ConnectionManager Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class ConnectionManager extends Object

File name:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php
Description:

Manages loaded instances of DataSource objects

Class Inheritance

Object

Package
cake
Subpackage
cake.cake.libs.model

Properties:

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  • config DATABASE_CONFIG

    Holds a loaded instance of the Connections object

  • _connectionsEnum array

    Contains a list of all file and class names used in Connection settings

  • _dataSources array

    Holds instances DataSource objects

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

Access

public

__connectionData

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Returns the file, class name, and parent for the given driver.

Parameters:
  • $config required

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 252
Return

array An indexed array with: filename, classname, plugin and parent

Access

private

__construct

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Constructor.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 61

create

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Dynamically creates a DataSource object at runtime, with the given name and settings

Parameters:
  • string $name optional ''

    The DataSource name

  • array $config optional array ( )

    The DataSource configuration settings

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 214
Return

object A reference to the DataSource object, or null if creation failed

Access

public

Static

__destruct

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Destructor.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 287
Access

private

dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

Access

public

enumConnectionObjects

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Return a list of connections

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 199
Return

array An associative array of elements where the key is the connection name (as defined in Connections), and the value is an array with keys 'filename' and 'classname'.

Access

public

Static

_getConnectionObjects

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Gets a list of class and file names associated with the user-defined DataSource connections

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 234
Return

void

Access

protected

Static

getDataSource

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Gets a reference to a DataSource object

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    The name of the DataSource, as defined in app/config/database.php

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 93
Return

object Instance

Access

public

Static

getInstance

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Gets a reference to the ConnectionManger object instance

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 75
Return

object Instance

Access

public

Static

getSourceName

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Gets a DataSource name from an object reference.

Warning this method may cause fatal errors in PHP4.

Parameters:
  • object $source required

    DataSource object

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 144
Return

string Datasource name, or null if source is not present in the ConnectionManager.

Access

public

Static

loadDataSource

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Loads the DataSource class for the given connection name

Parameters:
  • mixed $connName required

    A string name of the connection, as defined in app/config/database.php, or an array containing the filename (without extension) and class name of the object, to be found in app/models/datasources/ or cake/libs/model/datasources/.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 164
Return

boolean True on success, null on failure or false if the class is already loaded

Access

public

Static

log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

Access

public

Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

__openPersistent

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Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name of persisted class

  • string $type optional NULL

    Type of persistance (e.g: registry)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 268
Return

void

Access

private

_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

Access

protected

Todo

add examples to manual

requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

Access

public

_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

Access

protected

_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

Access

protected

sourceList

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Gets the list of available DataSource connections

Method defined in:
cake/libs/model/connection_manager.php on line 128
Return

array List of available connections

Access

public

Static

_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

Access

public

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

Access

public