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Chapter 7: Defining Models 59
String
The text data type is available with two options for the length: one that is explicitly length
limited and another of undefined length that should be as large as the database allows.
The length limited option is the most recommended for efficiency reasons. The undefined
length option allows very large fields but may prevent the use of indexes, nullability and may
not allow sorting on fields of its type.
The fields of this type should be able to handle 8 bit characters. Drivers take care of DBMS
specific escaping of characters of special meaning with the values of the strings to be
converted to this type.
By default Doctrine will use variable length character types. If fixed length types should be
used can be controlled via the fixed modifier.
class Test extends Doctrine_Record
{
public function setTableDefinition()
{
$this->hasColumn('stringtest', 'string', 200, array(
'fixed' => true
)
);
}
}
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Here is the same example in YAML format. You can read more about YAML in the YAML
Schema Files (page 195) chapter:
---
Test:
columns:
stringtest:
type: string(200)
fixed: true
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Array
This is the same as the 'array' type in PHP.
class Test extends Doctrine_Record
{
public function setTableDefinition()
{
$this->hasColumn('arraytest', 'array', 10000);
}
}
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Here is the same example in YAML format. You can read more about YAML in the YAML
Schema Files (page 195) chapter:
---
Test:
columns:
arraytest: array(10000)
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