addColumn()source public

addColumn( string $name , array $attrs )

Add a column to the table.

Attributes

Columns can have several attributes:

• type The type of the column. This should be one of CakePHP's abstract types.
• length The length of the column.
• precision The number of decimal places to store for float and decimal types.
• default The default value of the column.
• null Whether or not the column can hold nulls.
• fixed Whether or not the column is a fixed length column. This is only present/valid with string columns.
• unsigned Whether or not the column is an unsigned column. This is only present/valid for integer, decimal, float columns.

In addition to the above keys, the following keys are implemented in some database dialects, but not all:

• comment The comment for the column.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the column

array $attrs

The attributes for the column.

Returns

baseColumnType()source public

baseColumnType( string $column )

Returns the base type name for the provided column. This represent the database type a more complex class is based upon.

Parameters

string $column

The column name to get the base type from

Returns

columns()source public

columns( )

Get the column names in the table.

Returns

defaultValues()source public

defaultValues( )

Get a hash of columns and their default values.

Returns

getColumn()source public

getColumn( string $name )

Get column data in the table.

Parameters

string $name

The column name.

Returns

getColumnType()source public

getColumnType( string $name )

Returns column type or null if a column does not exist.

Parameters

string $name

The column to get the type of.

Returns

getOptions()source public

getOptions( )

Gets the options for a table.

Table options allow you to set platform specific table level options. For example the engine type in MySQL.

Returns

hasColumn()source public

hasColumn( string $name )

Returns true if a column exists in the schema.

Parameters

string $name

Column name.

Returns

isNullable()source public

isNullable( string $name )

Check whether or not a field is nullable

Missing columns are nullable.

Parameters

string $name

The column to get the type of.

Returns

name()source public

name( )

Get the name of the table.

Returns

removeColumn()source public

removeColumn( string $name )

Remove a column from the table schema.

If the column is not defined in the table, no error will be raised.

Parameters

string $name

The name of the column

Returns

setColumnType()source public

setColumnType( string $name , string $type )

Sets the type of a column.

Parameters

string $name

The column to set the type of.

string $type

The type to set the column to.

Returns

setOptions()source public

setOptions( array $options )

Sets the options for a table.

Table options allow you to set platform specific table level options. For example the engine type in MySQL.

Parameters

array $options

The options to set, or null to read options.

Returns

typeMap()source public

typeMap( )

Returns an array where the keys are the column names in the schema and the values the database type they have.

Returns