Re: Using Model constants all over app

that's exactly how I do it:
http://www.dereuromark.de/2010/06/24/static-enums-or-semihardcoded-attributes/

On 23 Dez., 11:23, func0der <funco...@web.de> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> i worked a lit with Magento in the last months.
> They used, in my opinion, a really good way to configurate and/or
> access for example status fields.
>
> They had a table field for example for the status of an order.
> 0 meant cancelled
> 1 meant payed
> 2 meant completed
>
> In the Model they used constants for identifying these statuses (if
> this is the plural of it)
>
> class Order{
>    const ORDER_STATUS_CANCELLED = 0;
>    const ORDER_STATUS_PAYED = 1;
>    const ORDER_STATUS_COMPLETED = 2;
>
> }
>
> So they could access these constants from as good as anyway with
> Order::ORDER_STATUS_CANCELLED.
>
> Is there a way to do so in cakephp?
> I mean without requiring the class, using "new" and so on?
>
> I need to access it from helpers, views, models, controllers and
> everywhere.
>
> Any idea?
>
> Greetings
> func0der

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