/**
* Returns an array of beans. Pass a type and a series of ids and
* this method will bring you the corresponding beans.
*
* important note: Because this method loads beans using the load()
* function (but faster) it will return empty beans with ID 0 for
* every bean that could not be located. The resulting beans will have the
* passed IDs as their keys.
*
* @param string $type type of beans
* @param array $ids ids to load
*
* @return array
*/
public function batch($type, $ids)
{
if (!$ids) {
return array();
}
$collection = array();
try {
$rows = $this->writer->queryRecord($type, array('id' => $ids));
} catch (RedBean_Exception_SQL $e) {
$this->handleException($e);
$rows = FALSE;
}
$this->stash[$this->nesting] = array();
if (!$rows) {
return array();
}
foreach ($rows as $row) {
$this->stash[$this->nesting][$row['id']] = $row;
}
foreach ($ids as $id) {
$collection[$id] = $this->load($type, $id);
}
$this->stash[$this->nesting] = NULL;
return $collection;
}
