Cakephp: while inserting tinyint field. Getting only “0” or “1”

Question

I\'m a noob in cakephp. Working on an opensource project. The issue is:

When I\'m inserting a value for a certain table ( \"is_adjusted\" (tinyint)), the my php code exe

Answer 1

This is by CakePHP's design. CakePHP always see tinyint(1) as boolean hence it will always convert your value to true/false hence the 1/0.

To overcome this issue, use tinyint(2) instead for your column type. Remember to clear your model cache!

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CakePHP data type documentation:
http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/database-basics.html#data-types

Blog post about this:
http://blog.room34.com/archives/2649

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