new MethodistBaptismSet
James Cobban edited this page Jan 27, 2020
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The constructor for an instance of MethodistBaptismSet takes one parameter:
| parameter | description |
|---|---|
| $parms | identifies the database records to be associated with this instance. This is an array. |
$parms may be:
- An associative array of
fieldname => valuepairs to define the subset of the records in the SQL table that are represented by this instance. The parameters 'offset', 'limit', 'groupby',and 'order' are reserved to set the OFFSET, LIMIT, GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses. - The parameter can also be an array of instances of the
class MethodistBaptismto be converted into aRecordSet. - If this parameter is omitted, or
null, the object is empty. That is $baptismset->count() is zero.
| name | description | interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| 'idmb' | idmb | exact match |
| 'volume' | volume | exact match |
| 'page' | page | exact match |
| 'district' | district or county | regular expression pattern match |
| 'area' | area or township | regular expression pattern match |
| 'givenname' | given names | regular expression pattern match |
| 'surname' | surname | regular expression pattern match |
| 'father' | father's name | regular expression pattern match |
| 'mother' | mother's name | regular expression pattern match |
| 'residence' | residence of parents | regular expression pattern match |
| 'birthplace' | birth place | regular expression pattern match |
| 'birthdate' | birth date | regular expression pattern match |
| 'baptismdate' | baptism date | regular expression pattern match |
| 'baptismplace' | baptism place | regular expression pattern match |
| 'minister' | minister's name | regular expression pattern match |
| 'idir' | link to family tree | exact match |
The constructor throws an exception or adds error messages to $record->msg if it is unable to complete due to bad parameters.
Examples:
$baptismParms = array(‘volume' => 2);
$baptisms = new MethodistBaptismSet($getParms);returns the set of instances of class MethodistBaptism which are recorded in volume 2.