Sent this to bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx but forgot to copy php-general...
heh. Here it is again.
I would use a table such as
Table
|_UserData
Then use objects per user to store the data.
class User {
var TestScore;
var ScoreType;
...
var Vars;
function __construct($TestScore, $ScoreType) {
$this->TestScore = $TestScore;
$this->ScoreType = $ScoreType;
}
function __sleep() {
$this->Vars = get_object_variables($this);
}
...
function ListVars() {
$MyString = "";
ForEach($this->Vars as $key => $value) {
$MyString .= "${key}: ${value}\n";
}
Return $MyString;
}
}
$Joe = new User("WhateverScore", "WhateverType");
$sJoe = Serialize($Joe);
...Store it...
...Recall it...
(Variable result = recieved serialized version of $Joe)
$Joe = unserialize($Result);
$Results = $Joe->ListVars();
etc.
On 9/26/05, Jake Gardner <gardner.jake@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would use a table such as
> Table
> |_UserData
>
> Then use objects per user to store the data.
> class User {
> var TestScore;
> var ScoreType;
> ...
> var Vars;
> function __construct($TestScore, $ScoreType) {
> $this->TestScore = $TestScore;
> $this->ScoreType = $ScoreType;
> }
> function __sleep() {
> $this->Vars = get_object_variables($this);
> }
> ...
> function ListVars() {
> $MyString = "";
> ForEach($this->Vars as $key => $value) {
> $MyString .= "${key}: ${value}\n";
> }
> Return $MyString;
> }
> }
> $Joe = new User("WhateverScore", "WhateverType");
> $sJoe = Serialize($Joe);
> ...Store it...
>
>
> ...Recall it...
> (Variable result = recieved serialized version of $Joe)
> $Joe = unserialize($Result);
> $Results = $Joe->ListVars();
>
> etc.
>
> On 9/26/05, bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > murray...
> >
> > it may have been helpful to the guy to also give him an idea of your tbl
> > structure. i think you're talking about something like:
> > tbl schema
> >
> > EvalTBL
> > -id
> > -UserID
> > -ScoreTypeID
> >
> > ScoreTBL
> > -id
> > -ScoreType
> >
> > table ScoreType could/would have as many different categorites as required.
> > table EvalType would have a scoreTypeID (from the ScoreTBL) for each userID.
> > each user could have multiple scoreTypes in the EvalTBL...
> >
> > -bruce
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Murray @ PlanetThoughtful [mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:49 PM
> > To: 'blackwater dev'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: serialize
> >
> >
> > > I have an app that stores evaluation scores so I have 30+ values all
> > > within a certain range, currently in the db, each of these values has
> > > it's own column:
> > >
> > > Table test
> > > id
> > > user_id
> > > motivation
> > > caring
> > > personal_characteristics
> > > creativity,
> > > ...etc.
> > >
> > > If the client decides they want to trap more characteristics, it
> > > requires changes to the table structure and the table quickly gets
> > > large with 30+ columns. I was thinking of just compacting all of
> > > these down to one column and then using serialize/unserialize and
> > > storing an array of the test scores....is this the best way??
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > This has less to do with PHP (though it will impact on your code) and more
> > to do with database design principles.
> >
> > From what you describe, you have a denormalized table. Ie, every score value
> > has its own field for each thing being scored:
> >
> > Id, score1, score2, score3, score4..., score30
> >
> > 1111, 23, 18, 12, 36...., 38
> > 1112, 45, 12, 62, 25...., 73
> >
> > A more normalized representation of that table would be:
> >
> > Id, scoretype, score
> >
> > 1111, 'score1', 23
> > 1111, 'score2', 18
> > 1111, 'score3', 12
> > 1111, 'score4', 36
> > ....
> > 1111, 'score30', 38
> > 1112, 'score1', 45
> > 1112, 'score2', 12
> > 1112, 'score3', 62
> > 1112, 'score4', 25
> > ....
> > 1112, 'score30', 73
> >
> > Adding a new score type for each id is then as simple as inserting rows for
> > the ids with a new 'scoretype' value, meaning that no change of the actual
> > table structure is required.
> >
> > To retrieve the scores for any given id in your PHP code, you'd do something
> > like:
> >
> > $sql = "SELECT scoretype, score FROM scores WHERE id=1111";
> > $rs = mysql_query($sql);
> > while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($rs)){
> > $scores[$row->scoretype] = $row->score;
> > }
> > mysql_free_result($rs);
> > print_r($scores);
> >
> > It might be helpful to you to Google on the topic of database normalization.
> >
> > Here's a link from the MySQL site that gives a brief introduction to the
> > topic.
> >
> > http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/intro-to-normalization.html
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Much warmth,
> >
> > Murray
> > ---
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