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Instantiate a child class that depends a type field from parent model class (CActiveRecord)

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Instantiate a child class that depends a type field from parent model class (CActiveRecord)

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{
if (!isset($attributes['type_id'])) { // When creating and $type_id has not defined yet
return parent::instantiate($attributes);
}
$classRecord = AnimalType::model()->findByPk($attributes['type_id']); // Load the "Type" class
if($classRecord === null)
throw new CException('Type not found');
$className = $classRecord->name; // Let's assume that name is the field storing the name of the class
$model = new $className(null); // Null param needed for populating the record
return $model;
}
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Written by: robregonm
Last updated by: robregonm
Created on: Oct 29, 2012
Last updated: 12 years ago
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