JsonDataBehavior
Adds beforeSave and afterFind callbacks to model to json_encode and json_decode data on certain fields.
Setup
On every model that has a field that should be encoded you have to configure whitch fields will be Json.
For example, a User Model that have settings:
class User extends AppModel {
public $actsAs = array(
'JsonData.JsonData' => [
'fields' => ['settings'],
],
);
public $belongsTo = array(
'Group'
);
}
On every associated Model you should also add the behavior without fields (unless it actualy have Json fields). This way, each time this associated model does a find and retrieves associated data, this data will also be decoded.
Example on Group Model:
class Group extends AppModel {
public $actsAs = array(
'JsonData.JsonData',
);
public $hasMany = array(
'User',
);
}
This way each time you call $groups = $this->Group->find('all', array('contain' => array('User'))));, $groups[{n}]['User']['settings'] will be an array. Also any associated Model with User and it's associated Models and so on will be decoded.
Methods
JsonData::decode(&$data, $modelName = null)
$data is an array with data retrieved from a Model::find().
$modelNameis the Model::alias. It's optional because the method is recursive and will check every $data to tell if it has a Json field (based on the associated models).
Does not return anything as $data is referenced.