halmon/application/classes/ORM.php

<?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct access allowed.');

/**
 * This class overrides Kohana's ORM
 *
 * @package    HAlMon
 * @category   Modifications
 * @author     Deon George
 * @copyright  (c) 2010 Deon George
 * @license    http://dev.leenooks.net/license.html
 */
class ORM extends Kohana_ORM {
	protected $_table_names_plural = TRUE;
	protected $_model_names_plural = FALSE;
	private $_object_formated = array();
	private $_formated = FALSE;
	// Our filters used to display values in a friendly format
	protected $_display_filters = array();

	/**
	 * Format fields for display purposes
	 *
	 * @param   string  column name
	 * @return  mixed
	 */
	private function _format() {
		foreach ($this->_display_filters as $column => $formats)
			$this->_object_formated[$column] = $this->run_filter($column,$this->__get($column),array($column=>$formats));

		$this->_formated = TRUE;
	}

	/**
	 * Return a formated columns, as per the model definition
	 */
	public function display($column) {
		// Trigger a load of the record.
		$value = $this->__get($column);

		// If some of our fields need to be formated for display purposes.
		if ($this->_loaded AND ! $this->_formated AND $this->_display_filters)
			$this->_format();

		if (isset($this->_object_formated[$column]))
			return $this->_object_formated[$column];
		else
			return HTML::nbsp($value);
	}
}
?>