"Reply " to message in symfony forms

Question

I use symfony 1.4.11 with Doctrine. I have private messages in my site, And I want to make possibility , that user can "reply" for a message. I try change "edit" method, but I do not now is this a good idea. How to make it?Now I have

$this->forward404Unless(
    $messages = Doctrine_Core::getTable('Messages')->find(array($request->getParameter('id'))),
    sprintf('Object messages does not exist (%s).', $request->getParameter('id'))
);

$messages->setMessage('') ;
$messages->setTitle('Re:'.$messages->getTitle()) ;  
$messages->setRecipientId($messages->getSenderId()) ;
$this->form = new MessagesForm($messages);

But it do not create new message , it only edit...

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '11 at 17:28

Add a reply action:

public function executeReply(sfWebRequest $request)
{
  $originalMessage = Doctrine_Core::getTable('Messages')->find(array($request['id']));
  $this->forward404Unless($originalMessage, sprintf('Object messages does not exist (%s).', $request['id']));

  $reply = new Message();
  $reply->setTitle('Re:'.$originalMessage->getTitle());  
  $reply->setRecipientId($originalMessage->getSenderId());
  $this->form = new MessagesForm($reply);
}

Additional notes:

You could modify your existing new action and add check to see if an original message id is provided.
It's a database convention to always name your objects in the singular. So your model should be called Message not Messages.
If there are many properties of the original message that should be copied, you can use the copy method on Doctrine_Record instead of making a new one.
You probably want to add a self relation as mentioned by dxb so that you can track what the message is a reply to. You may want to track both the thread and the reply to, depending on what your requirements are.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '11 at 15:57

Maybe you have to design a self referenced table message : a reply is a new message which refer to the previous.

http://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/orm/1.2/docs/manual/defining-models/ru#relationships:join-table-associations:self-referencing-nest-relations:equal-nest-relations

"Reply " to message in symfony forms

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