/**
* Sets all object properties via an array
*
* @param array $arrVals array of named values
* eg:
* <code>
* $car->populate( array('make'=>'Citroen', 'model'=>'C4', 'colour'=>'red') );
* $car->populate( $_POST );
* </code>
*
* @param array $arrVals
* @return boolean true if $arrVals is valid array, false if not
*/
function populate($arrVals)
{
if (is_array($arrVals)) {
$table = MyActiveRecord::Class2Table(get_class($this));
foreach ($arrVals as $key => $val) {
if (MyActiveRecord::GetType($table, $key) == 'datetime' && $val != "") {
$this->set_datetime($key, MyActiveRecord::TimeStamp($val));
} else {
if (MyActiveRecord::GetType($table, $key) == 'date' && $val != "") {
$this->set_date($key, MyActiveRecord::TimeStamp($val));
} else {
$this->{$key} = $val;
}
}
}
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
