getBaseType()source public

getBaseType( )

Returns the base type name that this class is inheriting.

This is useful when extending base type for adding extra functionality, but still want the rest of the framework to use the same assumptions it would do about the base type it inherits from.

Returns

string
The base type name that this class is inheriting.

getName()source public

getName( )

Returns type identifier name for this object.

Returns

string
The type identifier name for this object.

marshal()source public

marshal( mixed $value )

Marshalls flat data into PHP objects.

Most useful for converting request data into PHP objects, that make sense for the rest of the ORM/Database layers.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value to convert.

Returns

mixed
Converted value.

newId()source public

newId( )

Generate a new primary key value for a given type.

This method can be used by types to create new primary key values when entities are inserted.

Returns

mixed
A new primary key value.

See

Cake\Database\Type\UuidType

toDatabase()source public

toDatabase( mixed $value , Cake\Database\Driver $driver )

Casts given value from a PHP type to one acceptable by a database.

Parameters

mixed $value

Value to be converted to a database equivalent.

Cake\Database\Driver $driver

Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted.

Returns

mixed
Given PHP type casted to one acceptable by a database.

toPHP()source public

toPHP( mixed $value , Cake\Database\Driver $driver )

Casts given value from a database type to a PHP equivalent.

Parameters

mixed $value

Value to be converted to PHP equivalent

Cake\Database\Driver $driver

Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted

Returns

mixed
Given value casted from a database to a PHP equivalent.

toStatement()source public

toStatement( mixed $value , Cake\Database\Driver $driver )

Casts given value to its Statement equivalent.

Parameters

mixed $value

Value to be converted to PDO statement.

Cake\Database\Driver $driver

Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted.

Returns

mixed
Given value casted to its Statement equivalent.