Placement of generic functions / helpers for models

andrewtayloruk · #1 (**permalink**) 07-07-2007, 08:46 AM

Hi,

I've got a number of models defined in my application. In each model I have the function:

PHP Code:


			
function generateOptionsFromMeta() {



    $enumList = Array();



    foreach($this->_metadata AS $fieldName => $fieldAttributes) {

    

        if('enum' == substr($fieldAttributes['DATA_TYPE'],0,4)) {

        

            foreach(eval('return '.str_replace('enum', 'Array', $fieldAttributes['DATA_TYPE'].';')) AS $key => $value) {

            

                $enumList[$fieldName][$value] = $value;

            }

        }

    }

    

    return($enumList);

}

Obviously this needs re-factoring, where can I place these types of functions that are usable on every model without modification?

Thanks

Andrew

SpotSec · #2 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 05:00 AM

Extend Zend_Db_Table_Abstract, add your function, now all models extend your extended Zend_Db_Table_Abstract

andrewtayloruk · #3 (**permalink**) 07-08-2007, 12:57 PM

Perfect, thank you.

Andrew

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