CActiveRecord allow attributes as getters and setters

[Ekstazi]

Hi! I try to select query rows with my custom user property(with getter and setter) defined in model. But i can't, because populateRecord doesn't know anything about setters.

[Ekstazi]

example model:

class MyModel extends ActiveRecord
private $_prop;
public function setProp($val)
{
$this->_prop=$val;
}

public function getProp()
{
if(isset($this->_prop)
return $this->_prop;
// calculate my property
// ....
return $this->_prop;
}
// ...

and i try to select like:
MyModel::model()->findAll(array( 'select'=>'max(test) as prop,mymodelfield1,mymodelfield2', ))

[creocoder]

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[cebe]

Changed the issue title. This is related to #1245

[Ziggizag]

In my humble opinion, this is also linked to this issue:

#1899

[klimov-paul]

It is better to resolve #627 (CActiveRecord not respecting attributeNames() overrides).
Then you can override "attributeNames()" and specify any set of attributes including the ones added by getters/setters.

Do not forget there should be an option to add virtual property, which is NOT an attribute.

[cebe]

Closing this in favor of #627.
As AR only considers the columns of the table as attributes it should be possible by overriding attributeNames().

[Ekstazi]

The problem still present. So #627 didnt help,

[victorsmirnov]

@cebe can you please explain how to use attributeNames() to make populateRecord() method assign values using setter?

I've got simple use case:

    private $_email;

    public function getEmail()
    {
        return $this->_email;
    }

    public function setEmail($email)
    {
        if (empty($email)) {
            $this->_email = null;
            $this->status_email = Subscriber::STATUS_EMAIL_EMPTY;
        } else {
            $this->_email = $email;
            if ($this->status_email == Subscriber::STATUS_EMAIL_EMPTY) {
                $this->status_email = Subscriber::STATUS_EMAIL_ACTIVE;
            }
        }
    }

Is there anything I can do to make it working? Right now when I read record from the database the $_attributes property is updated and email property is added ($subscriber->_attributes['email'] is set). When I set email value using setter (or using setAttributes()) the $_email property is updated but the changes are not saved to the DB using save() method.

It looks like the only option for me now is to use beforeSave() method. But anyway I'm curious if I have any other options here.

Thank you!