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Version Silvertsripe 3
Question: can you have defaults on a DataObject?
class EstateItem extends DataObject
{
static $db = array(
'Active' => 'Boolean',);
static $defaults = array(
'Active' => true
);
}this doesn't seem to work or 'Active' => 1
public function populateDefaults() {
parent::populateDefaults();
$this->Active = 1;
$this->URLSegment = 'new-EstateItem';
}
function getCMSFields()
{
$fields = parent::getCMSFields();
...
EstateItem::populateDefaults();
}
EstateItem::populateDefaults(); seems to work ..but i only want that to happen for new records only.
For each of the fields you're adding in your getCMSFields() function, can you not do this?
$field->setValue('Some default value');You can also check if it's a new record with:
if ($this->ID)