how to update a row

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bgfun68 Reply #1, 11 years, 10 months ago

Hi Guys,

I have a "scores" custom table.

I want to update one row of this table.

  $c = $modx->newQuery('Score');
  $c->where(array('id' => 5));
  $c->fromArray(array(
        "myfield" => "this is the new value for myfield",
   ));

The problem is I don't know how to write the code for the update query.

In the manual I have found many examples of update queries, but all are using "$modx->getFullTableName("modx_table_scores")"
I think it's not a good idea to update a table directly by its name.

I prefer to use "$modx->newQuery('Score')", but I don't find nowhere how to update.

Have a nice day with MODX

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Mark Hamstra Reply #2, 11 years, 10 months ago

Hiya!

You'll need to get the object using the query, before you can manipulate the row. Something like this should work:

$c = $modx->newQuery('Score');
$c->where(array('id' => 5));

$score = $modx->getObject('Score', $c);

if ($score) {
  $score->fromArray(array(
    'myfield' => 'new value for myfield'
   ));
  $score->save();
}

However, as you're only filtering on the ID, you could use this shortcut and skip creating the query:

$score = $modx->getObject('Score', 5);
if ($score) { 
   //...
}

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BobRay Reply #3, 11 years, 10 months ago

You can also just retrieve the object as Mark suggests, then site a single field or multiple fields with set(), then save it:

$score = $modx->getObject('Score', 5);
if ($score) {
   $score->set('fieldName', $value);
   $score->save();
}

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bgfun68 Reply #4, 11 years, 10 months ago

thanks Mark and Bob

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