View

Trait View.

trait View

Provides methods for managing database views, including listing, describing, creating, checking existence, and dropping views. Intended for use in DBI adapters supporting SQL view operations.

Methods

listViews

Retrieves a list of views from the database.

public listViews(): void

describeView

Retrieves the description of a database view.

public describeView(string $name, false $): void

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string	the name of the view
$	false

createView

Create a new view in the database.

public createView(string $name, mixed $content, bool $replace): bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string	the name of the view to create
$content	mixed	the SQL content or specification for the view
$replace	bool	if true, replaces an existing view with the same name

viewExists

Check if a view exists in the database.

public viewExists(string $viewName): bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$viewName	string	the name of the view to check for existence

dropView

Drop a view from the database.

public dropView(string $name, bool $cascade, bool $ifExists): bool

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$name	string	the name of the view to drop
$cascade	bool	whether to drop CASCADE
$ifExists	bool	if true, only drops the view if it exists

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