Formatting ID Fields

In RedBeanPHP 3.0 this feature is no longer supported. To format an ID field, you implement a method called formatBeanID(). The type of the current bean will be passed to the method and RedBeanPHP expects a field name string for the ID field. In our example, we prefix the ID field with the table name. For instance, a bean of type 'page' will now have a primary key ID in field 'page_id'. While you can change the name of the field, an auto-incrementing primary key ID itself is mandatory. RedBeanPHP will not allow any other kind of field to function as a primary key.

Also see: Default Schema Conventions (for use with legacy databases)

For an example, see: custom mapping.

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