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Description

Method to load a row from the database by primary key and bind the fields to the JTable instance properties.

Syntax

load($keys=null, $reset=true)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$keys	null	An optional primary key value to load the row by, or an array of fields to match. If not set the instance property value is used.
$reset	true	True to reset the default values before loading the new row.

Returns

boolean True if successful. False if row not found or on error (internal error state set in that case).

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/table.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.table' );

Source Body

public function load($keys = null, $reset = true)
{
        if (empty($keys))
        {
                // If empty, use the value of the current key
                $keyName = $this->getKeyName();
                $keys = array($keyName => $this->$keyName);
        } else if (!is_array($keys)) {
                // Load by primary key.
                $keyName = $this->getKeyName();
                $keys = array($keyName => $keys);
        }

        if ($reset) {
                $this->reset();
        }

        // Initialise the query.
        $db             = $this->getDBO();
        $query  = $db->getQuery(true);
        $query->select('*');
        $query->from($this->getTableName());
        $fields = array_keys($this->getProperties());

        foreach ($keys as $field => $value) {
                // Check that $field is in the table.
                if (!in_array($field, $fields)) {
                        $this->setError(JText::sprintf('JTable_Error_Class_is_missing_field', get_class($this), $field));
                        return false;
                }
                // Add the search tuple to the query.
                $query->where($db->nameQuote($field).' = '.$db->quote($value));
        }

        $db->setQuery($query);
        $row = $db->loadAssoc();

        // Check for a database error.
        if ($db->getErrorNum()) {
                $this->setError($db->getErrorMsg());
                return false;
        }

        // Check that we have a result.
        if (empty($row)) {
                return false;
        }

        // Bind the object with the row and return.
        return $this->bind($row);
}