I need to have a virtual property in my user entity. I followed the CakePHP book.
UserEntity.php
JavaScript
x
namespace AppModelEntity;
use CakeORMEntity;
class User extends Entity {
protected $_virtual = ['full_name'];
protected function _getFullName() {
return $this->_properties['firstname'] . ' ' . $this->_properties['lastname'];
}
}
In a controller
JavaScript
$users = TableRegistry::get('Users');
$user = $users->get(29);
$firstname = $user->firstname; // $firstname: "John"
$lastname = $user->lastname; // $lastname: "Doe"
$value = $user->full_name; // $value: null
I followed exactly the book and I only get a null
value.
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Answer
According to @ndm, the problem was due to a bad file naming. I named the user entity class UserEntity.php
. The CakePHP name conventions says that:
The Entity class OptionValue would be found in a file named OptionValue.php.
Thanks.