/**
* Returns a reference to the a Table object, always creating it
*
* @param type $type The table type to instantiate
* @param string A prefix for the table class name
* @return database A database object
* @since 1.5
*/
function &getInstanceAutofields($type, $prefix, $table, $key = 'id', $defaults = array())
{
$type = preg_replace('/[^A-Z0-9_\\.-]/i', '', $type);
$tableClass = $prefix . ucfirst($type);
if (!class_exists($tableClass)) {
jimport('joomla.filesystem.path');
if ($path = JPath::find(RdbsTable::addIncludePath(), strtolower($type) . '.php')) {
require_once $path;
if (!class_exists($tableClass)) {
$tableClass = 'RdbsTable';
}
} else {
$tableClass = 'RdbsTable';
}
}
$db =& RdbsFactory::getDBO();
$instance = new $tableClass($table, $key, $db);
$instance->setDBO($db);
// get the table properties
$result = $db->getTableFields(array($table));
$fields = $result[$table];
foreach ($fields as $key => $val) {
if (count($defaults) != 0 and array_key_exists($key, $defaults)) {
$instance->set($key, $defaults[$key]);
} else {
if (strpos($val, 'int') === false and strpos($val, 'float') === false) {
$instance->set($key, '');
} else {
$instance->set($key, 0);
}
}
}
return $instance;
}
function getTable($type = null, $prefix = null, $table = null, $key = 'id')
{
if (is_null($this->tableobject)) {
if (is_null($type)) {
$type = $this->objname;
}
if (is_null($prefix)) {
$prefix = 'Table';
}
if (is_null($table)) {
$table = $this->table;
}
$this->tableobject =& RdbsTable::getInstanceAutofields($type, $prefix, $table, $key);
}
return $this->tableobject;
}
