1. dataobject example for cakephp.php

<?

class PagesController extends AppController {
  function index() {
    $pages = DataObject::toCollection($this->paginate('Page'), 'PageObject');

    
    //$pages[0]->title;
    //$pages[0]->body;
    //$pages[0]->path();

    echo h2o("
      {% for page in pages %}
          {{ page.title | links_to page.path }}
          {{ 'edit' | links_to page.edit_path }}
          {{ 'images/delete.png'|image_tag|link_to page.delete_path }}
      {% endfor %}
    ", array('safeClass'=>'DataObject'))->render(compact('pages'));

    die;
  }
}


class PageObject extends DataObject {
}
?>

dataobject.php

<?

class DataObject {
   protected $data;
   function __construct($data) {
      $this->data = $data;
   }

   function __set($attr, $value) {
      return $this->data[$attr] = $value;
   }

   function __get($attr, $value) {
      return $this->data[$attr];  
   }

   function __isset($attr) {
     return isset($this->data[$attr]);
   }

   function path() {
      return $this->url_for('view');
   }

   function edit_path() {
      return $this->url_for('edit');
   }

   function delete_path() {
      return $this->url_for('delete');
   }

  private
   function url_for($action, $params = array()) {
     Router::url(array_merge(array(
        'controller' => Inflector::pluralize(get_class($this)),
        'action'     => $action,
        'id'         => $this->id
     ), $params));
   }
  
   static function toInstance($data, $class = 'DataObject') {
      return new $class($data)
   }
   static function toCollection($data, $class = 'DataObject') {
      foreach ($data as &$item) {
         $item = new $class($item);
      }
      return $data;
   }
}

?>