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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst index ac44566d3..071d9718e 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst @@ -173,6 +173,91 @@ the returned value's type:: $query->unbuffered_row('array'); // associative array ********************* +Custom Result Objects +********************* + +You can have the results returned as an instance of a custom class instead of a stdClass or array, +as the ``result()`` and ``result_array()`` methods allow. This requires that the class is already +loaded into memory. The object will have all values returned from the database set as properties. +If these have been declared and are non-public then you should provide a ``__set()`` +method to allow them to be set. + +Example:: + + class User { + + protected $id; + protected $email; + protected $username; + protected $last_login; + + public function last_login($format) + { + return $this->last_login->format($format); + } + + public function __set($name, $value) + { + if ($name === 'last_login') + { + $this->last_login = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', $value); + } + } + + public function __get($name) + { + if (isset($this->$name)) + { + return $this->$name; + } + } + } + +In addition to the two methods listed below, the following methods also can take a class name +to return the results as: ``first_row()``, ``last_row()``, ``next_row()``, and ``previous_row()``. + +**custom_result_object()** + +Returns the entire result set as an array of instances of the class requested. The only parameter +is the name of the class to instantiate. + +Example:: + + $query = $this->db->query("YOUR QUERY"); + + $rows = $query->custom_result_object('User'); + + foreach ($rows as $row) + { + echo $row->id; + echo $row->email; + echo $row->last_login('Y-m-d'); + } + +**custom_row_object()** + +Returns a single row from your query results. The first parameter is the row number of the results. +The second parameter is the class name to instantiate. + +Example:: + + $query = $this->db->query("YOUR QUERY"); + + $row = $query->custom_row_object(0, 'User'); + + if (is_object($row)) + { + echo $row->email; // access attributes + echo $row->last_login('Y-m-d'); // access class methods + } + +You can also use the ``row()`` method in exactly the same way. + +Example:: + + $row = $query->custom_row_object(0, 'User'); + +********************* Result Helper Methods ********************* |