Class: I2CE MagicDataNode (Development)

For other versions, see Class: I2CE_MagicDataNode (versions) .

This article describes the class I2CE_MagicDataNode .

• Implements the interface RecursiveIterator
• Implements the interface SeekableIterator
• Implements the interface ArrayAccess
• Implements the interface Countable
• Child Classes:
  • I2CE_MagicData
• Location: Part of the module I2CE in the package I2CE 4.0-dev
• Source: Defined in the file lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 34

Configuration class to lookup and save configuration options.

Constants

I2CE_MagicDataNode::TYPE_NOT_POPULATED

Constant type value when this data set hasn't tried to

populate from storage yet.

Defined as: -2

I2CE_MagicDataNode::TYPE_INDETERMINATE

Constant type value when this data set hasn't been defined. Defined as: -1

I2CE_MagicDataNode::TYPE_PARENT

Constant type value when this data set is a parent node. Defined as: 0

I2CE_MagicDataNode::TYPE_STRING_VALUE

Constant type value when this data set is a string value. Defined as: 1

Variables

$type

The type of this configuration setting. Possible values are -1 = unset, 0 = parent object, 1 = scalar/value.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 60
• Type: protected integer $type

$name

The name of this configuration setting.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 64
• Type: protected string $name

$value

The value of this configuration setting. This is only valid when type = 1.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 69
• Type: protected string $value

$children

All children configuration objects for this configuration group. This is only valid when type = 0

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 73
• Type: protected array $children

$parent

The parent of this configuration.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 77
• Type: protected I2CE_MagicDataNode $parent

$parentPath

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 78
• Type: protected $parentPath

$parentPathTop

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 79
• Type: protected $parentPathTop

$top

The top level of this configuration.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 83
• Type: protected I2CE_MagicDataNode $top

$volatile

. True if the data is volatile. Defaults to false

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 88
• Type: protected boolean $volatile

$attributes

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1709
• Type: protected $attributes

Methods

__construct()

Construct a new configuration value or grouping.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 190
• Signature: protected function __construct($name,$parent,$check_key)
• Parameters:
  • string $name
    The name of this configuration setting.
    • Default Value: null
  • I2CE_MagicDataNode $parent
    The parent of this configuration setting.
    • Default Value: null
  • boolean $check_key
    Defaults to true in which case we check that the key is valid.
    • Default Value: true

__get()

Get the value for a child configuration option.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 992
• Signature: public function __get($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
• Returns: mixed.
  Null if the path was invalid. I2CE_MagicDataNode or string on success

__isset()

Check to see if a given key or path exists and the value is set

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1092
• Signature: public function __isset($path)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $path
    {@see traverse()} returns mixed. Booolean true or false if the magic data referenced by the given path is set. null on failure (invalid path)

__set()

Set the value for a child configuration option.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 961
• Signature: public function __set($path,$value)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $path
    {@see traverse()}
  • mixed $value

__toString()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1372
• Signature: public function __toString()

__unset()

Unset a given key in the children array.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1184
• Signature: final public function __unset($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key

_getAsArray()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1349
• Signature: protected function _getAsArray($locale)
• Parameters:
  • string $locale
    The locale we wish to get the values for. Defaults to null meaning we are not getting tranlsated values.
    • Default Value: null

_getAttribute()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1749
• Signature: protected function _getAttribute($key,$prefix)
• Parameters:
  • $key
  • $prefix

_getAttributes()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1806
• Signature: protected function _getAttributes($keys_only,$prefix)
• Parameters:
  • $keys_only
  • $prefix

_hasAttribute()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1722
• Signature: protected function _hasAttribute($key,$prefix)
• Parameters:
  • $key
  • $prefix

_removeAttribute()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1780
• Signature: protected function _removeAttribute($prefix,$key)
• Parameters:
  • $prefix
  • $key

_setAttribute()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1855
• Signature: protected function _setAttribute($key,$val,$prefix)
• Parameters:
  • $key
  • $val
  • $prefix

checkKey()

Check to make sure a given key is valid. It can be any combination of _-+.0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 125
• Signature: static public function checkKey($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
• Returns: boolean

count()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1579
• Signature: public function count()

current()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1595
• Signature: public function current()

erase()

Erases the current node and all of its subnodes from the storage mechanism.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1251
• Signature: public function erase($locale)
• Parameters:
  • string $locale
    The locale we wish to erase the values for. Defaults to null meaning we erase all values/locales
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean
  true on success

eraseChildren()

Erases all children of the current node and all of its subnodes from the storage mechanism.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1205
• Signature: public function eraseChildren($locale)
• Parameters:
  • string $locale
    The locale we wish to erase the values for. Defaults to null meaning we erase all values/locales
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean
  true on success

getAsArray()

Return an array of all the child values for this object.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1329
• Signature: public function getAsArray($path,$locale)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $path
    {@see traverse()}. Defaults to null which means we get at this node
    • Default Value: null
  • string $locale
    The locale we wish to get the values for. Defaults to null meaning we are not getting tranlsated values.
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: array

getAttribute()

Gets an attribute

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1744
• Signature: public function getAttribute($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
• Returns: mixed
  string if the attribute value. null if it does not exist.

getAttributes()

Get the attributes

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1802
• Signature: public function getAttributes($keys_only)
• Parameters:
  • boolean $keys_only
    Defaults to false. If true returns only the attribute names that are set. If true returns associative array of attribute=>value pairs
    • Default Value: false
• Returns: array

getChildren()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1697
• Signature: public function getChildren()

getKeys()

Return an array of all child keys for this object.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1294
• Signature: public function getKeys($path,$attrs)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $path
    {@see traverse()}
    • Default Value: null
  • $attrs
    • Default Value: false
• Returns: array

getName()

Return the name of this configuration setting.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 180
• Signature: public function getName()
• Returns: string

getParent()

Get the parent magic data node

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1082
• Signature: public function getParent()
• Returns: I2CE_MagicDataNode

getPath()

Return the full path to this configuration setting.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 151
• Signature: public function getPath($show_top)
• Parameters:
  • boolean $show_top
    defaults to true if we are to show the parent
    • Default Value: true
• Returns: string

getSaveValue()

Return the direct scalar value for this node.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 895
• Signature: public function getSaveValue()
• Returns: string

getTranslation()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 501
• Signature: public function getTranslation($locale,$resolve,$path)
• Parameters:
  • $locale
  • $resolve
    • Default Value: true
  • $path
    • Default Value: null

getTranslations()

Get the translations for the current node

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 392
• Signature: public function getTranslations($locales_only,$include_default_locale)
• Parameters:
  • boolean $locales_only
    Defaults to false. If true returns only the loclaes for which a translation exists If true returns associative array of locale=>translation pairs
    • Default Value: false
  • boolean $include_default_locale
    Defaults to true in which case we include the nodes values under the default locale
    • Default Value: true
• Returns: array

getType()

Return the type of this node.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 706
• Signature: public function getType()
• Returns: int
  or false on failure

getValue()

Return the value of this configuration object if the type == 1 and the current object if type is anything else.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 330
• Signature: public function getValue()
• Returns: mixed

hasAttribute()

Checks to see if an attribute is present

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1717
• Signature: public function hasAttribute($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
• Returns: mixed
  boolean. true if key exists, false if it does not, null if an invalid key

hasChildren()

whether the current key has children or not. this is _not_ whether this has a children or not

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1687
• Signature: public function hasChildren()

isScalar()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 91
• Signature: private function isScalar()

is_indeterminate()

Check to see if the value at the specified path is indeterminate @param strign $key. A key or path in the magic data. If null (default) then we are checking on the node itself

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 845
• Signature: public function is_indeterminate($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.
  True if it is a scalar value

is_parent()

Check to see if the value at the specified path is set and is a parent node. @param strign $key. A key or path in the magic data. If null (default) then we are checking on the node itself

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 870
• Signature: public function is_parent($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.
  True if it is a scalar value

is_populated()

Check to see if the value at the specified path is populated @param strign $key. A key or path in the magic data. If null (default) then we are checking on the node itself

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 800
• Signature: protected function is_populated($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.
  True if it is a scalar value

is_root()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 819
• Signature: public function is_root($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null

is_scalar()

Check to see if the value at the specified path is set and is a scalar. @param strign $key. A key or path in the magic data. If null (default) then we are checking on the node itself

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 721
• Signature: public function is_scalar($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.
  True if it is a scalar value

is_translatable()

Checked to see if the node referenced is translatable

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 359
• Signature: public function is_translatable($path)
• Parameters:
  • string $path
    Defaults to null, meaning the current node.
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.

is_translated()

Checked to see if the node referenced is translated ito the given locale

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 412
• Signature: public function is_translated($locale,$path)
• Parameters:
  • string $locale
  • string $path
    Defaults to null, meaning the current node.
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.

key()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1609
• Signature: public function key()

krsort()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1963
• Signature: public function krsort($sort_flags,$recurse)
• Parameters:
  • $sort_flags
    • Default Value: SORT_REGULAR
  • $recurse
    • Default Value: false

ksort()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1933
• Signature: public function ksort($sort_flags,$recurse)
• Parameters:
  • $sort_flags
    • Default Value: SORT_REGULAR
  • $recurse
    • Default Value: false

newAttribute()

Make a new attribute this object with the given key. The $nosave flag should only be set when populating a parent node from storage.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1901
• Signature: protected function newAttribute($key,$save,$prefix)
• Parameters:
  • scalar $key
    the key
  • boolean $save
    Set to true to not save the parent and attribute
  • $prefix
• Returns: mixed.
  false on failure, the attribute created on succes

newChild()

Make a new child for this object with the given key. The $nosave flag should only be set when populating a parent node from storage.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 915
• Signature: protected function newChild($key,$save)
• Parameters:
  • scalar $key
    If a boolean and true, we add to the end of the array. Otherwise we use the given key as a key.
  • boolean $save
    Set to true to not save the parent after creating this child.
    • Default Value: TRUE
• Returns: I2CE_MagicDataNode
  The child that was created or null on failure

next()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1618
• Signature: public function next()

offsetExists()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1484
• Signature: public function offsetExists($key)
• Parameters:
  • $key

offsetGet()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1507
• Signature: public function offsetGet($key)
• Parameters:
  • $key

offsetSet()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1533
• Signature: public function offsetSet($key,$val)
• Parameters:
  • $key
  • $val

offsetUnset()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1555
• Signature: public function offsetUnset($key)
• Parameters:
  • $key

pathDivider()

Return the path divider for this MagicDataNode object

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 144
• Signature: protected function pathDivider()
• Returns: string

pathExists()

Check to see if a given key key or path exists

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1118
• Signature: public function pathExists($path)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $path
    {@see traverse()} returns mixed. Booolean true or false if the magic data referenced by the given path is set. null on failure (invalid path)

pop()

Pop a value off the end of a parent/indeterminate node. @param mixed. Scalar value if the node is scalar, an array if it is a parent, otherwise null.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1445
• Signature: public function pop()

populate()

Populate any stored data based on the storage objects set in the top node.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 252
• Signature: protected function populate()
• Returns: true
  on success.

push()

Push a value onto the end of a parent/indeterminate node.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1424
• Signature: public function push($val)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $val
• Returns: int
  the number of children the current node has. null on failure

raiseError()

Raise an error and redirect the user for any critical errors. The default redirect will go to the home page for the site. @param string/mixed $message The error message.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 2036
• Signature: static public function raiseError($message,$type,$redirect)
• Parameters:
  • $message
  • integer $type
    The error type.
    • Default Value: E_USER_NOTICE
  • string $redirect
    The page to redirect to for critical errors. @global array
    • Default Value: ""

removeAttribute()

Removes an attribute

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1775
• Signature: public function removeAttribute($key)
• Parameters:
  • string $key
• Returns: true
  if the attribute was removed. false if the attribute did not exist

removeTranslation()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1236
• Signature: public function removeTranslation($locale)
• Parameters:
  • $locale

rewind()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1631
• Signature: public function rewind()

save()

Call all the storage methods associated with this configuration.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1384
• Signature: protected function save($recurse)
• Parameters:
  • boolean $recurse
    Defaults to false. If true, and we were able to succesfully save this node, we recrusively save all the populated children of this node as well.
    • Default Value: false

setAttribute()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1840
• Signature: public function setAttribute($key,$val)
• Parameters:
  • $key
  • $val

setIfIsSet()

If the data referenced by that path is set, we set the value of $data to that data

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1146
• Signature: public function setIfIsSet($data,$path,$as_array)
• Parameters:
  • mixed &$data
    where you wish to store the magic data if it is set
  • mixed $path
    {@see traverse()}. Defaults to null which means we get at this node
  • boolean $as_array
    defaults to false. If true, will set $data to be the result of calling getAsArray() on the magic data referenced by $path. If false then we only set $data if the magic data node refrenced by $path is a leaf node/value
    • Default Value: false
• Returns: boolean.
  true if the value was set

setTranslatable()

Sets the translatable attribute for the referenced node @param boolean $transtable. Defaults to true

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 443
• Signature: public function setTranslatable($path,$translatable)
• Parameters:
  • string $path
    Defaults to null, meaning the current node
    • Default Value: null
  • $translatable
    • Default Value: true
• Returns: true
  on success, false on failure

setTranslation()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 469
• Signature: public function setTranslation($locale,$translation,$path)
• Parameters:
  • $locale
  • $translation
  • $path
    • Default Value: null

setType()

Set the type for this object. The nosave flag should be set to true if the calling function is going to save so that it doesn't get saved twice.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 693
• Signature: protected function setType($type)
• Parameters:
  • integer $type
• Returns: boolean
  true on success

setValue()

Set the scalar value for this object.

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 558
• Signature: public function setValue($value,$locale,$set_default_locale)
• Parameters:
  • mixed $value
  • string $locale
    The locale we wish to set the value for. Defaults to null meaning we are not setting tranlsated values.
    • Default Value: null
  • boolean $set_default_locale
    Defautls to true. When setting values, make sure the default locale is set.
    • Default Value: false
• Returns: true
  on sucess

set_parent()

Set the magic data node at the specified path to be a parent node if is indeterminate @param strign $key. A key or path in the magic data. If null (default) then we are checking on the node itself

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 773
• Signature: public function set_parent($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.
  True on success

set_scalar()

Set the magic data node at the specified path to be scalar if is indeterminate @param strign $key. A key or path in the magic data. If null (default) then we are checking on the node itself

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 745
• Signature: public function set_scalar($path)
• Parameters:
  • $path
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: boolean.
  True on success

traverse()

Traverse magic data by a given path

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1010
• Signature: public function traverse($path,$create,$return_value)
• Parameters:
  • array $path
    A string which is a path e.g. '/some/magic/data/path' or an array of path components e.g. array('some','magic','data','path). There are three special path components, , '.' and '..' The first two mean don't go anywhere, while the third means go to the parent node.
  • boolean $create
    Defaults to false. If true, it will create the magic data path as it goes. If false, it will return null if the path is not already set.
    • Default Value: false
  • boolean $return_value
    Defaults to true. If true returns the value of of a leaf node rather than the node itself
    • Default Value: true
• Returns: mixed.
  String, if the path is valid and refers to a leaf node. I2CE_MagicDataNode if the path is valid but not a leaf node, or null on ffailure (invalid path/path not set)

uksort()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1993
• Signature: public function uksort($cmp_function,$recurse)
• Parameters:
  • $cmp_function
  • $recurse
    • Default Value: false

unpopulate()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 220
• Signature: public function unpopulate($deep)
• Parameters:
  • $deep
    • Default Value: true

valid()

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 1641
• Signature: public function valid()

volatile()

Check/set whether this magic data is volatile or not

• Defined in i2ce/lib/I2CE_MagicDataNode.php on line 105
• Signature: public function volatile($volatile)
• Parameters:
  • boolean $volatile
    If set, we set the volatility of this node (does not apply to subnodes). If not set we return the volatility state of this node. Defaults to not set (null). Recursively sets all sub-nodes to volatile.
    • Default Value: null
• Returns: mixed