Yii2 $model->_attributes assignment does not work in new version

I inherited a project that was created with Yii2, ver. 2.0.4, with the task to update said project to a more current version of Yii2 (2.0.15) because of the incompatibility of the older one with PHP 7.2+.

I noticed that there is a lot of use of assigning arrays to a model:

$model->_attributes = $array;

With the new version this results in an exception

'yiibaseUnknownPropertyException' with message 'Setting unknown property: appmodelsmodel::_attributes'

For the time being I created a workaround with the following function:

function customSetAttributes(&$model, $array) {

    foreach($model->attributeLabels() as $model_key => $model_label) {

        if(!isset($array[$model_key])) continue;

        $model->$model_key = $array[$model_key];

    }

}

Also, the getter function now has a similar issue.

What I would like to know:

Was this type of assignment never intended in the first place (and I just haven't found the previous developer's code that enables it)? I skimmed over the Yii2 changelog but didn't notice anything related.

Is there a way to "salvage" the previous behaviour so I don't have to replace each occurence with my workaround function?

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

this was never used like above even in the version you specified are those actual controllers under the app/controllers directory

– Muhammad Omer Aslam
Nov 19 '18 at 18:02

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I noticed that there is a lot of use of assigning arrays to a model:

$model->_attributes = $array;

With the new version this results in an exception

'yiibaseUnknownPropertyException' with message 'Setting unknown property: appmodelsmodel::_attributes'

For the time being I created a workaround with the following function:

function customSetAttributes(&$model, $array) {

    foreach($model->attributeLabels() as $model_key => $model_label) {

        if(!isset($array[$model_key])) continue;

        $model->$model_key = $array[$model_key];

    }

}

Also, the getter function now has a similar issue.

What I would like to know:

Was this type of assignment never intended in the first place (and I just haven't found the previous developer's code that enables it)? I skimmed over the Yii2 changelog but didn't notice anything related.

Is there a way to "salvage" the previous behaviour so I don't have to replace each occurence with my workaround function?

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

this was never used like above even in the version you specified are those actual controllers under the app/controllers directory

– Muhammad Omer Aslam
Nov 19 '18 at 18:02

add a comment |

I noticed that there is a lot of use of assigning arrays to a model:

$model->_attributes = $array;

With the new version this results in an exception

'yiibaseUnknownPropertyException' with message 'Setting unknown property: appmodelsmodel::_attributes'

For the time being I created a workaround with the following function:

function customSetAttributes(&$model, $array) {

    foreach($model->attributeLabels() as $model_key => $model_label) {

        if(!isset($array[$model_key])) continue;

        $model->$model_key = $array[$model_key];

    }

}

Also, the getter function now has a similar issue.

What I would like to know:

Was this type of assignment never intended in the first place (and I just haven't found the previous developer's code that enables it)? I skimmed over the Yii2 changelog but didn't notice anything related.

Is there a way to "salvage" the previous behaviour so I don't have to replace each occurence with my workaround function?

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

I noticed that there is a lot of use of assigning arrays to a model:

$model->_attributes = $array;

With the new version this results in an exception

'yiibaseUnknownPropertyException' with message 'Setting unknown property: appmodelsmodel::_attributes'

For the time being I created a workaround with the following function:

function customSetAttributes(&$model, $array) {

    foreach($model->attributeLabels() as $model_key => $model_label) {

        if(!isset($array[$model_key])) continue;

        $model->$model_key = $array[$model_key];

    }

}

Also, the getter function now has a similar issue.

What I would like to know:

Was this type of assignment never intended in the first place (and I just haven't found the previous developer's code that enables it)? I skimmed over the Yii2 changelog but didn't notice anything related.

Is there a way to "salvage" the previous behaviour so I don't have to replace each occurence with my workaround function?

php yii2 getter-setter

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

asked Nov 19 '18 at 17:02

arkxl

this was never used like above even in the version you specified are those actual controllers under the app/controllers directory

– Muhammad Omer Aslam
Nov 19 '18 at 18:02

add a comment |

this was never used like above even in the version you specified are those actual controllers under the app/controllers directory

– Muhammad Omer Aslam
Nov 19 '18 at 18:02

this was never used like above even in the version you specified are those actual controllers under the app/controllers directory

– Muhammad Omer Aslam
Nov 19 '18 at 18:02

add a comment |

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ActiveRecord::$_attributes was always private and never should be used in this way. I guess that previous developer edited framework core files in vendor directory and make this property protected/public.

You may try to emulate this behavior by creating virtual attribute using getter and setter:

public function get_attributes() {

    return $this->getAttributes();

}



public function set_attributes($values) {

    $this->setAttributes($values, false);

}

But this will not always work and it is more like an ugly hack to make crappy code work. I strongly suggest to fix code to use setAttributes() instead of _attributes.

Also you should compare yii2 package from vendor directory with source from https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-framework/releases/tag/2.0.4 - you may find more places where core was edited.

answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

rob006

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Thanks, so far I got by using setAttributes() and getAttributes().

– arkxl
Nov 21 '18 at 9:01

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You may try to emulate this behavior by creating virtual attribute using getter and setter:

public function get_attributes() {

    return $this->getAttributes();

}



public function set_attributes($values) {

    $this->setAttributes($values, false);

}

But this will not always work and it is more like an ugly hack to make crappy code work. I strongly suggest to fix code to use setAttributes() instead of _attributes.

Also you should compare yii2 package from vendor directory with source from https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-framework/releases/tag/2.0.4 - you may find more places where core was edited.

answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

rob006

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Thanks, so far I got by using setAttributes() and getAttributes().

– arkxl
Nov 21 '18 at 9:01

add a comment |

You may try to emulate this behavior by creating virtual attribute using getter and setter:

public function get_attributes() {

    return $this->getAttributes();

}



public function set_attributes($values) {

    $this->setAttributes($values, false);

}

But this will not always work and it is more like an ugly hack to make crappy code work. I strongly suggest to fix code to use setAttributes() instead of _attributes.

Also you should compare yii2 package from vendor directory with source from https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-framework/releases/tag/2.0.4 - you may find more places where core was edited.

answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

rob006

9,51531032

1

Thanks, so far I got by using setAttributes() and getAttributes().

– arkxl
Nov 21 '18 at 9:01

add a comment |

You may try to emulate this behavior by creating virtual attribute using getter and setter:

public function get_attributes() {

    return $this->getAttributes();

}



public function set_attributes($values) {

    $this->setAttributes($values, false);

}

But this will not always work and it is more like an ugly hack to make crappy code work. I strongly suggest to fix code to use setAttributes() instead of _attributes.

Also you should compare yii2 package from vendor directory with source from https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-framework/releases/tag/2.0.4 - you may find more places where core was edited.

answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

rob006

9,51531032

You may try to emulate this behavior by creating virtual attribute using getter and setter:

public function get_attributes() {

    return $this->getAttributes();

}



public function set_attributes($values) {

    $this->setAttributes($values, false);

}

But this will not always work and it is more like an ugly hack to make crappy code work. I strongly suggest to fix code to use setAttributes() instead of _attributes.

Also you should compare yii2 package from vendor directory with source from https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-framework/releases/tag/2.0.4 - you may find more places where core was edited.

answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

rob006

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answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

rob006

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answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

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answered Nov 19 '18 at 17:51

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Thanks, so far I got by using setAttributes() and getAttributes().

– arkxl
Nov 21 '18 at 9:01

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1

Thanks, so far I got by using setAttributes() and getAttributes().

– arkxl
Nov 21 '18 at 9:01

Thanks, so far I got by using setAttributes() and getAttributes().

– arkxl
Nov 21 '18 at 9:01

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