attributes()source public

attributes( string $field )

Get an associative array of other attributes for a field name.

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to get additional data on.

Returns

array
An array of data describing the additional attributes on a field.

error()source public

error( string $field )

Get the errors for a given field

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to check errors on.

Returns

array

An array of errors, an empty array will be returned when the context has no errors.

fieldNames()source public

fieldNames( )

Get the fieldnames of the top level object in this context.

Returns

array
A list of the field names in the context.

hasError()source public

hasError( string $field )

Check whether or not a field has an error attached to it

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to check errors on.

Returns

boolean
Returns true if the errors for the field are not empty.

isCreate()source public

isCreate( )

Returns whether or not this form is for a create operation.

Returns

boolean

isPrimaryKey()source public

isPrimaryKey( string $field )

Returns true if the passed field name is part of the primary key for this context

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to the field a value is needed for.

Returns

boolean

isRequired()source public

isRequired( string $field )

Check if a given field is 'required'.

In this context class, this is simply defined by the 'required' array.

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to check required-ness for.

Returns

boolean

primaryKey()source public

primaryKey( )

Get the fields used in the context as a primary key.

Returns

array

type()source public

type( string $field )

Get the abstract field type for a given field name.

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to get a schema type for.

Returns

null|string
An abstract data type or null.

See

Cake\Database\Type

val()source public

val( string $field )

Get the current value for a given field.

Classes implementing this method can optionally have a second argument $options. Valid key for $options array are:

• default: Default value to return if no value found in request data or context record.
• schemaDefault: Boolean indicating whether default value from context's schema should be used if it's not explicitly provided.

Parameters

string $field

A dot separated path to the field a value is needed for.

Returns

mixed