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Description

Inserts a row into a table based on an objects properties

Syntax

insertObject($table, &$object, $keyName=NULL)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$table		The name of the table
&$object		An object whose properties match table fields
$keyName	NULL	The name of the primary key. If provided the object property is updated.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/database/mysql.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.database.mysql' );

Source Body

public function insertObject($table, &$object, $keyName = NULL)
{
        $fmtsql = 'INSERT INTO '.$this->nameQuote($table).' (%s) VALUES (%s) ';
        $fields = array();

        foreach (get_object_vars($object) as $k => $v) {
                if (is_array($v) or is_object($v) or $v === NULL) {
                        continue;
                }
                if ($k[0] == '_') { // internal field
                        continue;
                }
                $fields[] = $this->nameQuote($k);
                $values[] = $this->isQuoted($k) ? $this->Quote($v) : (int) $v;
        }
        $this->setQuery(sprintf($fmtsql, implode(",", $fields) ,  implode(",", $values)));
        if (!$this->query()) {
                return false;
        }
        $id = $this->insertid();
        if ($keyName && $id) {
                $object->$keyName = $id;
        }
        return true;
}

Examples

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