Contains methods for parsing the associated tables array that is typically passed to a save operation
_normalizeAssociations(array $associations) : array
Returns an array out of the original passed associations list where dot notation is transformed into nested arrays so that they can be parsed by other routines
| array | $associations | The array of included associations. |
An array having dot notation transformed into nested arrays
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namespace Cake\ORM;
/**
* Contains methods for parsing the associated tables array that is typically
* passed to a save operation
*/
trait AssociationsNormalizerTrait
{
/**
* Returns an array out of the original passed associations list where dot notation
* is transformed into nested arrays so that they can be parsed by other routines
*
* @param array $associations The array of included associations.
* @return array An array having dot notation transformed into nested arrays
*/
protected function _normalizeAssociations($associations)
{
$result = [];
foreach ((array)$associations as $table => $options) {
$pointer =& $result;
if (is_int($table)) {
$table = $options;
$options = [];
}
if (!strpos($table, '.')) {
$result[$table] = $options;
continue;
}
$path = explode('.', $table);
$table = array_pop($path);
$first = array_shift($path);
$pointer += [$first => []];
$pointer =& $pointer[$first];
$pointer += ['associated' => []];
foreach ($path as $t) {
$pointer += ['associated' => []];
$pointer['associated'] += [$t => []];
$pointer['associated'][$t] += ['associated' => []];
$pointer =& $pointer['associated'][$t];
}
$pointer['associated'] += [$table => []];
$pointer['associated'][$table] = $options + $pointer['associated'][$table];
}
return isset($result['associated']) ? $result['associated'] : $result;
}
}