Populate an entity with a structure of name-value pairs. Make sure the names of the properties match the keys in the structure.
This function returns the populated object
INFO With composeRelationships=true, you can populate one-to-many, many-to-one, many-to-many, and one-to-one relationships from property values in the memento. For 'many-to-one' and 'one-to-one' relationships, the value of the property in the memento should be a single value of the primary key of the target entity to be loaded. For 'one-to-many' and 'many-to-many' relationships, the value of the property in the memento should a comma-delimited list or array of the primary keys of the target entities to be loaded.
Key
Type
Required
Default
Description
target
any
Yes
---
The entity to populate
memento
struct
Yes
---
The structure of name-value pairs to try to populate the entity with
scope
string
No
Use scope injection instead of setter injection, no need of setters, just tell us what scope to inject to
trustedSetter
Boolean
No
false
Do not check if the setter exists, just call it, great for usage with onMissingMethod() and virtual properties
include
string
No
A list of keys to ONLY include in the population
exclude
string
No
A list of keys to exclude from the population
nullEmptyInclude
string
No
A list of keys to NULL when empty, specifically for ORM population. You can also specify "*" for all fields
nullEmptyExclude
string
No
A list of keys to NOT NULL when empty, specifically for ORM population. You can also specify "*" for all fields
composeRelationships
boolean
No
true
When true, will automatically attempt to compose relationships from memento