Re: Overriding findBy{Field}

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 5:58 PM, mscdex <mscdex@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 25, 4:47 pm, psujohn <psuj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What I'd like is some way to magically alter the magic findByZip
>> method so that is provides the desired behavior without having to
>> resort to changing every place that calls the method. Ideas?
>
> I think going the custom model method way is the way I'd go. You could
> probably cut the call to findByZip down to one by checking if $zip has
> a space in it. If it does, then change $zip to the first 3 characters,
> otherwise leave $zip as-is. Then call $this->findByZip.

You shouldn't rely on a space being present, as many people don't
bother with it. I often don't, because--surprise, surprise--some
online forms won't accept it.

I guess you could simply check to see if the first 3 chars are
letter-number-letter.

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