README.md

yii-manymanyactiverecord

The ManyManyActiveRecord YII extension class adds up functionality of saving MANY_MANY relation field value using simple arrays.

Requirements

Yii 1.1 or above

Installation

To use this extension:

1. copy ManyManyActiveRecord to your components directory

2. check that your config have autoloaded

   'import'=>array( ... 'application.components.*', ...

3. extend your model (which has MANY_MANY relation), category for example

   class Category extends ManyManyActiveRecord ...

Usage

If Category has:

'posts'=>array(self::MANY_MANY, 'Post', 'tbl_post_category(category_id, post_id)')

Create tbl_post_category (category_id, post_id) table and then

you can set relations by (with erasing old ones)

$model = Category::model()->findByPk(10);
$model->setRelationRecords('posts',array(1, 2, 3));

or you can add new relations (without deletions of old ones)

$model = Category::model()->findByPk(10);
$model->addRelationRecords('posts',array(1, 2, 3));

or you can remove some relations

$model = Category::model()->findByPk(10);
$model->removeRelationRecords('posts',array(1,2,3));

or you can remove all relation records

$model = Category::model()->findByPk(10);
$model->removeAllRelationRecords('posts');

or if you need to save additional data in tbl_post_category (like user_id for example) you add relations with $additionalFields

$model = Category::model()->findByPk(10);
$model->addRelationRecords('posts',array(1, 2, 3), array('user_id' => Yii::app()->user->id));

Each of this method saves data to database, you don't need to save the model.