Send single object from model in method within CakePHP - php

Question

I'm basically formatting urls before sending my object to the view to loop through (with a foreach() on $submissions. The problem I'm having is that parse_url() takes a single index and not an entire array object.
I've got this method in my SubmissionsController:
public function newest() {
$submissions = $this->Submission->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array('Submission.approved' => '1'),
'order' => 'Submission.created DESC'
));
$this->set('submissions', $submissions);
$this->set('sourceShortUrl', AppController::shortSource($submissions));
}
In my AppController I've got this method which returns the formatted url:
protected function shortSource($source) {
return $sourceShortUrl = str_ireplace('www.', '', parse_url($source, PHP_URL_HOST));
}
This works for single entries, but parse_url can't take arrays, so is there a way in the controller to send the index of the object? E.g. $submissions['Submission']['source'] before I loop through it in the view?
My alternative was to do something like this in my shortSource($source) method:
if (is_array($source)) {
for ($i = 0; $i < count($source); $i++) {
return $sourceShortUrl = str_ireplace('www.', '', parse_url($source[$i]['Submission']['source'], PHP_URL_HOST));
}
}
But that's just returning the first (obviously). What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

You're on the right track. Check for an array. If it's an array, call it recursively for each item in the array.
/**
* shortSource
*
* Returns an array of URLs with the www. removed from the front of the domain name.
*
* #param mixed $source Either a string or array
* #return mixed $sourceShortUrl An array of URLs or a single string
*/
protected function shortSource($source) {
if (is_array($source)) {
foreach ($source as $url) {
$sourceShortUrl[] = $this->shortSource($url);
}
} else {
$sourceShortUrl = str_ireplace('www.', '', parse_url($source, PHP_URL_HOST));
}
return $sourceShortUrl;
}
In this recursive function, it will parse a single string or an array of strings.
// in the view
if (is_array($sourceShortUrl)) {
foreach ($sourceShortUrl as $url) {
// view specific code for URL here
}
}