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Display db rows in Input::select() with ORM
  • neenneen
    I have a model for categories on my site, and I want to display all of the categories in a select drop down. Unfortunately, Input::select() only accepts arrays, not objects, so I need to convert it to a multi-dimensional array. There doesn't seem to be a way to do this that's built-in, so I'm guessing I'll have to write this myself, right?
  • daGrevisdaGrevis
    get_object_vars( object $object ). Random idea: You can try type-cast object to array. Ha, ha!
  • Jelmer SchreuderJelmer Schreuder
    A couple of points:
    1. There is no Input::select() method, you probably mean Form::select()?
    2. Does this really belong here in the Orm forum? (it doesn't seem to, this seems to be about input for the Form class)
    3. There's a method to_array() which you can call on each Orm\Model instance to get the associative array representation of that model.
    Raitis Stengrevics wrote on Wednesday 1st of June 2011:
    get_object_vars( object $object ). Random idea: You can try type-cast object to array. Ha, ha!
    No you can't, neither get_object_vars() nor casting to an array will work with Orm\Model instances.
  • neenneen
    Jelmer Schreuder wrote on Thursday 2nd of June 2011:
    A couple of points:
    1. There is no Input::select() method, you probably mean Form::select()?
    2. Does this really belong here in the Orm forum? (it doesn't seem to, this seems to be about input for the Form class)
    3. There's a method to_array() which you can call on each Orm\Model instance to get the associative array representation of that model.
    Raitis Stengrevics wrote on Wednesday 1st of June 2011:
    get_object_vars( object $object ). Random idea: You can try type-cast object to array. Ha, ha!
    No you can't, neither get_object_vars() nor casting to an array will work with Orm\Model instances.

    Sorry, I of course meant Form::select(). Anyways I felt it belonged under ORM, because I was specifically looking for a way to convert the ORM object to an array. And Jelmer is right, you can't cast to an array or use get_object_vars because the properties (as in, the data from the db) on Orm\Model instances are access with magic methods (eg __get() and __set()) they aren't actually properties at all, so they don't end up in the resulting array.
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