<?php namespace Feather\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model as Eloquent;

class Base extends Eloquent {

/**

* The default connection used by Feather.

*

* @var string

*/

public $connection = FEATHER_DATABASE;

/**

* Cache time in minutes.

*

* @var int

*/

const cache_time = 720;

/**

* Array of cachable items and the appropriate foreign keys.

*

* @var array

*/

public static $cachable = array(

'place' => array('place', 'place_id'),

'user' => array('user', 'user_id'),

'author' => array('user', 'user_id')

);

/**

* Get a new query builder for the model's table.

*

* @return Feather\Models\Builder

*/

public function newQuery()

{

$builder = new Builder($this->newBaseQueryBuilder());

// Once we have the query builders, we will set the model instances so the

// builder can easily access any information it may need from the model

// while it is constructing and executing various queries against it.

$builder->setModel($this);

return $builder;

}

/**

* Handle the dynamic retrieval of attributes and associations.

*

* @param string $key

* @return mixed

*/

public function __get($key)

{

if (isset(static::$cachable[$key]) and ! isset($this->attributes[$key]) and ! isset($this->relations[$key]))

{

list($group, $foreign) = static::$cachable[$key];

if (Cache::has("{$group}_{$this->$foreign}"))

{

return Cache::get("{$group}_{$this->$foreign}");

}

}

return parent::__get($key);

}

}