public static function getSelectedColumnFilters()
{
//get the user session data
$db = \Cobalt\Container::fetch('db');
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select("companies_columns");
$query->from("#__users");
$query->where("id=" . UsersHelper::getUserId());
$db->setQuery($query);
$results = $db->loadResult();
//unserialize columns
$columns = unserialize($results);
if (is_array($columns)) {
return $columns;
} else {
//if it is empty then load a default set
return CompanyHelper::getDefaultColumnFilters();
}
}
/**
* Update a users database columns for displaying data on individual pages
* @param string $loc the column in the database to update
* @param string $column the column in the serialized array that will be updated
*/
public function updateColumns($loc, $column)
{
//get user id
$user_id = UsersHelper::getUserId();
$query = $this->db->getQuery(true);
//get current array
$query->select($loc . "_columns");
$query->from("#__users");
$query->where("id=" . $user_id);
$this->db->setQuery($query);
$result = unserialize($this->db->loadResult());
//if we have no data assigned grab the defaults
if (!is_array($result)) {
switch ($loc) {
case "deals":
$result = DealHelper::getDefaultColumnFilters();
break;
case "people":
$result = PeopleHelper::getDefaultColumnFilters();
break;
case "companies":
$result = CompanyHelper::getDefaultColumnFilters();
break;
}
}
//if we do find the value in the array remove it
if (in_array($column, $result)) {
$key = array_search($column, $result);
unset($result[$key]);
} else {
//if we dont find the value in the array add it
$result[] = $column;
}
//serialize the new array
$result = serialize($result);
//update the database
$query->update('#__users')->set($loc . "_columns='" . $result . "'")->where("id=" . $user_id);
$this->db->setQuery($query);
$this->db->execute();
}
