PHP: display data retrieved from database (Silverstripe CMS) - php

Question

I have a problem using Silverstripe CMS.
I have basic SQL query of which results I would like to display in <ul><li> menu. It should be really easy but I failed while browsing documentation. I found some more complex examples (Project, Students), but it seems to me that should exists some easier way to do this. Can anyone help or please give me a hint?
To sum up: I would like to run a db sql query and display data as list.
My WishPage.php
class WishPage extends Page {
// some code which is irrelevant for this matter, but works fine
}
class WishPage_Controller extends Page_Controller {
private static $allowed_actions = array('AddNewWishForm');
public function AddNewWishForm() {
// here you can add data to db
}
// Now I would like to show it; and here is the problem.
public function ShowWishList() {
$records = DB::query ("SELECT Title FROM Wishes;");
return $records;
}
}
My template WishPage.ss
<% include SideBar %>
<div class="content-container unit size3of4 lastUnit">
<div id="WishForm">
<h2>Try it</h2>
$AddNewWishForm
</div>
</div>
Update
My Wishes.php
<?php
class Wishes extends DataObject {
private static $db = array(
'Name' => 'Text',
'Comment' => 'Text'
);
}

Answer 1

You can just use the SS built-in functionality to fetch the entries from the DB:
// returns the list of all wishes
public function ShowWishList() {
return Wishes::get();
}
and in the frontend you can just:
<ul>
<% loop $ShowWishList %><li>$Name: $Comment</li><% end_loop %>
</ul>
This requires that you have a list of DataObjects of course.

Answer 2

Decision of spekulatius should work well.
If you wont try with SQLQuery
public function getWishes(){
$query = new SQLQuery();
$query->setFrom('Wishes')->setSelect('"Name", "Comment"');
//$query->addWhere('');
$result = $query->execute();
//Debug::show($result);
$list = ArrayList::create();
foreach($result as $row) {
$list->push($row);
}
return $list;
}
in theme
<ul>
<% loop $getWishes %><li>$Name: $Comment</li><% end_loop %>
</ul>