<?php
/**
* A CakePHP behavior to easily look up the id's of records or create them if they do not exist yet. Useful when working with lots
* of lookup / status tables.
*
* Copyright 2008, Debuggable, Ltd.
* Hibiskusweg 26c
* 13089 Berlin, Germany
*
* Licensed under The MIT License
* Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
*
* @copyright Copyright 2008, Debuggable, Ltd.
* @version 1.0
* @author Felix Geisendörfer <felix@debuggable.com>, Tim Koschützki <tim@debuggable.com>
* @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
*/
class LookupableBehavior extends ModelBehavior {
function lookup(&$model, $conditions, $field = 'id', $create = true) {
if (!is_array($conditions)) {
$conditions = array ($model->displayField => $conditions);
}
if (!empty($field)) {
$fieldValue = $model->field($field, $conditions);
} else {
$fieldValue = $model->find($conditions);
}
if ($fieldValue !== false) {
return $fieldValue;
}
if (!$create) {
return false;
}
$model->create($conditions);
if (!$model->save()) {
return false;
}
$conditions[$model->primaryKey] = $model->id;
if (empty($field)) {
return $model->read();
}
return $model->field($field, $conditions);
}
}
?>
