Question

Is it possible to set a constraint in a Doctrine model, so that all queries using that model include this requirement? For example, if I have a Car model and I want to ensure that all results retrieved using the model have active = 1 set in the database. I could define this in each individual query, but it seems like there’s probably a better way.

Cheers!

Answer 1

I would take advantage of their amazing pre and post hooks inside the model.

Example:

class Model_Car extends Model_Base_Car
{
    public function preDqlSelect(Doctrine_Event $event)
    {
        $event->getQuery()->addWhere("active = ?", 1);
    }
}

Although I did not test this, it should work. I have used the pre and post hooks a lot to make my life easier in the past. For instance, I had a model that wanted to save the REMOTE_ADDR on each insert and update, so I did the following to make my life easier:

class Model_Example extends Model_Base_Example
{
    public function preInsert(Doctrine_Event $event)
    {
        $this->created_ip = $this->_getRemoteIp();
    }

    public function preUpdate(Doctrine_Event $event)
    {
        $this->updated_ip = $this->_getRemoteIp();
    }

    protected function _getRemoteIp()
    {
        return ip2long($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
    }
}

hope this helps!