake\ORM\Table $table optional null Cake\ORM\Tablestrategy( string|null $name null )
Sets the strategy name to be used to fetch associated records. Keep in mind that some association types might not implement but a default strategy, rendering any changes to this setting void. If no arguments are passed, the currently configured strategy is returned.
$name optional null target( Cake\ORM\Table $table null )
Sets the table instance for the target side of the association. If no arguments are passed, the current configured table instance is returned
Cake\ORM\Table $table optional null Cake\ORM\TabletransformRow( array $row , string $nestKey , boolean $joined , string|null $targetProperty null )
Correctly nests a result row associated values into the correct array keys inside the source results.
$row $nestKey The array key under which the results for this association should be found
$joined Whether or not the row is a result of a direct join with this association
$targetProperty optional null The property name in the source results where the association data shuld be nested in. Will use the default one if not provided.
updateAll( array $fields , mixed $conditions )
Proxies the update operation to the target table's updateAll method
$fields $conditions Conditions to be used, accepts anything Query::where() can take.
_camelize( string $name )
Creates a camelized version of $name
$name _entityName( string $name )
Creates the proper entity name (singular) for the specified name
$name _fixtureName( string $name )
Creates a fixture name
$name _modelKey( string $name )
Creates the proper underscored model key for associations
If the input contains a dot, assume that the right side is the real table name.
$name _modelNameFromKey( string $key )
Creates the proper model name from a foreign key
$key _pluginNamespace( string $pluginName )
Return plugin's namespace
$pluginName _pluginPath( string $pluginName )
Find the correct path for a plugin. Scans $pluginPaths for the plugin you want.
$pluginName _pluralHumanName( string $name )
Creates the plural human name used in views
$name _singularHumanName( string $name )
Creates the singular human name used in views
$name _singularName( string $name )
Creates the singular name for use in views.
$name _variableName( string $name )
Creates the plural variable name for views
$name getTableLocator( )
Gets the table locator.
Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterfacesetTableLocator( Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator )
Sets the table locator.
Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator tableLocator( Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator null )
Sets the table locator. If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.
Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator optional null Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterfaceprotected string
The type of join to be used when adding the association to a query
'INNER'
protected string
Saving strategy to be used by this association
self::SAVE_APPEND
protected string
The strategy name to be used to fetch associated records.
self::STRATEGY_SELECT
protected array
Valid strategies for this type of association
[
self::STRATEGY_SELECT,
self::STRATEGY_SUBQUERY
]
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