Inheritance diagram for ElggEntity:

Public Member Functions
	__clone ()
	Clone an entity. More...

	__set ($name, $value)
	Set an attribute or metadata value for this entity. More...

	set ($name, $value)
	Sets the value of an attribute or metadata. More...

	__get ($name)
	Get an attribute or metadata value. More...

	get ($name)
	Return the value of an attribute or metadata. More...

	getDisplayName ()
	Get the entity's display name. More...

	setDisplayName ($displayName)
	Sets the title or name of this entity. More...

	getMetadata ($name)
	Return the value of a piece of metadata. More...

	__unset ($name)
	Unset a property from metadata or attribute. More...

	setMetadata ($name, $value, $value_type= '', $multiple=false, $owner_guid=0, $access_id=null)
	Set metadata on this entity. More...

	deleteMetadata ($name=null)
	Deletes all metadata on this object (metadata.entity_guid = $this->guid). More...

	deleteOwnedMetadata ($name=null)
	Deletes all metadata owned by this object (metadata.owner_guid = $this->guid). More...

	clearMetadata ($name= '')
	Remove metadata. More...

	disableMetadata ($name= '')
	Disables metadata for this entity, optionally based on name. More...

	enableMetadata ($name= '')
	Enables metadata for this entity, optionally based on name. More...

	getVolatileData ($name)
	Get a piece of volatile (non-persisted) data on this entity. More...

	setVolatileData ($name, $value)
	Set a piece of volatile (non-persisted) data on this entity. More...

	deleteRelationships ($relationship=null)
	Remove all relationships to and from this entity. More...

	clearRelationships ()
	Remove all relationships to and from this entity. More...

	addRelationship ($guid_two, $relationship)
	Add a relationship between this an another entity. More...

	removeRelationship ($guid_two, $relationship)
	Remove a relationship. More...

	setPrivateSetting ($name, $value)
	Adds a private setting to this entity. More...

	getPrivateSetting ($name)
	Returns a private setting value. More...

	removePrivateSetting ($name)
	Removes private setting. More...

	deleteAnnotations ($name=null)
	Deletes all annotations on this object (annotations.entity_guid = $this->guid). More...

	deleteOwnedAnnotations ($name=null)
	Deletes all annotations owned by this object (annotations.owner_guid = $this->guid). More...

	disableAnnotations ($name= '')
	Disables annotations for this entity, optionally based on name. More...

	enableAnnotations ($name= '')
	Enables annotations for this entity, optionally based on name. More...

	annotate ($name, $value, $access_id=ACCESS_PRIVATE, $owner_guid=0, $vartype="")
	Adds an annotation to an entity. More...

	getAnnotations ($options=array(), $limit=50, $offset=0, $order="asc")
	Gets an array of annotations. More...

	clearAnnotations ($name="")
	Remove an annotation or all annotations for this entity. More...

	countAnnotations ($name="")
	Count annotations. More...

	getAnnotationsAvg ($name)
	Get the average of an integer type annotation. More...

	getAnnotationsSum ($name)
	Get the sum of integer type annotations of a given name. More...

	getAnnotationsMin ($name)
	Get the minimum of integer type annotations of given name. More...

	getAnnotationsMax ($name)
	Get the maximum of integer type annotations of a given name. More...

	countComments ()
	Count the number of comments attached to this entity. More...

	getEntitiesFromRelationship ($options=array(), $inverse=false, $limit=50, $offset=0)
	Gets an array of entities with a relationship to this entity. More...

	countEntitiesFromRelationship ($relationship, $inverse_relationship=false)
	Gets the number of entities from a specific relationship type. More...

	canEdit ($user_guid=0)
	Can a user edit this entity? More...

	canEditMetadata ($metadata=null, $user_guid=0)
	Can a user edit metadata on this entity? More...

	canWriteToContainer ($user_guid=0, $type= 'all', $subtype= 'all')
	Can a user add an entity to this container. More...

	canComment ($user_guid=0)
	Can a user comment on an entity? More...

	canAnnotate ($user_guid=0, $annotation_name= '')
	Can a user annotate an entity? More...

	getAccessID ()
	Returns the access_id. More...

	getGUID ()
	Returns the guid. More...

	getType ()
	Returns the entity type. More...

	getSubtype ()
	Get the entity subtype. More...

	getOwnerGUID ()
	Get the guid of the entity's owner. More...

	getOwner ()
	Return the guid of the entity's owner. More...

	getOwnerEntity ()
	Gets the ElggEntity that owns this entity. More...

	setContainerGUID ($container_guid)
	Set the container for this object. More...

	setContainer ($container_guid)
	Set the container for this object. More...

	getContainerGUID ()
	Gets the container GUID for this entity. More...

	getContainer ()
	Gets the container GUID for this entity. More...

	getContainerEntity ()
	Get the container entity for this object. More...

	getTimeUpdated ()
	Returns the UNIX epoch time that this entity was last updated. More...

	getURL ()
	Gets the URL for this entity. More...

	setURL ($url)
	Overrides the URL returned by getURL() More...

	getIconURL ($size= 'medium')
	Get the URL for this entity's icon. More...

	getIcon ($size= 'medium')
	Returns a URL for the entity's icon. More...

	setIcon ($url, $size= 'medium')
	Set an icon override for an icon and size. More...

	addToSite ($site)
	Add this entity to a site. More...

	removeFromSite ($site)
	Remove this entity from a site. More...

	getSites ($options=array())
	Gets the sites this entity is a member of. More...

	isFullyLoaded ()
	Tests to see whether the object has been fully loaded. More...

	save ()
	Save an entity. More...

	refresh (stdClass $row)
	Load new data from database into existing entity. More...

	disable ($reason="", $recursive=true)
	Disable this entity. More...

	enable ($recursive=true)
	Enable the entity. More...

	isEnabled ()
	Is this entity enabled? More...

	delete ($recursive=true)
	Deletes the entity. More...

	toObject ()
	{} More...

	getLocation ()
	Gets the 'location' metadata for the entity. More...

	setLocation ($location)
	Sets the 'location' metadata for the entity. More...

	setLatLong ($lat, $long)
	Set latitude and longitude metadata tags for a given entity. More...

	getLatitude ()
	Return the entity's latitude. More...

	getLongitude ()
	Return the entity's longitude. More...

	setCalendarTimeAndDuration ($hour=null, $minute=null, $second=null, $day=null, $month=null, $year=null, $duration=null)
	Set the time and duration of an object. More...

	getCalendarStartTime ()
	Returns the start timestamp. More...

	getCalendarEndTime ()
	Returns the end timestamp. More...

	getExportableValues ()
	Returns an array of fields which can be exported. More...

	export ()
	Export this class into an array of ODD Elements containing all necessary fields. More...

	import (ODD $data)
	Import data from an parsed ODD xml data array. More...

	getSystemLogID ()
	Return an identification for the object for storage in the system log. More...

	getObjectFromID ($id)
	For a given ID, return the object associated with it. More...

	getTags ($tag_names=null)
	Returns tags for this entity. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from ElggData
	__isset ($name)
	Test if property is set either as an attribute or metadata. More...

	getURL ()
	Get a URL for this object. More...

	save ()
	Save this data to the appropriate database table. More...

	delete ()
	Delete this data. More...

	getTimeCreated ()
	Returns the UNIX epoch time that this entity was created. More...

	toObject ()
	Get a plain old object copy for public consumption. More...

	getClassName ()
	Return the class name of the object. More...

	getObjectOwnerGUID ()
	Return the GUID of the owner of this object. More...

	rewind ()
	Iterator interface. More...

	current ()
	Iterator interface. More...

	key ()
	Iterator interface. More...

	next ()
	Iterator interface. More...

	valid ()
	Iterator interface. More...

	offsetSet ($key, $value)
	Array access interface. More...

	offsetGet ($key)
	Array access interface. More...

	offsetUnset ($key)
	Array access interface. More...

	offsetExists ($offset)
	Array access interface. More...

Protected Member Functions
	initializeAttributes ()
	Initialize the attributes array. More...

	create ()
	Create a new entry in the entities table. More...

	update ()
	Update the entity in the database. More...

	load ($guid)
	Loads attributes from the entities table into the object. More...

	loadAdditionalSelectValues (array $data)
	Stores non-attributes from the loading of the entity as volatile data. More...

	prepareObject ($object)
	Prepare an object copy for toObject() More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from ElggData
	initialise_attributes ($pre18_api=true)
	Initialise the attributes array. More...

	initializeAttributes ()
	Initialize the attributes array. More...

	getDatabase ()
	Provides a pointer to the database object. More...

	get ($name)
	Fetch the specified attribute. More...

	set ($name, $value)
	Set the specified attribute. More...

Protected Attributes
	$url_override
	If set, overrides the value of getURL() More...

	$icon_override
	Icon override, overrides the value of getIcon(). More...

	$temp_metadata = array()
	Holds metadata until entity is saved. More...

	$temp_annotations = array()
	Holds annotations until entity is saved. More...

	$temp_private_settings = array()
	Holds private settings until entity is saved. More...

	$volatile = array()
	Volatile data structure for this object, allows for storage of data in-memory that isn't sync'd back to the metadata table. More...

	$tables_split

	$tables_loaded

Protected Attributes inherited from ElggData
	$attributes = array()
	The main attributes of an entity. More...

	$valid = false

Detailed Description

Examples:: /root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 41 of file ElggEntity.php.

Member Function Documentation

ElggEntity::__clone ( )

Clone an entity.

Resets the guid so that the entity can be saved as a distinct entity from the original. Creation time will be set when this new entity is saved. The owner and container guids come from the original entity. The clone method copies metadata but does not copy annotations or private settings.

Note: metadata will have its owner and access id set when the entity is saved and it will be the same as that of the entity.

Returns: void

Definition at line 150 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::__get ( $name )

Get an attribute or metadata value.

If the name matches an attribute, the attribute is returned. If metadata does not exist with that name, a null is returned.

This only returns an array if there are multiple values for a particular $name key.

Parameters

string $name Name of the attribute or metadata

Returns: mixed

Definition at line 252 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::__set	(	$name,
		$value
	)

Set an attribute or metadata value for this entity.

Anything that is not an attribute is saved as metadata.

Warning: Metadata set this way will inherit the entity's owner and access ID. If you want more control over metadata, use ElggEntity::setMetadata()

Parameters

string	$name	Name of the attribute or metadata
mixed	$value	The value to be set

Returns: void

See also: ElggEntity::setMetadata()

Definition at line 197 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::__unset ( $name )

Unset a property from metadata or attribute.

Warning: If you use this to unset an attribute, you must save the object!

Parameters

string $name The name of the attribute or metadata.

Returns: void

Definition at line 358 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::addRelationship	(	$guid_two,
		$relationship
	)

Add a relationship between this an another entity.

Read the relationship like "This entity is a $relationship of $guid_two."

Parameters

int	$guid_two	GUID of the target entity of the relationship.
string	$relationship	The type of relationship.

Returns: bool

See also: ElggEntity::removeRelationship(); ElggEntity::deleteRelationships()

Definition at line 640 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::addToSite ( $site )

Add this entity to a site.

This creates a 'member_of_site' relationship.

Parameters

ElggSite $site The site to add this entity to

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1464 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::annotate	(	$name,
		$value,
		$access_id = `ACCESS_PRIVATE`,
		$owner_guid = `0`,
		$vartype = `""`
	)

Adds an annotation to an entity.

Warning: By default, annotations are private.; Annotating an unsaved entity more than once with the same name will only save the last annotation.

Parameters

string	$name	Annotation name
mixed	$value	Annotation value
int	$access_id	Access ID
int	$owner_guid	GUID of the annotation owner
string	$vartype	The type of annotation value

Returns: bool|int Returns int if an annotation is saved

Definition at line 827 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::canAnnotate	(	$user_guid = `0`,
		$annotation_name = `''`
	)

Can a user annotate an entity?

Can be overridden by registering for the permissions_check:annotate, <entity type>=""> plugin hook.

If you want logged out users to annotate an object, do not call canAnnotate(). It's easier than using the plugin hook.

Parameters

int	$user_guid	User guid (default is logged in user)
string	$annotation_name	The name of the annotation (default is unspecified)

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1166 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::canComment ( $user_guid = 0 )

Can a user comment on an entity?

Can be overridden by registering for the permissions_check:comment, <entity type>=""> plugin hook.

Parameters

int $user_guid User guid (default is logged in user)

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1140 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::canEdit ( $user_guid = 0 )

Can a user edit this entity?

Can be overridden by registering for the permissions_check plugin hook.

Parameters

int $user_guid The user GUID, optionally (default: logged in user)

Returns: bool Whether this entity is editable by the given user.

See also: elgg_set_ignore_access()

Definition at line 1036 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::canEditMetadata	(	$metadata = `null`,
		$user_guid = `0`
	)

Can a user edit metadata on this entity?

If no specific metadata is passed, it returns whether the user can edit any metadata on the entity.

Can be overridden by by registering for the permissions_check:metadata plugin hook.

Parameters

ElggMetadata	$metadata	The piece of metadata to specifically check or null for any metadata
int	$user_guid	The user GUID, optionally (default: logged in user)

Returns: bool

See also: elgg_set_ignore_access()

Definition at line 1084 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::canWriteToContainer	(	$user_guid = `0`,
		$type = `'all'`,
		$subtype = `'all'`
	)

Can a user add an entity to this container.

Parameters

int	$user_guid	The GUID of the user creating the entity (0 for logged in user).
string	$type	The type of entity we're looking to write
string	$subtype	The subtype of the entity we're looking to write

Returns: bool

See also: elgg_set_ignore_access()

Definition at line 1126 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::clearAnnotations ( $name = "" )

Remove an annotation or all annotations for this entity.

Warning: Calling this method with no or an empty argument will remove all annotations on the entity.

Parameters

string $name Annotation name

Returns: bool

Definition at line 898 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::clearMetadata ( $name = '' )

Remove metadata.

Warning: Calling this with no or empty arguments will clear all metadata on the entity.

Parameters

string $name The name of the metadata to clear

Returns: mixed bool

Definition at line 516 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::clearRelationships ( )

Remove all relationships to and from this entity.

Returns: bool

See also: ElggEntity::addRelationship(); ElggEntity::removeRelationship()

Definition at line 623 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::countAnnotations ( $name = "" )

Count annotations.

Parameters

string $name The type of annotation.

Returns: int

Definition at line 910 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::countComments ( )

Count the number of comments attached to this entity.

Returns: int Number of comments

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 964 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::countEntitiesFromRelationship	(	$relationship,
		$inverse_relationship = `false`
	)

Gets the number of entities from a specific relationship type.

Parameters

string	$relationship	Relationship type (eg "friends")
bool	$inverse_relationship	Invert relationship

Returns: int|false The number of entities or false on failure

Definition at line 1017 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::create ( )

protected

Create a new entry in the entities table.

Saves the base information in the entities table for the entity. Saving the type-specific information is handled in the calling class method.

Warning: Entities must have an entry in both the entities table and their type table or they will throw an exception when loaded.

Returns: int The new entity's GUID

Exceptions

InvalidParameterException	If the entity's type has not been set.
IOException	If the new row fails to write to the DB.

Definition at line 1563 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::delete ( $recursive = true )

Deletes the entity.

Removes the entity and its metadata, annotations, relationships, river entries, and private data.

Optionally can remove entities contained and owned by this entity.

Warning: If deleting recursively, this bypasses ownership of items contained by the entity. That means that if the container_guid = $this->guid, the item will be deleted regardless of who owns it.

Parameters

bool $recursive If true (default) then all entities which are owned or contained by $this will also be deleted.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1979 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::deleteAnnotations ( $name = null )

Deletes all annotations on this object (annotations.entity_guid = $this->guid).

If you pass a name, only annotations matching that name will be deleted.

Warning: Calling this with no or empty arguments will clear all annotations on the entity.

Parameters

null | string $name The annotations name to remove.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 717 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::deleteMetadata ( $name = null )

Deletes all metadata on this object (metadata.entity_guid = $this->guid).

If you pass a name, only metadata matching that name will be deleted.

Warning: Calling this with no $name will clear all metadata on the entity.

Parameters

null | string $name The name of the metadata to remove.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 465 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::deleteOwnedAnnotations ( $name = null )

Deletes all annotations owned by this object (annotations.owner_guid = $this->guid).

If you pass a name, only annotations matching that name will be deleted.

Parameters

null | string $name The name of annotations to delete.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 737 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::deleteOwnedMetadata ( $name = null )

Deletes all metadata owned by this object (metadata.owner_guid = $this->guid).

If you pass a name, only metadata matching that name will be deleted.

Parameters

null | string $name The name of metadata to delete.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 490 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::deleteRelationships ( $relationship = null )

Remove all relationships to and from this entity.

If you pass a relationship name, only relationships matching that name will be deleted.

Warning: Calling this with no $relationship will clear all relationships for this entity.

Parameters

null | string $relationship The name of the relationship to remove.

Returns: bool

See also: ElggEntity::addRelationship(); ElggEntity::removeRelationship()

Definition at line 609 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::disable	(	$reason = `""`,
		$recursive = `true`
	)

Disable this entity.

Disabled entities are not returned by getter functions. To enable an entity, use ElggEntity::enable().

Recursively disabling an entity will disable all entities owned or contained by the parent entity.

You can ignore the disabled field by using access_show_hidden_entities().

Definition at line 1831 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::disableAnnotations ( $name = '' )

Disables annotations for this entity, optionally based on name.

Parameters

string $name An options name of annotations to disable.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 761 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::disableMetadata ( $name = '' )

Disables metadata for this entity, optionally based on name.

Parameters

string $name An options name of metadata to disable.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 528 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::enable ( $recursive = true )

Enable the entity.

Warning: Disabled entities can't be loaded unless access_show_hidden_entities(true) has been called.

Parameters

bool $recursive Recursively enable all entities disabled with the entity?

See also: access_show_hiden_entities()

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1901 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::enableAnnotations ( $name = '' )

Enables annotations for this entity, optionally based on name.

Warning: Before calling this, you must use access_show_hidden_entities()

Parameters

string $name An options name of annotations to enable.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 782 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::enableMetadata ( $name = '' )

Enables metadata for this entity, optionally based on name.

Warning: Before calling this, you must use access_show_hidden_entities()

Parameters

string $name An options name of metadata to enable.

Returns: bool

Since: 1.8

Definition at line 549 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::export ( )

Export this class into an array of ODD Elements containing all necessary fields.

Override if you wish to return more information than can be found in $this->attributes (shouldn't happen)

Returns: array

Implements Exportable.

Definition at line 2264 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::get ( $name )

Return the value of an attribute or metadata.

Parameters

string $name Name

Returns: mixed Returns the value of a given value, or null.

Definition at line 271 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getAccessID ( )

Returns the access_id.

Returns: int The access ID

Definition at line 1190 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getAnnotations	(	$options = `array()`,
		$limit = `50`,
		$offset = `0`,
		$order = `"asc"`
	)

Gets an array of annotations.

To retrieve annotations on an unsaved entity, pass array('name' => [annotation name]) as the options array.

Parameters

array	$options	Array of options for elgg_get_annotations() except guid. This may be passed a string annotation name, but this usage is deprecated.
int	$limit	Limit (deprecated)
int	$offset	Offset (deprecated)
string	$order	Order by time: asc or desc (deprecated)

Returns: array

See also: elgg_get_annotations()

Definition at line 851 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getAnnotationsAvg ( $name )

Get the average of an integer type annotation.

Parameters

string $name Annotation name

Returns: int

Definition at line 921 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getAnnotationsMax ( $name )

Get the maximum of integer type annotations of a given name.

Parameters

string $name Annotation name

Returns: int

Definition at line 954 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getAnnotationsMin ( $name )

Get the minimum of integer type annotations of given name.

Parameters

string $name Annotation name

Returns: int

Definition at line 943 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getAnnotationsSum ( $name )

Get the sum of integer type annotations of a given name.

Parameters

string $name Annotation name

Returns: int

Definition at line 932 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getCalendarEndTime ( )

Returns the end timestamp.

Returns: int

Implements Notable.

Definition at line 2227 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getCalendarStartTime ( )

Returns the start timestamp.

Returns: int

Implements Notable.

Definition at line 2216 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getContainer ( )

Gets the container GUID for this entity.

Returns: int

Definition at line 1293 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getContainerEntity ( )

Get the container entity for this object.

Returns: ElggEntity

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 1304 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getContainerGUID ( )

Gets the container GUID for this entity.

Returns: int

Definition at line 1283 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getDisplayName ( )

abstract

Get the entity's display name.

Returns: string The title or name of this entity.

ElggEntity::getEntitiesFromRelationship	(	$options = `array()`,
		$inverse = `false`,
		$limit = `50`,
		$offset = `0`
	)

Gets an array of entities with a relationship to this entity.

Parameters

array	$options	Options array. See elgg_get_entities_from_relationship() for a list of options. 'relationship_guid' is set to this entity.
bool	$inverse	Is this an inverse relationship? (deprecated)
int	$limit	Number of elements to return (deprecated)
int	$offset	Indexing offset (deprecated)

Returns: array|false An array of entities or false on failure

See also: elgg_get_entities_from_relationship()

Definition at line 993 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getExportableValues ( )

Returns an array of fields which can be exported.

Returns: array

Implements Exportable.

Definition at line 2242 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getGUID ( )

Returns the guid.

Returns: int|null GUID

Definition at line 1199 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getIcon ( $size = 'medium' )

Returns a URL for the entity's icon.

Parameters

string $size Either 'large', 'medium', 'small' or 'tiny'

Returns: string The url or false if no url could be worked out.

Definition at line 1423 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getIconURL ( $size = 'medium' )

Get the URL for this entity's icon.

Plugins can register for the 'entity:icon:url', <type> plugin hook to customize the icon for an entity.

Parameters

string $size Size of the icon: tiny, small, medium, large

Returns: string The URL

Since: 1.8.0

Definition at line 1393 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getLatitude ( )

Return the entity's latitude.

Returns: float

Implements Locatable.

Definition at line 2162 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getLocation ( )

Gets the 'location' metadata for the entity.

Returns: string The location

Implements Locatable.

Definition at line 2127 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getLongitude ( )

Return the entity's longitude.

Returns: float

Implements Locatable.

Definition at line 2172 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getMetadata ( $name )

Return the value of a piece of metadata.

Parameters

string $name Name

Returns: mixed The value, or null if not found.

Definition at line 298 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getObjectFromID ( $id )

For a given ID, return the object associated with it.

This is used by the system log. It can be called on any Loggable object.

Parameters

int $id GUID.

Returns: int GUID

Implements Loggable.

Definition at line 2397 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getOwner ( )

Return the guid of the entity's owner.

Returns: int The owner GUID

Definition at line 1240 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getOwnerEntity ( )

Gets the ElggEntity that owns this entity.

Returns: ElggEntity The owning entity

Definition at line 1250 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getOwnerGUID ( )

Get the guid of the entity's owner.

Returns: int The owner GUID

Definition at line 1230 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getPrivateSetting ( $name )

Returns a private setting value.

Parameters

string $name Name of the private setting

Returns: mixed Null if the setting does not exist

Definition at line 685 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getSites ( $options = array() )

Gets the sites this entity is a member of.

Site membership is determined by relationships and not site_guid.

Parameters

array $options Options array for elgg_get_entities_from_relationship() Parameters set automatically by this method: 'relationship', 'relationship_guid', 'inverse_relationship'

Returns: array

Definition at line 1502 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getSubtype ( )

Get the entity subtype.

Returns: string The entity subtype

Implements Loggable.

Examples:: /root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 1217 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getSystemLogID ( )

Return an identification for the object for storage in the system log.

This id must be an integer.

Returns: int

Implements Loggable.

Definition at line 2386 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getTags ( $tag_names = null )

Returns tags for this entity.

Warning: Tags must be registered by elgg_register_tag_metadata_name().

Parameters

array $tag_names Optionally restrict by tag metadata names.

Returns: array

Definition at line 2410 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getTimeUpdated ( )

Returns the UNIX epoch time that this entity was last updated.

Returns: int UNIX epoch time

Definition at line 1313 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getType ( )

Returns the entity type.

Returns: string The entity type

Implements Loggable.

Examples:: /root/Elgg/engine/lib/views.php.

Definition at line 1208 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getURL ( )

Gets the URL for this entity.

Plugins can register for the 'entity:url', <type> plugin hook to customize the url for an entity.

Returns: string The URL of the entity

Definition at line 1325 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::getVolatileData ( $name )

Get a piece of volatile (non-persisted) data on this entity.

Parameters

string $name The name of the volatile data

Returns: mixed The value or null if not found.

Definition at line 568 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::import ( ODD $data )

Import data from an parsed ODD xml data array.

Parameters

ODD $data XML data

Returns: true

Exceptions

InvalidParameterException

Implements Importable.

Definition at line 2356 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::initializeAttributes ( )

protected

Initialize the attributes array.

This is vital to distinguish between metadata and base parameters.

Returns: void

Definition at line 102 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::isEnabled ( )

Is this entity enabled?

Returns: boolean Whether this entity is enabled.

Definition at line 1958 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::isFullyLoaded ( )

Tests to see whether the object has been fully loaded.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1518 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::load ( $guid )

protected

Loads attributes from the entities table into the object.

Parameters

mixed $guid GUID of entity or stdClass object from entities table

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1740 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::loadAdditionalSelectValues ( array $data )

protected

Stores non-attributes from the loading of the entity as volatile data.

Parameters

array $data Key value array

Returns: void

Definition at line 1787 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::prepareObject ( $object )

protected

Prepare an object copy for toObject()

Parameters

stdClass $object Object representation of the entity

Returns: stdClass

Definition at line 2104 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::refresh ( stdClass $row )

Load new data from database into existing entity.

Overwrites data but does not change values not included in the latest data.

Definition at line 1805 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::removeFromSite ( $site )

Remove this entity from a site.

This deletes the 'member_of_site' relationship.

Parameters

ElggSite $site The site to remove this entity from

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1482 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::removePrivateSetting ( $name )

Removes private setting.

Parameters

string $name Name of the private setting

Returns: bool

Definition at line 703 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::removeRelationship	(	$guid_two,
		$relationship
	)

Remove a relationship.

Parameters

int	$guid_two	GUID of the target entity of the relationship.
string	$relationship	The type of relationship.

Returns: bool

See also: ElggEntity::addRelationship(); ElggEntity::deleteRelationships()

Definition at line 654 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::save ( )

Save an entity.

Returns: bool|int

Exceptions

InvalidParameterException
IOException

Definition at line 1529 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::set	(	$name,
		$value
	)

Sets the value of an attribute or metadata.

Parameters

string	$name	Name
mixed	$value	Value

Returns: bool

Definition at line 233 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setCalendarTimeAndDuration	(	$hour = `null`,
		$minute = `null`,
		$second = `null`,
		$day = `null`,
		$month = `null`,
		$year = `null`,
		$duration = `null`
	)

Set the time and duration of an object.

Parameters

int	$hour	If ommitted, now is assumed.
int	$minute	If ommitted, now is assumed.
int	$second	If ommitted, now is assumed.
int	$day	If ommitted, now is assumed.
int	$month	If ommitted, now is assumed.
int	$year	If ommitted, now is assumed.
int	$duration	Duration of event, remainder of the day is assumed.

Returns: true

Implements Notable.

Definition at line 2194 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setContainer ( $container_guid )

Set the container for this object.

Parameters

int $container_guid The ID of the container.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1273 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setContainerGUID ( $container_guid )

Set the container for this object.

Parameters

int $container_guid The ID of the container.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1261 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setDisplayName ( $displayName )

abstract

Sets the title or name of this entity.

Parameters

string $displayName The title or name of this entity.

Returns: void

ElggEntity::setIcon	(	$url,
		$size = `'medium'`
	)

Set an icon override for an icon and size.

Warning: This override exists only for the life of the object.

Parameters

string	$url	The url of the icon.
string	$size	The size its for.

Returns: bool

Definition at line 1439 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setLatLong	(	$lat,
		$long
	)

Set latitude and longitude metadata tags for a given entity.

Parameters

float	$lat	Latitude
float	$long	Longitude

Returns: void

Implements Locatable.

Definition at line 2151 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setLocation ( $location )

Sets the 'location' metadata for the entity.

Parameters

string $location String representation of the location

Returns: void

Implements Locatable.

Definition at line 2138 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setMetadata	(	$name,
		$value,
		$value_type = `''`,
		$multiple = `false`,
		$owner_guid = `0`,
		$access_id = `null`
	)

Set metadata on this entity.

Plugin developers usually want to use the magic set method ($entity->name = 'value'). Use this method if you want to explicitly set the owner or access of the metadata. You cannot set the owner/access before the entity has been saved.

Parameters

string	$name	Name of the metadata
mixed	$value	Value of the metadata (doesn't support assoc arrays)
string	$value_type	'text', 'integer', or '' for automatic detection
bool	$multiple	Allow multiple values for a single name. Does not support associative arrays.
int	$owner_guid	GUID of entity that owns the metadata. Default is owner of entity.
int	$access_id	Who can read the metadata relative to the owner. Default is the access level of the entity.

Returns: bool

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

Definition at line 386 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setPrivateSetting	(	$name,
		$value
	)

Adds a private setting to this entity.

Private settings are similar to metadata but will not be searched and there are fewer helper functions for them.

Parameters

string	$name	Name of private setting
mixed	$value	Value of private setting

Returns: bool

Definition at line 669 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setURL ( $url )

Overrides the URL returned by getURL()

Warning: This override exists only for the life of the object.

Parameters

string $url The new item URL

Returns: string The URL

Definition at line 1376 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::setVolatileData	(	$name,
		$value
	)

Set a piece of volatile (non-persisted) data on this entity.

Parameters

string	$name	Name
mixed	$value	Value

Returns: void

Definition at line 588 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::toObject ( )

{}

Definition at line 2091 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::update ( )

protected

Update the entity in the database.

Returns: bool Whether the update was successful.

Exceptions

InvalidParameterException

Definition at line 1666 of file ElggEntity.php.

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ElggEntity::$icon_override

protected

Icon override, overrides the value of getIcon().

Definition at line 55 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$tables_loaded

protected

Definition at line 93 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$tables_split

protected

Definition at line 86 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$temp_annotations = array()

protected

Holds annotations until entity is saved.

Once the entity is saved, annotations are written immediately to the database.

Definition at line 67 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$temp_metadata = array()

protected

Holds metadata until entity is saved.

Once the entity is saved, metadata are written immediately to the database.

Definition at line 61 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$temp_private_settings = array()

protected

Holds private settings until entity is saved.

Once the entity is saved, private settings are written immediately to the database.

Definition at line 73 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$url_override

protected

If set, overrides the value of getURL()

Definition at line 50 of file ElggEntity.php.

ElggEntity::$volatile = array()

protected

Volatile data structure for this object, allows for storage of data in-memory that isn't sync'd back to the metadata table.

Definition at line 79 of file ElggEntity.php.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

engine/classes/ElggEntity.php

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