protected function parseDetails(sfForm $courseDetailform, Course $course) { if ($courseDetailform['hasDetail']->getValue() == '1') { if ($courseDetailform->isValid()) { // save the course_detail object $detailDescr = $courseDetailform['detail_descr']->getValue(); $firstOffered = $courseDetailform["first_offered"]->getValue(); $lastOffered = $courseDetailform["last_offered"]->getValue(); $arr = $course->getCourseDetails(); if ($arr != null && count($arr) == 1) { // replace the existing object with the new one $detailObj = $arr[0]; } elseif ($arr !== null && count($arr) > 1) { //FIXME: multiple courseDetail objects. throw new Exception("Multiple course detail objects found."); } else { // insert a new object $detailObj = new CourseDetail(); $detailObj->setCourseId($course->getId()); } $detailObj->setDetailDescr($detailDescr); $detailObj->setFirstOffered($firstOffered); $detailObj->setLastOffered($lastOffered); $detailObj->save(); return true; } else { return false; } } else { $this->omitdetailerr = true; // delete the course_detail object if it exists $arr = $course->getCourseDetails(); if ($arr !== null) { foreach ($arr as $detailObj) { $detailObj->delete(); } } return true; } }