ORM

Model definition

This code will map Category class to a categories table with id as a primary key and one column name.

class Category extends Model
{
    public function __construct($attributes = array())
    {
        parent::__construct(array(
            'attributes' => $attributes,
            'fields' => array('name')
        ));
    }
}

Model constructor accepts the following parameters:

  • table - defaults to pluralized class name. E.g. customer_orders for CustomerOrder
  • primaryKey - defaults to id
  • sequence - defaults to table_primaryKey_seq
  • hasMany specification of a has-many relation e.g. array('name' => array('class' => 'Class', 'foreignKey' => 'foreignKey'))
  • hasOne specification of a has-one relation e.g. array('name' => array('class' => 'Class', 'foreignKey' => 'foreignKey'))
  • belongsTo specification of a belongs-to relation e.g. array('name' => array('class' => 'Class', 'foreignKey' => 'foreignKey'))
  • fields - mapped column names
  • attributes - array of column => value

Columns specified by ‘fields’ parameter are exposed with magic getter and setter.


Working with model objects

Creating new instances

You can create an instance using Model’s constructor or `Model::newInstance method. They both take an array of attributes as an optional parameter.

$user = new User();
$user = new User(array('name' => 'bob'));

$user = User::newInstance(array('name' => 'bob'));

Instances created using constructor and Model::newInstance method are not inserted into db. Validation is also not performed.

If you want to create, validate and save an instance, you can use Model::create method.

$user = User::create(array('name' => 'bob'));

If validation fails, ValidationException is thrown.

Saving and updating

You can save a new instance using insert method. It returns the value of the primary key of the newly inserted row. You can update an existing object using update method. If you are not sure if an object was already saved you can call insertOrUpdate method.

$product = new Product();
$product->name = 'Phone';

$id = $product->insert();

$product->name = 'Super Phone';
$product->update();

$product->name = 'Phone';
$product->insertOrUpdate();

Update of multiple records

You can update specific columns in records matching given criteria.

$affectedRows = User::where(array('name' => 'bob'))
                 ->update(array('name' => 'eric'));

Issued sql query:

UPDATE users set name = ? WHERE name = ? Params: ['eric', 'bob']

Default field values

You can define default values for fields in two ways - using string or anonymous function.

[
    'description' => 'no desc',
    'name' => function() {
        return 'no name';
    }
]

Now if you create a new model object these fields will be set to their default values.

$modelWithDefaults = new ModelWithDefaults();
echo $modelWithDefaults->description; // no desc
echo $modelWithDefaults->name; // no name

Validation

You can validate the state of objects with Model::validate method. Just override it in you model and implement all necessary checks.

public function validate()
{
    parent::validate();
    $this->validateNotBlank($this->name, 'Name cannot be blank.', 'name');
    $this->validateTrue($this->accepted, 'Accepted should be true');
}

Second parameter specifies the message that will be used in the case of error. Third parameter specifies the field name so that the corresponding input can be highlighted in the html form.

You can check if a model object is valid by calling Model::isValid method. If validation fails it returns false and sets errors attribute. You can then see what was wrong calling getErrors (for error messages) or getErrorFields (for invalid fields).

If your object has relations to other objects and you want to validate them altogether you can call validateAssociated method passing other objects.

public function validate()
{
    parent::validate();
    $this->validateAssociated($this->child);
}

Validation is provided by Validatable class. You can easily add validation to other classes by extending Validatable.


Fetching objects

findById

Loads object for the given primary key. If object does not exist, exception is thrown

findByIdOrNull

Loads object for the given primary key. If object does not exist, null is returned.

findBySql

Executes a native sql and returns an array of model objects created by passing every result row to the model constructor.

  • $nativeSql - database specific sql
  • $params - bind parameters
User::findBySql('select * from users');
User::findBySql('select * from users where login like ?', "%cat%");

Normally, there’s no reason to use findBySql as Ouzo provides powerful query builder described in another section.


Relations

Relations are used to express associations between Models. You can access relation objects using Model properties (just like other attributes). Relation object are lazy-loaded when they are accessed for the first time and cached for subsequent use.

For instance, if you have a User model that belongs to a Group:

$group = Group::create(['name' => 'Admin']);
$user = User::create(['login' => 'bob', 'group_id' => $group->id]);

You can access user’s group as follows: echo $user->group->name;

Ouzo supports 3 types of associations:

  • Belongs to - expresses 1-1 relationship. It’s specified by belongsTo parameter. Use belongsTo in a class that contains the foreign key.
  • Has one - expresses 1-1 relationship. It’s specified by hasOne parameter. Use hasOne in a class that contains the key referenced by the foreign key.
  • Has many - expresses One-to-many relationship. It’s specified by hasMany parameter.

Relations are defined by following parameters:

  • class - name of the associated class.
  • foreignKey - foreign key.
  • referencedColumn - column referenced by the foreign key. By default it’s the primary key of the referenced class.

Note that foreignKey and referencedColumn mean different things depending on the relation type.

Let’s see an example.

We have products that are assigned to exactly one category, and categories that can have multiple products.

class Category extends Model
{
    public function __construct($attributes = array())
    {
        parent::__construct(array(
            'hasMany' => array(
                 'products' => array('class' => 'Product', 'foreignKey' => 'category_id')
            ),
            'attributes' => $attributes,
            'fields' => array('name')));
    }
}

foreignKey in Category specifies column in Product that references the categories table. Parameter referencedColumn was omitted so the Category’s primary key will be used by default.

class Product extends Model
{
    public function __construct($attributes = array())
    {
        parent::__construct(array(
            'attributes' => $attributes,
            'belongsTo' => array(
                'category' => array('class' => 'Category', 'foreignKey' => 'category_id'),
            ),
            'fields' => array('description', 'name', 'category_id')));
    }
}

foreignKey in Product specifies column in Product that references the categories table. Parameter referencedColumn was omitted so again the Category’s primary key will be used.

Inline Relation

If you want to join your class with another class without specifying the relation in the constructor, you can pass a relation object to the join method

User::join(Relation::inline(array(
  'class' => 'Animal',
  'foreignKey' => 'name',
  'localKey' => 'strange_column_in_users'
)))->fetchAll();

Cyclic relations

Normally, it suffices to specify class and foreignKey parameters of a relation. However, if your models have cycles in relations (e.g. User can have a relation to itself) you have to specify referencedColumn as well (Ouzo is not able to get primary key name of the associated model if there are cycles).

Conditions in relations

If you want to customize your relation you can use conditions mechanism. For example, to add a condition use string or array:

'hasOne' => array(
    'product_named_billy' => array(
        'class' => 'Test\Product',
        'foreignKey' => 'id_category',
        'conditions' => "products.name = 'billy'"
    )
)

you can use a closure too:

'products_ending_with_b_or_y' => array(
    'class' => 'Test\Product',
    'foreignKey' => 'id_category',
    'conditions' => function () {
        return new WhereClause("products.name LIKE ? OR products.name LIKE ?", array('%b', '%y'));
    }
)

Query builder

It’s a fluent interface that allows you to programmatically build queries.

Fully-fledged example:

$orders = Order::alias('o')
        ->join('product->category', ['p', 'ct'])
        ->innerJoin('customer', 'c')
        ->where([
            'o.tax'  => array(7, 22)
            'p.name' => 'Reno',
            'ct.name' => 'cars'])
        ->with('customer->preferences')
        ->offset(10)
        ->limit(12)
        ->order(['ct.name asc', 'p.name desc'])
        ->fetchAll();

Where

Single parameter

Simplest way to filter records is to use where clause on Model class e.g.

User::where(array('login' => 'ouzo'))->fetch();

In the above example we are searching for a user, who has login set to ouzo. You can check the log files (or use Stats class in debug mode) to verify that the database query is correct:

SELECT users.* FROM users WHERE login = ? Params: ["ouzo"]

Alternative syntax:

User::where('login = ?', 'ouzo')->fetch();

Multiple parameters

You can specify more than one parameter e.g.

User::where(array('login' => 'ouzo', 'password' => 'abc'))->fetch();

Which leads to:

SELECT users.* FROM users WHERE (login = ? AND password = ?) Params: ["ouzo", "abc"]

Alternative syntax:

User::where('login = ? AND password = ?', array('ouzo', 'abc'))->fetch();

Restrictions

You can specify restriction mechanism to build where conditions. Usage:

Product::where(array('name' => Restrictions::like('te%')))->fetch()

Supported restrictions:

  • between

['count' => Restrictions::between(1, 3)] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE (count >= ? AND count <= ?) Params: [1, 3]

  • equalTo

['name' => Restrictions::equalTo('some name')] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE name = ? Params: ["some name"]

  • notEqualTo

['name' => Restrictions::notEqualTo('some name')] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE name <> ? Params: ["some name"]

  • greaterOrEqualTo

['count' => Restrictions::greaterOrEqualTo(3)] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE count >= ? Params: [3]

  • greaterThan

['count' => Restrictions::greaterThan(3)] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE count > ? Params: [3]

  • lessOrEqualTo

['count' => Restrictions::lessOrEqualTo(3)] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE count <= ? Params: [3]

  • lessThan

['count' => Restrictions::lessThan(3)] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE count < ? Params: [3]

  • like

['name' => Restrictions::like("some%")] produces SELECT * FROM table WHERE name LIKE ? Params: ["some%"]

Parameters chaining

Where clauses can be chained e.g.

User::where(array('login' => 'ouzo'))
    ->where(array('password' => 'abc'))
    ->fetch();

SQL query will be exactly the same as in the previous example.

OR operator

Where clauses are chained with AND operator. In order to have OR operator you need to use Any::of function e.g.

User::where(Any::of(array('login' => 'ouzo', 'password' => 'abc')))
    ->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.* FROM users WHERE login = ? OR password = ? Params: ["ouzo", "abc"]

You can use parameters chaining as described in previous section and combine Any:of with standard where.

Multiple values

If you want to search for any of values equal to given parameter:

User::where(array('login' => array('ouzo', 'admin')))->fetch();

It results in:

SELECT users.* FROM users WHERE login IN (?, ?) Params: ["ouzo", "admin"]

It is not possible to use alternative syntax for this type of query.

Note

Please, remember that if you want to retrieve more than one record you need to use fetchAll instead of fetch:

User::where(array('login' => array('ouzo', 'admin')))->fetchAll();

Retrieve all records

All records of given type can be fetched by using empty where clause:

User::where()->fetchAll();

Or shortened equivalent:

User:all();

Join

Types:

  • Model::join or Model::leftJoin - left join,
  • Model::innerJoin - inner join,
  • Model::rightJoin - right join.

Relation definition

As a first step relations have to be defined inside a Model class. Let’s say there is User, which has one Product. User definition needs hasOne relation:

class User extends Model
{
    public function __construct($attributes = array())
    {
        parent::__construct(array(
            'attributes' => $attributes,
            'hasOne' => array('product' => array(
                                      'class' => 'Product',
                                      'foreignKey' => 'user_id')),
            'fields' => array('login', 'password')));
    }
}

The relation name is product, it uses Product class and is mapped by user_id column in the database.

Single join

Now join can be used to retrieve User together with Product:

User::join('product')->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.*, products.* FROM users
LEFT JOIN products ON products.user_id = users.id

Product can be referred from User object:

$user = User::join('product')->fetch();
echo $user->product->name;

Join can be combined with other parts of query builder (where, limit, offset, order etc.) e.g.

User::join('product')->where(array('products.name' => 'app'))->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.*, products.* FROM users
LEFT JOIN products ON products.user_id = users.id
WHERE products.name = ? Params: ["app"]

Multiple joins / join chaining

You can chain join clauses:

User::join('product')
   ->join('group')->fetchAll();

Nested joins

You can join models through other models with nested joins.

Let’s assume that you have Order that has Product and Product has Category:

$order = Order::join('product->category')->fetch();
SELECT orders.*, products.*, categories.*
FROM orders
LEFT JOIN products ON products.id = orders.product_id
LEFT JOIN categories ON categories.id = products.category_id

Returned order will contain fetched product and that product will contain category. The following code will echo category’s name without querying db:

echo $order->product->category->name;

Aliasing

Normally if you want to reference a table in the query builder you have to use the table name. When you join multiple Models it may be cumbersome. That is when aliases come in handy.

$product = Product::alias('p')
        ->join('category', 'c')
        ->where(['p.name' => 'a', 'c.name' => 'phones'])
        ->fetch();
SELECT p.*, c.*
FROM products AS p
LEFT JOIN categories AS c ON c.id = p.category_id
WHERE p.name = 'a' and c.name = 'phones'

If you want to alias tables in nested join you can pass array of aliases as a second parameter of join method.

$orders = Order::alias('o')
        ->join('product->category', array('p', 'c'))
        ->where([
            'o.tax'  => 7
            'p.name' => 'Reno',
            'c.name' => 'cars'])
        ->fetchAll();

With

ModelQueryBuilder::with method instructs ouzo to fetch results with their relations.

The following code will return products with their categories.

$products = Product::where()->with('category')->fetchAll();

Ouzo will query db for products, then load all corresponding categories with one query.

SELECT products.* FROM products
SELECT categories.* FROM categories WHERE id IN (?, ?, ..,) Params: [product1.category_id, product2.category_id, ..., productN.category_id]

You can chain with methods. You can also use with to fetch nested relations.

$orders = Order::where()
   ->with('product->category')
   ->fetchAll();

Ouzo will first load all matching orders, then their products, and then products’ categories:

SELECT orders.* FROM orders
SELECT products.* FROM products WHERE id IN (?, ?, ...)
SELECT categories.* FROM categories WHERE id IN (?, ?, ...)

For hasOne and belongsTo relations you can use join instead. However, joins with hasMany relations will not fetch associated objects so with is the only way of fetching them eagerly.


Count

Count all records

Counting all records of given type:

User::count()

As a result integer with size is returned. Query:

SELECT count(*) FROM users

Count with where

Count method accepts same arguments as where e.g.

User::count(array('login' => 'ouzo'));

Query:

SELECT count(*) FROM users WHERE login = ? Params: ["ouzo"]

Limit and offset

Limit

In order to limit number of records to retrieve use limit method with integer argument:

User::where()->limit(10)->fetch();

It returns first 10 records:

SELECT users.* FROM users LIMIT ? Params: [10]

Offset

Usually used with limit method, it sets offset (integer) from which records will be retrieved:

User::where()->offset(5)->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.* FROM users OFFSET ? Params: [5]

Combined with limit:

User::where()->limit(10)->offset(5)->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.* FROM users LIMIT ? OFFSET ? Params: [10, 5]

Order

Order by one column

To sort the result:

User::where()->order('login')->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.* FROM users ORDER BY login

Order by multiple columns

If array is given as an argument the method sorts by multiple columns:

User::where()->order(array('login', 'id'))->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.* FROM users ORDER BY login, id

Sort direction

Ascending or descending:

User::where()->order(array('login asc', 'id desc'))->fetch();

Query:

SELECT users.* FROM users ORDER BY login asc, id desc

Transactions

You can control transactions manually:

Db::getInstance()->beginTransaction();
try {
    Db::getInstance()->commitTransaction();
    //do something
} catch (Exception $e) {
    Db::getInstance()->rollbackTransaction();
}

You can run a callable object in a transaction:

$result = Db::getInstance()->runInTransaction(function() {
   //do something
   return $result;
});

You can also proxy an object so that all methods become transactional:

$user = new User(['name' => 'bob']);
$transactionalUser = Db::transactional($user);

$transactionalUser->save(); //runs in a transaction