/**
* Creates a new product in the database
*
* If no data has been posted, a form with the needed fields will be rendered. If the data has
* been posted, an attempt will be made to save. If successful, the user will be redirected to the
* 'view' page for the new record, otherwise they will be notified of the failure.
*/
public function actionCreate()
{
if (isset($_POST['model'])) {
//check if data has been posted
$model = new products($_POST['model']);
if ($model->save()) {
//redirect to product view if successful
testProject::setAlert('The item ' . $model->name . ' was successfully created.', 'success');
$this->redirect("products/view/{$model->id}");
} else {
//create the alert message to notify of failure
testProject::setAlert('We\'re sorry, but your changes could not be saved. Please try again.', 'danger');
}
}
//show the form
$categories = categories::model()->getAll();
$this->render('create', array('categories' => $categories));
}
public function actionCreateProduct()
{
$errors = array();
$apiAttributes = array('name' => '', 'description' => '', 'price' => '', 'category' => '');
$attributes = array_intersect_key($_GET, $apiAttributes);
$product = new products($attributes);
if (!$product->validate()) {
$errors = $product->getValidationErrors();
}
if (!$errors) {
$product = new products(array('name' => $_GET['name'], 'description' => $_GET['description'], 'category' => $_GET['category'], 'price' => $_GET['price']));
if (!$product->save()) {
$errors[] = 'The product could not be saved';
} else {
$attributes = array('id', 'name', 'created', 'modified', 'description');
$datum = $this->returnValues($product, $attributes);
$datum['category_name'] = $product->category->name;
$datum['category_id'] = $product->category->id;
$data = array($datum);
}
}
if ($errors) {
$this->renderApi(false, null, $errors);
} else {
$this->renderApi(true, $data);
}
}
