Class StringType

marshal()source public

marshal( mixed $value )

Marshalls request data into PHP strings.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value to convert.

Returns

string|null
Converted value.

Overrides

Cake\Database\Type::marshal()

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::marshal()

requiresToPhpCast()source public

requiresToPhpCast( )

Returns whether the cast to PHP is required to be invoked, since it is not a identity function.

Returns

boolean
False as database results are returned already as strings

Implementation of

Cake\Database\Type\OptionalConvertInterface::requiresToPhpCast()

toDatabase()source public

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

Convert string data into the database format.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value to convert.

Cake\Database\Driver $driver

The driver instance to convert with.

Returns

string|null

Overrides

Cake\Database\Type::toDatabase()

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::toDatabase()

toPHP()source public

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

Convert string values to PHP strings.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value to convert.

Cake\Database\Driver $driver

The driver instance to convert with.

Returns

string|null

Overrides

Cake\Database\Type::toPHP()

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::toPHP()

toStatement()source public

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

Get the correct PDO binding type for string data.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value being bound.

Cake\Database\Driver $driver

The driver.

Returns

integer

Overrides

Cake\Database\Type::toStatement()

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::toStatement()

__construct()source public

__construct( string|null $name null )

Constructor

Parameters

string|null $name optional null

The name identifying this type

_basicTypeCast()source protected

_basicTypeCast( mixed $value )

Checks whether this type is a basic one and can be converted using a callback If it is, returns converted value

Deprecated

3.1 All types should now be a specific class

Parameters

mixed $value

value to be converted to PHP equivalent

Returns

mixed

boolval()source public static

boolval( mixed $value )

Type converter for boolean values.

Will convert string true/false into booleans.

Deprecated

3.1.8 This method is now unused.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value to convert to a boolean.

Returns

boolean

build()source public static

build( string $name )

Returns a Type object capable of converting a type identified by $name

Parameters

string $name

type identifier

Returns

Cake\Database\Type

Throws

InvalidArgumentException
If type identifier is unknown

buildAll()source public static

buildAll( )

Returns an arrays with all the mapped type objects, indexed by name

Returns

array

clear()source public static

clear( )

Clears out all created instances and mapped types classes, useful for testing

getBaseType()source public

getBaseType( )

Returns the base type name that this class is inheriting.

Returns

string
The base type name that this class is inheriting.

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::getBaseType()

getName()source public

getName( )

Returns type identifier name for this object.

Returns

string
The type identifier name for this object.

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::getName()

map()source public static

map( string|array|Cake\Database\Type|null $type null , string|null $className null )

Registers a new type identifier and maps it to a fully namespaced classname, If called with no arguments it will return current types map array If $className is omitted it will return mapped class for $type

Parameters

string|array|Cake\Database\Type|null $type optional null

if string name of type to map, if array list of arrays to be mapped

string|null $className optional null

The classname to register.

Returns

array|string|null

if $type is null then array with current map, if $className is null string configured class name for give $type, null otherwise

newId()source public

newId( )

Generate a new primary key value for a given type.

Returns

mixed
A new primary key value.

Implementation of

Cake\Database\TypeInterface::newId()

set()source public static

set( string $name , Cake\Database\Type $instance )

Returns a Type object capable of converting a type identified by $name

Parameters

string $name

The type identifier you want to set.

Cake\Database\Type $instance

The type instance you want to set.

strval()source public static

strval( mixed $value )

Type converter for string values.

Will convert values into strings

Deprecated

3.1.8 This method is now unused.

Parameters

mixed $value

The value to convert to a string.

Returns

string