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title: Data Types, Overloading and Casting
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summary: Learn how how data is stored going in and coming out of the ORM and how to modify it.
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# Data Types and Casting
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Each model in a SilverStripe [api:DataObject] will handle data at some point. This includes database columns such as
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the ones defined in a `$db` array or simply a method that returns data for the template.
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A Data Type is represented in SilverStripe by a [api:DBField] subclass. The class is responsible for telling the ORM
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about how to store its data in the database and how to format the information coming out of the database, i.e. on a template.
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In the `Player` example, we have four database columns each with a different data type (Int, Varchar).
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**mysite/code/Player.php**
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:::php
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<?php
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class Player extends DataObject {
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private static $db = array(
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'PlayerNumber' => 'Int',
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'FirstName' => 'Varchar(255)',
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'LastName' => 'Text',
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'Birthday' => 'Date'
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);
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}
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## Available Types
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* [api:Boolean]: A boolean field.
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* [api:Currency]: A number with 2 decimal points of precision, designed to store currency values.
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* [api:Date]: A date field
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* [api:Decimal]: A decimal number.
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* [api:Enum]: An enumeration of a set of strings
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* [api:HTMLText]: A variable-length string of up to 2MB, designed to store HTML
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* [api:HTMLVarchar]: A variable-length string of up to 255 characters, designed to store HTML
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* [api:Int]: An integer field.
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* [api:Percentage]: A decimal number between 0 and 1 that represents a percentage.
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* [api:SS_Datetime]: A date / time field
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* [api:Text]: A variable-length string of up to 2MB, designed to store raw text
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* [api:Time]: A time field
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* [api:Varchar]: A variable-length string of up to 255 characters, designed to store raw text.
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See the [API documentation](api:DBField) for a full list of available Data Types. You can define your own [api:DBField] instances if required as well.
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## Default Values
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### Default values for new objects
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For complex default values for newly instantiated objects see [Dynamic Default Values](how_tos/dynamic_default_fields).
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For simple values you can make use of the `$defaults` array. For example:
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:::php
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<?php
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class Car extends DataObject {
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private static $db = array(
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'Wheels' => 'Int',
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'Condition' => 'Enum(array("New","Fair","Junk"))'
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);
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private static $defaults = array(
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'Wheels' => 4,
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'Condition' => 'New'
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);
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}
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### Default values for new database columns
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When adding a new `$db` field to a DataObject you can specify a default value
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to be applied to all existing records when the column is added in the database
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for the first time. This will also be applied to any newly created objects
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going forward. You do this be passing an argument for the default value in your
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`$db` items.
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For integer values, the default is the first parameter in the field specification.
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For string values, you will need to declare this default using the options array.
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For enum values, it's the second parameter.
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For example:
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:::php
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<?php
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class Car extends DataObject {
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private static $db = array(
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'Wheels' => 'Int(4)',
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'Condition' => 'Enum(array("New","Fair","Junk"), "New")',
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'Make' => 'Varchar(["default" => "Honda"]),
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);
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}
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## Formatting Output
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The Data Type does more than setup the correct database schema. They can also define methods and formatting helpers for
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output. You can manually create instances of a Data Type and pass it through to the template.
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If this case, we'll create a new method for our `Player` that returns the full name. By wrapping this in a [api:Varchar]
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object we can control the formatting and it allows us to call methods defined from `Varchar` as `LimitCharacters`.
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**mysite/code/Player.php**
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:::php
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<?php
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class Player extends DataObject {
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..
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public function getName() {
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return DBField::create_field('Varchar', $this->FirstName . ' '. $this->LastName);
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}
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}
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Then we can refer to a new `Name` column on our `Player` instances. In templates we don't need to use the `get` prefix.
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:::php
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$player = Player::get()->byId(1);
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echo $player->Name;
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// returns "Sam Minnée"
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echo $player->getName();
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// returns "Sam Minnée";
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echo $player->getName()->LimitCharacters(2);
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// returns "Sa.."
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## Casting
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Rather than manually returning objects from your custom functions. You can use the `$casting` property.
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:::php
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<?php
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class Player extends DataObject {
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private static $casting = array(
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"Name" => 'Varchar',
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);
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public function getName() {
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return $this->FirstName . ' '. $this->LastName;
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}
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}
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The properties on any SilverStripe object can be type casted automatically, by transforming its scalar value into an
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instance of the [api:DBField] class, providing additional helpers. For example, a string can be cast as a [api:Text]
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type, which has a `FirstSentence()` method to retrieve the first sentence in a longer piece of text.
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On the most basic level, the class can be used as simple conversion class from one value to another, e.g. to round a
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number.
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:::php
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DBField::create_field('Double', 1.23456)->Round(2); // results in 1.23
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Of course that's much more verbose than the equivalent PHP call. The power of [api:DBField] comes with its more
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sophisticated helpers, like showing the time difference to the current date:
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:::php
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DBField::create_field('Date', '1982-01-01')->TimeDiff(); // shows "30 years ago"
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## Casting ViewableData
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Most objects in SilverStripe extend from [api:ViewableData], which means they know how to present themselves in a view
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context. Through a `$casting` array, arbitrary properties and getters can be casted:
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:::php
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<?php
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class MyObject extends ViewableData {
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private static $casting = array(
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'MyDate' => 'Date'
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);
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public function getMyDate() {
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return '1982-01-01';
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}
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}
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$obj = new MyObject;
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$obj->getMyDate(); // returns string
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$obj->MyDate; // returns string
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$obj->obj('MyDate'); // returns object
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$obj->obj('MyDate')->InPast(); // returns boolean
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## Casting HTML Text
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The database field types [api:HTMLVarchar]/[api:HTMLText] and [api:Varchar]/[api:Text] are exactly the same in
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the database. However, the template engine knows to escape fields without the `HTML` prefix automatically in templates,
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to prevent them from rendering HTML interpreted by browsers. This escaping prevents attacks like CSRF or XSS (see
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"[security](../security)"), which is important if these fields store user-provided data.
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See the [Template casting](/developer_guides/templates/casting) section for controlling casting in your templates.
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## Overloading
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"Getters" and "Setters" are functions that help us save fields to our [api:DataObject] instances. By default, the
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methods `getField()` and `setField()` are used to set column data. They save to the protected array, `$obj->record`.
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We can overload the default behavior by making a function called "get`<fieldname>`" or "set`<fieldname>`".
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The following example will use the result of `getStatus` instead of the 'Status' database column. We can refer to the
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database column using `dbObject`.
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:::php
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<?php
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class Player extends DataObject {
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private static $db = array(
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"Status" => "Enum(array('Active', 'Injured', 'Retired'))"
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);
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public function getStatus() {
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return (!$this->obj("Birthday")->InPast()) ? "Unborn" : $this->dbObject('Status')->Value();
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}
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## API Documentation
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* [api:DataObject]
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* [api:DBField]
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