Class TranslateBehavior

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.

Cake\ORM\Behavior implements Cake\Event\EventListenerInterface uses Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait
Extended by Cake\ORM\Behavior\TranslateBehavior implements Cake\ORM\PropertyMarshalInterface uses Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorAwareTrait

Properties summary

Inherited Properties

Method Summary

  • __construct() public
    Constructor
  • 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

  • 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

  • _referenceName() protected
    Determine the reference name to use for a given table
  • _rowMapper() protected

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

  • Unset empty translations to avoid persistence.
  • afterSave() public
    Unsets the temporary _i18n property after the entity has been saved
  • beforeFind() public

    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.

  • beforeSave() public

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

  • Add in _translations marshalling handlers if translation marshalling is enabled. You need to specifically enable translation marshalling by adding 'translations' => true to the options provided to Table::newEntity() or Table::patchEntity().

  • 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.

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

  • initialize() public
    Initialize hook
  • locale() public

    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

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

  • Returns a fully aliased field name for translated fields.

Method Detail

__construct()source public

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

Constructor

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Table $table
The table this behavior is attached to.
array $config optional []
The config for this behavior.

Overrides

Cake\ORM\Behavior::__construct()

_bundleTranslatedFields()source protected

_bundleTranslatedFields( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity )

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

_findExistingTranslations()source protected

_findExistingTranslations( array $ruleSet )

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

_referenceName()source protected

_referenceName( Cake\ORM\Table $table )

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()source protected

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

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

_unsetEmptyFields()source protected

_unsetEmptyFields( Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface $entity )

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.

afterSave()source public

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

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

beforeFind()source public

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

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()source public

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

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

buildMarshalMap()source public

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

Add in _translations marshalling handlers if translation marshalling is enabled. You need to specifically enable translation marshalling by adding 'translations' => true to 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.

Implementation of

Cake\ORM\PropertyMarshalInterface::buildMarshalMap()

findTranslations()source public

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

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()source public

groupTranslations( Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface $results )

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

initialize()source public

initialize( array $config )

Initialize hook

Parameters

array $config
The config for this behavior.

Overrides

Cake\ORM\Behavior::initialize()

locale()source public

locale( string|null $locale null )

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 optional null
The locale to use for fetching translated records

Returns

string

setupFieldAssociations()source public

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

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

translationField()source public

translationField( string $field )

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

Methods inherited from Cake\ORM\Behavior

_reflectionCache()source protected

_reflectionCache( )

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

Returns

array

_resolveMethodAliases()source protected

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

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.

getTable()source public

getTable( )

Get the table instance this behavior is bound to.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Table
The bound table instance.

implementedEvents()source public

implementedEvents( )

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

Implementation of

Cake\Event\EventListenerInterface::implementedEvents()

implementedFinders()source public

implementedFinders( )

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

Returns

array

implementedMethods()source public

implementedMethods( )

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

Returns

array

verifyConfig()source public

verifyConfig( )

verifyConfig

Checks that implemented keys contain values pointing at callable.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if config are invalid

Methods used from Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorAwareTrait

getTableLocator()source public

getTableLocator( )

Gets the table locator.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

setTableLocator()source public

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

Sets the table locator.

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator
LocatorInterface instance.

Returns


$this

tableLocator()source public

tableLocator( Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator null )

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

Deprecated

3.5.0 Use getTableLocator()/setTableLocator() instead.

Parameters

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface $tableLocator optional null
LocatorInterface instance.

Returns

Cake\ORM\Locator\LocatorInterface

Methods used from Cake\Core\InstanceConfigTrait

_configDelete()source protected

_configDelete( string $key )

Deletes a single config key.

Parameters

string $key
Key to delete.

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
if attempting to clobber existing config

_configRead()source protected

_configRead( string|null $key )

Reads a config key.

Parameters

string|null $key
Key to read.

Returns

mixed

_configWrite()source protected

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

Writes a config key.

Parameters

string|array $key
Key to write to.
mixed $value
Value to write.
boolean|string $merge optional false

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

config()source public

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

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']);

Deprecated

3.4.0 use setConfig()/getConfig() instead.

Parameters

string|array|null $key optional null
The key to get/set, or a complete array of configs.
mixed|null $value optional null
The value to set.
boolean $merge optional true
Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns

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

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

configShallow()source public

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

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 optional null
The value to set.

Returns


$this

getConfig()source public

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

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 optional null
The key to get or null for the whole config.
mixed $default optional null
The return value when the key does not exist.

Returns

mixed
Config value being read.

setConfig()source public

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

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 optional null
The value to set.
boolean $merge optional true
Whether to recursively merge or overwrite existing config, defaults to true.

Returns


$this

Throws

Cake\Core\Exception\Exception
When trying to set a key that is invalid.

Properties detail

$_defaultConfigsource

protected array

Default config

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

[
    'implementedFinders' => ['translations' => 'findTranslations'],
    'implementedMethods' => [
        'locale' => 'locale',
        'translationField' => 'translationField'
    ],
    'fields' => [],
    'translationTable' => 'I18n',
    'defaultLocale' => '',
    'referenceName' => '',
    'allowEmptyTranslations' => true,
    'onlyTranslated' => false,
    'strategy' => 'subquery',
    'tableLocator' => null,
    'validator' => false
]

$_localesource

protected string

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

$_tablesource

protected Cake\ORM\Table

Table instance

$_translationTablesource

protected Cake\ORM\Table

Instance of Table responsible for translating

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