\Cake\ORM\BehaviorTranslateBehavior

This behavior provides a way to translate dynamic data by keeping translations in a separate table linked to the original record from another one. Translated fields can be configured to override those in the main table when fetched or put aside into another property for the same entity.

If you wish to override fields, you need to call the locale method in this behavior for setting the language you want to fetch from the translations table.

If you want to bring all or certain languages for each of the fetched records, you can use the custom translations finders that is exposed to the table.

Summary

Methods
Properties
Constants
tableLocator()
setTableLocator()
getTableLocator()
__construct()
initialize()
getTable()
verifyConfig()
implementedEvents()
implementedFinders()
implementedMethods()
setConfig()
getConfig()
config()
configShallow()
setupFieldAssociations()
beforeFind()
beforeSave()
afterSave()
buildMarshalMap()
setLocale()
getLocale()
locale()
translationField()
findTranslations()
groupTranslations()
No public properties found
No constants found
_resolveMethodAliases()
_reflectionCache()
_configRead()
_configWrite()
_configDelete()
_referenceName()
_rowMapper()
_bundleTranslatedFields()
_unsetEmptyFields()
_findExistingTranslations()
$_tableLocator
$_table
$_reflectionCache
$_defaultConfig
$_config
$_configInitialized
$_locale
$_translationTable
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Properties

$_reflectionCache

$_reflectionCache : array

Reflection method cache for behaviors.

Stores the reflected method + finder methods per class. This prevents reflecting the same class multiple times in a single process.

Type

array

$_defaultConfig

$_defaultConfig : array

Default config

These are merged with user-provided configuration when the behavior is used.

Type

array

$_config

$_config : array

Runtime config

Type

array

$_configInitialized

$_configInitialized : boolean

Whether the config property has already been configured with defaults

Type

boolean

$_locale

$_locale : string

The locale name that will be used to override fields in the bound table from the translations table

Type

string

$_translationTable

$_translationTable : \Cake\ORM\Table

Instance of Table responsible for translating

Type

\Cake\ORM\Table

Methods

tableLocator()

tableLocator(\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null  $tableLocator = null) : \Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Sets the table locator.

If no parameters are passed, it will return the currently used locator.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface|null $tableLocator

LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

setTableLocator()

setTableLocator(\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface  $tableLocator) : $this

Sets the table locator.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator

LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

$this

__construct()

__construct(\Cake\ORM\Table  $table, array  $config = array()) 

Constructor

Merges config with the default and store in the config property

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $table

The table this behavior is attached to.

array $config

The config for this behavior.

initialize()

initialize(array  $config) : void

Initialize hook

Implement this method to avoid having to overwrite the constructor and call parent.

Parameters

array $config

The config for this behavior.

getTable()

getTable() : \Cake\ORM\Table

Get the table instance this behavior is bound to.

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Table

The bound table instance.

verifyConfig()

verifyConfig() : void

verifyConfig

Checks that implemented keys contain values pointing at callable.

Throws

\Cake\Core\Exception\Exception

if config are invalid

implementedEvents()

implementedEvents() : array

Gets the Model callbacks this behavior is interested in.

By defining one of the callback methods a behavior is assumed to be interested in the related event.

Override this method if you need to add non-conventional event listeners. Or if you want your behavior to listen to non-standard events.

Returns

array

implementedFinders()

implementedFinders() : array

implementedFinders

Provides an alias->methodname map of which finders a behavior implements. Example:

 [
   'this' => 'findThis',
   'alias' => 'findMethodName'
 ]

With the above example, a call to $Table->find('this') will call $Behavior->findThis() and a call to $Table->find('alias') will call $Behavior->findMethodName()

It is recommended, though not required, to define implementedFinders in the config property of child classes such that it is not necessary to use reflections to derive the available method list. See core behaviors for examples

Throws

\ReflectionException

Returns

array

implementedMethods()

implementedMethods() : array

implementedMethods

Provides an alias->methodname map of which methods a behavior implements. Example:

 [
   'method' => 'method',
   'aliasedmethod' => 'somethingElse'
 ]

With the above example, a call to $Table->method() will call $Behavior->method() and a call to $Table->aliasedmethod() will call $Behavior->somethingElse()

It is recommended, though not required, to define implementedFinders in the config property of child classes such that it is not necessary to use reflections to derive the available method list. See core behaviors for examples

Throws

\ReflectionException

Returns

array

setConfig()

setConfig(string|array  $key, mixed|null  $value = null, boolean  $merge = true) : $this

Sets the config.

Usage

Setting a specific value:

$this->setConfig('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->setConfig('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->setConfig(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value

The value to set.

boolean $merge

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Throws

\Cake\Core\Exception\Exception

When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Returns

$this

getConfig()

getConfig(string|null  $key = null, mixed  $default = null) : mixed

Returns the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->getConfig();

Reading a specific value:

$this->getConfig('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->getConfig('some.nested.key');

Reading with default value:

$this->getConfig('some-key', 'default-value');

Parameters

string|null $key

The key to get or null for the whole config.

mixed $default

The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed —

Config value being read.

config()

config(string|array|null  $key = null, mixed|null  $value = null, boolean  $merge = true) : mixed

Gets/Sets the config.

Usage

Reading the whole config:

$this->config();

Reading a specific value:

$this->config('key');

Reading a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key');

Setting a specific value:

$this->config('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->config('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->config(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array|null $key

The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value

The value to set.

boolean $merge

Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Throws

\Cake\Core\Exception\Exception

When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Returns

mixed —

Config value being read, or the object itself on write operations.

configShallow()

configShallow(string|array  $key, mixed|null  $value = null) : $this

Merge provided config with existing config. Unlike `config()` which does a recursive merge for nested keys, this method does a simple merge.

Setting a specific value:

$this->configShallow('key', $value);

Setting a nested value:

$this->configShallow('some.nested.key', $value);

Updating multiple config settings at the same time:

$this->configShallow(['one' => 'value', 'another' => 'value']);

Parameters

string|array $key

The key to set, or a complete array of configs.

mixed|null $value

The value to set.

Returns

$this

setupFieldAssociations()

setupFieldAssociations(array  $fields, string  $table, string  $model, string  $strategy) : void

Creates the associations between the bound table and every field passed to this method.

Additionally it creates a i18n HasMany association that will be used for fetching all translations for each record in the bound table

Parameters

array $fields

list of fields to create associations for

string $table

the table name to use for storing each field translation

string $model

the model field value

string $strategy

the strategy used in the _i18n association

beforeFind()

beforeFind(\Cake\Event\Event  $event, \Cake\ORM\Query  $query, \ArrayObject  $options) : void

Callback method that listens to the `beforeFind` event in the bound table. It modifies the passed query by eager loading the translated fields and adding a formatter to copy the values into the main table records.

Parameters

\Cake\Event\Event $event

The beforeFind event that was fired.

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

Query

\ArrayObject $options

The options for the query

beforeSave()

beforeSave(\Cake\Event\Event  $event, \Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $entity, \ArrayObject  $options) : void

Modifies the entity before it is saved so that translated fields are persisted in the database too.

Parameters

\Cake\Event\Event $event

The beforeSave event that was fired

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity

The entity that is going to be saved

\ArrayObject $options

the options passed to the save method

afterSave()

afterSave(\Cake\Event\Event  $event, \Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $entity) : void

Unsets the temporary `_i18n` property after the entity has been saved

Parameters

\Cake\Event\Event $event

The beforeSave event that was fired

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity

The entity that is going to be saved

buildMarshalMap()

buildMarshalMap(\Cake\ORM\Marshaller  $marshaller, array  $map, array  $options) : array

Add in `_translations` marshalling handlers. You can disable marshalling of translations by setting `'translations' => false` in the options provided to `Table::newEntity()` or `Table::patchEntity()`.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Marshaller $marshaller

The marhshaller of the table the behavior is attached to.

array $map

The property map being built.

array $options

The options array used in the marshalling call.

Returns

array —

A map of [property => callable] of additional properties to marshal.

setLocale()

setLocale(string|null  $locale) : $this

Sets the locale that should be used for all future find and save operations on the table where this behavior is attached to.

When fetching records, the behavior will include the content for the locale set via this method, and likewise when saving data, it will save the data in that locale.

Note that in case an entity has a _locale property set, that locale will win over the locale set via this method (and over the globally configured one for that matter)!

Parameters

string|null $locale

The locale to use for fetching and saving records. Pass null in order to unset the current locale, and to make the behavior fall back to using the globally configured locale.

Returns

$this

getLocale()

getLocale() : string

Returns the current locale.

If no locale has been explicitly set via setLocale(), this method will return the currently configured global locale.

Returns

string

locale()

locale(string|null  $locale = null) : string

Sets all future finds for the bound table to also fetch translated fields for the passed locale. If no value is passed, it returns the currently configured locale

Parameters

string|null $locale

The locale to use for fetching translated records

Returns

string

translationField()

translationField(string  $field) : string

Returns a fully aliased field name for translated fields.

If the requested field is configured as a translation field, the content field with an alias of a corresponding association is returned. Table-aliased field name is returned for all other fields.

Parameters

string $field

Field name to be aliased.

Returns

string

findTranslations()

findTranslations(\Cake\ORM\Query  $query, array  $options) : \Cake\ORM\Query

Custom finder method used to retrieve all translations for the found records.

Fetched translations can be filtered by locale by passing the locales key in the options array.

Translated values will be found for each entity under the property _translations, containing an array indexed by locale name.

Example:

$article = $articles->find('translations', ['locales' => ['eng', 'deu'])->first();
$englishTranslatedFields = $article->get('_translations')['eng'];

If the locales array is not passed, it will bring all translations found for each record.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Query $query

The original query to modify

array $options

Options

Returns

\Cake\ORM\Query

groupTranslations()

groupTranslations(\Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface  $results) : \Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

Modifies the results from a table find in order to merge full translation records into each entity under the `_translations` key

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface $results

Results to modify.

Returns

\Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

_resolveMethodAliases()

_resolveMethodAliases(string  $key, array  $defaults, array  $config) : array

Removes aliased methods that would otherwise be duplicated by userland configuration.

Parameters

string $key

The key to filter.

array $defaults

The default method mappings.

array $config

The customized method mappings.

Returns

array —

A de-duped list of config data.

_reflectionCache()

_reflectionCache() : array

Gets the methods implemented by this behavior

Uses the implementedEvents() method to exclude callback methods. Methods starting with _ will be ignored, as will methods declared on Cake\ORM\Behavior

Throws

\ReflectionException

Returns

array

_configRead()

_configRead(string|null  $key) : mixed

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key

Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite()

_configWrite(string|array  $key, mixed  $value, boolean|string  $merge = false) : void

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key

Key to write to.

mixed $value

Value to write.

boolean|string $merge

True to merge recursively, 'shallow' for simple merge, false to overwrite, defaults to false.

Throws

\Cake\Core\Exception\Exception

if attempting to clobber existing config

_configDelete()

_configDelete(string  $key) : void

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key

Key to delete.

Throws

\Cake\Core\Exception\Exception

if attempting to clobber existing config

_referenceName()

_referenceName(\Cake\ORM\Table  $table) : string

Determine the reference name to use for a given table

The reference name is usually derived from the class name of the table object (PostsTable -> Posts), however for autotable instances it is derived from the database table the object points at - or as a last resort, the alias of the autotable instance.

Parameters

\Cake\ORM\Table $table

The table class to get a reference name for.

Returns

string

_rowMapper()

_rowMapper(\Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface  $results, string  $locale) : \Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

Modifies the results from a table find in order to merge the translated fields into each entity for a given locale.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface $results

Results to map.

string $locale

Locale string

Returns

\Cake\Collection\CollectionInterface

_bundleTranslatedFields()

_bundleTranslatedFields(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $entity) : void

Helper method used to generated multiple translated field entities out of the data found in the `_translations` property in the passed entity. The result will be put into its `_i18n` property

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity

Entity

_unsetEmptyFields()

_unsetEmptyFields(\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface  $entity) : void

Unset empty translations to avoid persistence.

Should only be called if $this->_config['allowEmptyTranslations'] is false.

Parameters

\Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity

The entity to check for empty translations fields inside.

_findExistingTranslations()

_findExistingTranslations(array  $ruleSet) : array

Returns the ids found for each of the condition arrays passed for the translations table. Each records is indexed by the corresponding position to the conditions array

Parameters

array $ruleSet

an array of arary of conditions to be used for finding each

Returns

array