has anyone got any hints on writing to a many_many relationship? I'm just starting to understand dataobjects a little better and trying to build some forms... the wiki is awesome for info but I can't find anything on saving relationships.

The following is what I have in my head but not too sure how it all fits together

$myDataObject = new myDataObject;
$myDataObject->relationship = form data;
$myDataObject->write();

a many_many is just a link between 2 dataobjects. Note you will need to write() both objects before you add it to the relationship as the ID of the object is created on write()

// MyDataObject has a many_many to MyOtherDataObject called 'Others'

$dataobject = new MyDataObject();
$dataobject->write();

$other = new MyOtherDataObject();
$other->write();

$dataobject->Others()->add($other);

// you should see a MyDataObject_Others table in your database with 1 entry

Thanks for the fast reply willr!
That makes a little more sense. So I imagine I'll be able to add relationships to existing dataobjects by

$dataObject = DataObject::get('mydataobject');
$other = DataObject::get('another');

$dataObject->Others()->add($other);

I'll give it ago. Thnks man.

Hi Will, you know when we add successully how to update it because the add function wont update when we change the existing value of the field