magento using join in grid.php prepareCollection - join

Can someone tell me how to make a join within magento
Here is the problem:
<?//kleurtjes
$collection= Mage::getModel('faq/faq')->getCollection();
$collection->getSelect()->join(array('faqcat' => $this->getTable('faqcat/faqcat')), 'faqcat.faqcat_id=faq.faqcat_id' , array('faqcat.*'));
?>
i am trying to make a join with the table faqcat where i use the key faqcat_id .
futher i want that faqcat.name + faq.faq_id are being selected cos these are the values i want to use in colums.
<?
protected function _prepareColumns()
{
$this->addColumn('faq_id', array(
'header' => Mage::helper('faq')->__('ID'),
'align' =>'right',
'width' => '50px',
'index' => 'faq_id',
));
$this->addColumn('name', array(
'header' => Mage::helper('faqcat')->__('Titel'),
'align' =>'left',
'index' => 'name',
));
}
?>
after trying 1000 combinations i dont know what to do anymore ... who is willing to help me
this is the complete function:
<?
protected function _prepareCollection()
{
$collection= Mage::getModel('faq/faq')->getCollection();
//$collection->getSelect()->join(array('faqcat' => $this->getTable('faqcat/faqcat')), 'faqcat.faqcat_id=faq.faqcat_id' , array('faqcat.*'));
$id = Mage::getModel('customer/session')->getCustomer()->getId();
$this->setCollection($collection);
// }
return parent::_prepareCollection();
}
?>
just to be clear this is the sql i want to have , but then the magento way
<?//kleurtjes
SELECT faq.faq_id as id, faqcat_name as name
FROM faq
JOIN faqcat
USING ('faqcat_id')
?>

Try this:
$collection->getSelect()
->join($this->getTable('faqcat/faqcat'), "faqcat.faqcat_id = main_table.faqcat_id", array(faqcat.*));
You can see the sql that will actually be run to fetch the collection by:
Mage::log($collection->getSelect()->__toString());
The Varien_Db_Select class is based on Zend_Db_Select, so the Zend documentation is a good reference.

i have just started developing magento extension (loving it) and this is the 2nd part in it where i have to show a grid from two tables. (whew).
but its not that easy after surfing internet a lot i achieved mine result by doing this.
$collection = Mage::getModel('linkdirectory/linkdirectory')->getCollection();
$resource = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource');
$collection->getSelect()
->join(
array('lk'=>$resource->getTableName('linkdirectory/linkcategory')),
'lk.cat_id = main_table.cat_id',
array('lk.cat_title','lk.cat_id')
);
/* mine was showing this */
/SELECT main_table., lk.cat_title, lk.cat_id FROM linkdirectory AS main_table INNER JOIN linkcategory AS lk ON lk.cat_id = main_table.cat_id*/
/* to print the current query */
$collection->printlogquery(true);exit;

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ZF2 docs show the following example in terms of using Db\RecordExists validator with multiple columns.
$email = 'user#example.com';
$clause = $dbAdapter->quoteIdentifier('email') . ' = ' . $dbAdapter->quoteValue($email);
$validator = new Zend\Validator\Db\RecordExists(
array(
'table' => 'users',
'field' => 'username',
'adapter' => $dbAdapter,
'exclude' => $clause
)
);
if ($validator->isValid($username)) {
// username appears to be valid
} else {
// username is invalid; print the reason
$messages = $validator->getMessages();
foreach ($messages as $message) {
echo "$message\n";
}
}
I’ve tried this using my own Select object containing a more complex where condition. However, isValid() must be called with a value parameter.
In the example above $username is passed to isValid(). But there seems to be no according field definition.
I tried calling isValid() with an empty string, but this does not produce the desired result, since Zend\Validator\Db\AbstractDb::query() always adds the value to the statement:
$parameters = $statement->getParameterContainer();
$parameters['where1'] = $value;
If I remove the seconds line above, my validator produces the expected results.
Can someone elaborate on how to use RecordExists with the where conditions in my custom Select object? And only those?
The best way to do this is probably by making your own validator that extends one of Zend Framework's, because it doesn't seem like the (No)RecordExists classes were meant to handle multiple fields (I'd be happy to be proven wrong, because it'd be easier if they did).
Since, as you discovered, $parameters['where1'] is overridden with $value, you can deal with this by making sure $value represents what the value of the first where should be. In the case of using a custom $select, $value will replace the value in the first where clause.
Here's a hacky example of using RecordExists with a custom select and multiple where conditions:
$select = new Select();
$select->from('some_table')
->where->equalTo('first_field', 'value1') // this gets overridden
->and->equalTo('second_field', 'value2')
;
$validator = new RecordExists($select);
$validator->setAdapter($someAdapter);
// this overrides value1, but since isValid requires a string,
// the redundantly supplied value allows it to work as expected
$validator->isValid('value1');
The above produces the following query:
SELECT `some_table`.* FROM `some_table` WHERE `first_field` = 'value1' AND `second_field` = 'value2'
...which results in isValid returning true if there was a result.

Adding new Mantis status but ran out of enumeration values

I was wondering if you had any thoughts about this issue: We want to add one more status at a specific 'place' between two statuses, but we ran out of enumeration for it.
The enumeration looks like this:
$s_status_enum_string = "10:new,20:feedback,40:confirmed,50:assigned,52:in progress,53:code review pending,54:merge pending, 56:merged, 58:resolved, 60:testing, 70:tested, 90:closed, 91:updating test documentation";
And I want to add a new status between 52 and 53 so that, on the pull-down menu for status, they appear in the desired order.
I tried different things - including changing the .php file definitions then updating the MySQL table's status field in mantis_bug_table, but it messes up all the views and filters.
Any ideas?
The following steps might help you:
Redefine the enumeration string as per your requirements
Prepare a traceability with your current enumeration values
Update the status field in bugs table with the new values
Add the enumeration in config.php
You may have to reset your previous filters. The filter criteria is stored as a serialized string and it's very difficult to modify.
If anyone is having issues with this you need to change the following:
In config_inc.php modify $g_status_enum_string to ennumerate the new statuses as you see fit.
In custom_constants_inc.php make sure to do the same as above.
In the database, run SQL commands such as this:
UPDATE mantisclone.mantis_bug_table SET status=100 WHERE status=10;
to change the actual records for existing status IDs to new ones.
In custom_strings_inc.php modify $s_status_enum_string and input your new statuses. For example one of mine was:
$s_sanity_test_bug_title = "Set Issue Sanity Test";
$s_sanity_test_bug_button = "Issue Sanity Test Pending";
$s_email_notification_title_for_sanity_test = "The following issue is NOW SANITY TEST PENDING";
Finally you'll need a small script to change the existing ennumerated values in mantis_filters_table. This was mine, alter it as you see fit:
<?php
$mantisDB="myMantisDatabaseName";
mysql_connect("localhost", "XXXX", "YYYY") or die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($mantisDB);
$result = mysql_query("SELECT id, filter_string FROM $mantisDB.mantis_filters_table");
function parseRecord($statusArray)
{
$newStatus = array( "10" => "100",
"20" => "200",
"50" => "300",
"52" => "400",
"53" => "500",
"54" => "540",
"56" => "560",
"58" => "580",
"60" => "600",
"70" => "700",
"75" => "450",
"90" => "900",
"91" => "910"
);
foreach ($statusArray as $key=>$value)
{
if(array_key_exists($value, $newStatus))
{
echo "Found value $value, replacing it with " . $newStatus[$value] . "\n";
$statusArray[$key] = (int)$newStatus[$value];
}
}
}
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
$statusID = $row["id"];
$serializedString = $row["filter_string"];
$unserializedArray = unserialize(substr($serializedString,3)); // There's a prepended 'v8#' string in there, don't know why.
parseRecord(&$unserializedArray["hide_status"]);
parseRecord(&$unserializedArray["show_status"]);
$newSerialized = "v8#".serialize($unserializedArray);
// echo $newSerialized;
$changeStatus = mysql_query("UPDATE $mantisDB.mantis_filters_table SET filter_string='$newSerialized' WHERE id=$statusID");
}
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
I hope this works, let me know if you're having any issues.

How to show name in the url instead id in Cakephp?

I want to customize my url in cakephp
http://localhost/cantq4tickets/events/event_detail/1
instead of 1 (event_id) in url i want event name ex. birthday party.
In your events db table add field 'slug' VARCHAR (255)
In your Event model add before save method:
public function beforeSave($options = array()) {
parent::beforeSave();
$name_to_slug = Inflector::slug($this->data['Event']['name'], $replacement = '-');
$this->data['Event']['slug'] = strtolower($name_to_slug);
return true;
}
In your router
Router::connect('/events/*', array('controller' => 'events', 'action' => 'details'));
links in your views:
<?php echo $this->Html->link($event['Event']['name'],array('controller'=>'events','action'=>'details',$event['Event']['slug'])); ?>
in your EventsController::details($slug=null) findBySlug
You are after Routing which gives you some flexibility in making the URLs pretty. I'd suggest reading the Cookbook first and then perhaps going over some of these examples: http://lecterror.com/articles/view/advanced-routing-with-cakephp-one-example

ZF2 - retrieving bottom row id from table

I am trying to retrieve the latest entered if from the 'order' table within my database.
I'm currently trying to use the following method:
public function getLatestOrderId()
{
$adapter = $this->adapter;
$sql = new Sql($adapter);
$select = $sql->select();
$select->columns(array('id' => 'orderId'));
$select->from('order');
$select->order('orderId DESC');
$select->limit(1);
$statement = $sql->prepareStatementForSqlObject($select);
$statement->execute();
}
I have a feeling that this should be working. I am then accessing this method in the controller like so:
$orderId = $this->getOrderTable()->getLatestOrderId();
I have realised that at present the getLatestOrderId method does not actually return anything e.g. return $statement->execute();. This is because I receive an error saying that the sql result could not be converted to a string.
I'm insure what is going wrong, so any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

ZF2 - Select with CONCAT

I'm trying to make a select like this:
SELECT c.*, CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name") FROM contact AS c
so, I'm writing something like this...
$sql = new Sql($this->adapter);
$query = $sql->select()
->from(array('c' => 'contact'))
->columns(array("CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name"), false)
but, result is:
SELECT c``CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name AS
CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name FROM contact AS c
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks for any help!
When i have to extract some columns from a table and add a Sql function, i usually use this code:
$sql = new Sql($this->adapter);
$query = $sql->select()
->from(array('c' => 'contact'))
->columns(array(
'id', 'name', 'data' => new Expression('CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name)')
)
);
Expression is an instance of Zend\Db\Sql\Expression, the result is:
SELECT `id`, `name`, CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name) AS `data` FROM `contact` AS `c`
check out Database Expressions if you need to use MySQL functions or anything else which you don't want to be escaped automatically for you. some examples:
https://github.com/ralphschindler/Zend_Db-Examples
$sql = new Sql($this->adapter);
$query = $sql->select()
->from(array('c' => 'contact'))
->columns(array(
'*', new Expression("CONCAT(c.provider_id,'#',c.name) as data")
))
;

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