cakephp-2.0 > FormHelper :: _introspectModel()
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_introspectModel

line:185 at /lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
Inspects the model properties to extract information from them. Currently it can extract information from the the fields, the primary key and required fields

Method

(mixed) protected _introspectModel ($model, $key, $field = null)

Parameters

ParameterTypeCommentDefault
$model string required name of the model to extract information from
$key string required name of the special information key to obtain (key, fields, validates, errors)
$field string optional name of the model field to get information from null

Return

mixed

Comment

Inspects the model properties to extract information from them.
Currently it can extract information from the the fields, the primary key and required fields

The $key parameter accepts the following list of values:

- key: Returns the name of the primary key for the model
- fields: Returns the model schema
- validates: returns the list of fields that are required
- errors: returns the list of validation errors

If the $field parameter is passed if will return the information for that sole field.

`$this->_introspectModel('Post', 'fields', 'title');` will return the schema information for title column

@param string $model name of the model to extract information from
@param string $key name of the special information key to obtain (key, fields, validates, errors)
@param string $field name of the model field to get information from
@return mixed information extracted for the special key and field in a model