[Flow] [Fluid] How can I use dynamic array indexes in templates?

[Bastian Waidelich]

Pavlina wrote:

Hi Pavlina,

let's give this a try:

> I have two model classes: Task and
> WeekPlan. The Task model has the following fields: name, date and
> description. The WeekPlan has these fields: name, start date, end date,
> mondaySchedule, tuesdaySchedule, wednesdaySchedule, thursdaySchedule,
> fridaySchedule. All schedule fields are simple text fields.

First of all:
I'm not sure whether I understood the meaning of "task" vs "week plan" 
correctly, but couldn't you reduce this to one model from

Task
  name: string
  description: string
  date: DateTime

WeekPlan
  name: string
  startDate: DateTime
  endDate: DateTime
  mondaySchedule: string
  ...

to:

Task
  name: string
  description: string
  startDate: DateTime
  endDate: DateTime
  repetition: Enum (= e.g. an integer internally to support bitwise 
options, see below)

If you need to render tasks differently you could add a "type" property.


> I must visualize the tasks and the week plans week by week. For each
> week day (Monday, Tuesday etc.) I must display the tasks, which belong
> to it and the week plans, which have a non-empty schedule field for it.

You should try to create those representations in your models, not in 
the view.

For instance you could have a method in your repository that gets start 
& end date and returns a collection of *Week* objects of which each has 
a *getDays()* method that returns an array of *Day* objects that have a 
getter for the *Task* objects.
This way, if you need a way to display (or count) all tasks of a week 
directly you could simply add a getTasks() method to the Week object and 
so on.

HTH

-- 
Bastian Waidelich
--
Core Developer Team

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