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difficulty with relations and controlling them in ModelAdmin
24 November 2009 at 10:51am
I want to make a carousel module. To me this means 2 DataObjects (Slide and Carousel) and a page type (CarouselPage) that will contain the Carousel.
A carousel will have a title to describe it (i.e. Pictures from Vacation) and any number of slides (I'm hoping to be able to select them from a ComplexTableField), while a slide will have a title (i.e. day 1 on the beach) and html code and/or an image.
In terms of relations, carousel:
static $has_many = array(
'MySlides' => 'Slide'
);slide:
static $belongs_many_many = array(
'Carousels' => 'Carousel'
);Would this be the best way to relate these two? Would it be smarter to just have a Carousel Page type and a Slides DataObject and skip the carousel DataObject? Do the slides really need a relation back to the Carousel? I'd like to hear from those more experienced.
Thanks!
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Re: difficulty with relations and controlling them in ModelAdmin
25 November 2009 at 6:11am
I'm sure my relation is still not right because my HasManyComplexTableField does not have any checkboxes. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
class Carousel extends DataObject {
static $db = array (
'Title' => 'Varchar'
);static $many_many = array(
'MySlides' => 'Slide'
);function getCMSfields() {
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();$tablefield = new HasManyComplexTableField (
$this,
'MySlides',
'Slide',
array(
'Title' => 'Title'
),
'getCMSFields_forPopup'
);
$tablefield->setAddTitle( 'A Slide') ;
$fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', $tablefield);return $fields;
}
}class Slide extends DataObject {
static $db = array(
'Title' => 'Varchar',
'Code' => 'HTMLText'
);static $belongs_many_many =array(
'Carousels' => 'Carousel'
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Re: difficulty with relations and controlling them in ModelAdmin
25 November 2009 at 8:44am
Hi,
you have one Carousel with many Slides, so this is an 1:n relation.To implement this relation in Silverstripe you have to:
In class Carousel:
static $has_many = array(
'MySlides' => 'Slide'
);and in class Slide:
static $has_one =array(
'Carousel' => 'Carousel'
);I hope this will help ;)
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Re: difficulty with relations and controlling them in ModelAdmin
25 November 2009 at 8:48am
Thank you for responding, wee-man
Doesn't the relation that you mentioned mean that you cannot use the same slide in more than 1 carousel?
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Re: difficulty with relations and controlling them in ModelAdmin
25 November 2009 at 9:01am
jep - that's right.
In this case you can associate a slide to only one carousel.If you want to use a slide in more than one carousel then you need a n:m relation.
For that you have to use
$many_many = array("MySlides" => "Slide"); //in class Carousel
$belongs_many_many = array("MyCarousels" => "Carousel"); //in Slide
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Re: difficulty with relations and controlling them in ModelAdmin
25 November 2009 at 9:30am Last edited: 25 November 2009 11:35am
I see these relationships working properly now. Thank you for your help, wee-man.
What I need to focus on next is changing this Carousel ModelAdmin portion of the CMS to be more user friendly for editing the different dataObjects.
Ideally, I would like to be able to select a tab on the left side (carousel or slide) and have a list similar to the site tree appear underneath. Then modify the objects on the right. Is ModelAdmin the right tool for this job, or would I be better off with a different approach?
I appreciate any advice or references that could be of help.
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