setTableName('menu_many_roots'); // add this your table definition to set the table as NestedSet tree implementation // with many roots $this->actsAsTree('NestedSet', array('has_many_roots' => true)); // you do not need to add any columns specific to the nested set implementation, these are added for you $this->hasColumn("name","string",30); } // this __toString() function is used to get the name for the path, see node::getPath public function __toString() { return $this->get('name'); } } // set connections to database $dsn = 'mysql:dbname=nestedset;host=localhost'; $user = 'user'; $password = 'pass'; try { $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password); } catch (PDOException $e) { echo 'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage(); } $manager = Doctrine_Manager::getInstance(); $conn = $manager->openConnection($dbh); // create root $root = new Menu(); $root->set('name', 'root'); $manager->getTable('Menu')->getTree()->createRoot($root); // build tree $two = new Menu(); $two->set('name', '2'); $root->getNode()->addChild($two); $one = new Menu(); $one->set('name', '1'); $one->getNode()->insertAsPrevSiblingOf($two); // refresh as node's lft and rgt values have changed, zYne, can we automate this? $two->refresh(); $three = new Menu(); $three->set('name', '3'); $three->getNode()->insertAsNextSiblingOf($two); $two->refresh(); $one_one = new Menu(); $one_one->set('name', '1.1'); $one_one->getNode()->insertAsFirstChildOf($one); $one->refresh(); $one_two = new Menu(); $one_two->set('name', '1.2'); $one_two->getNode()->insertAsLastChildOf($one); $one_two->refresh(); $one_two_one = new Menu(); $one_two_one->set('name', '1.2.1'); $one_two->getNode()->addChild($one_two_one); $root->refresh(); $four = new Menu(); $four->set('name', '4'); $root->getNode()->addChild($four); $root->refresh(); $five = new Menu(); $five->set('name', '5'); $root->getNode()->addChild($five); $root->refresh(); $six = new Menu(); $six->set('name', '6'); $root->getNode()->addChild($six); output_message('initial root'); output_tree($root); // create a new root with a tree $root2 = new Menu(); $root2->set('name', 'new root'); $manager->getTable('Menu')->getTree()->createRoot($root2); // build tree $two2 = new Menu(); $two2->set('name', '2'); $root2->getNode()->addChild($two2); $one2 = new Menu(); $one2->set('name', '1'); $one2->getNode()->insertAsPrevSiblingOf($two2); // refresh as node's lft and rgt values have changed, zYne, can we automate this? $two2->refresh(); $three2 = new Menu(); $three2->set('name', '3'); $three2->getNode()->insertAsNextSiblingOf($two2); $two2->refresh(); $one_one2 = new Menu(); $one_one2->set('name', '1.1'); $one_one2->getNode()->insertAsFirstChildOf($one2); $one2->refresh(); $one_two2 = new Menu(); $one_two2->set('name', '1.2'); $one_two2->getNode()->insertAsLastChildOf($one2); $one_two2->refresh(); $one_two_one2 = new Menu(); $one_two_one2->set('name', '1.2.1'); $one_two2->getNode()->addChild($one_two_one2); $root2->refresh(); $four2 = new Menu(); $four2->set('name', '4'); $root2->getNode()->addChild($four2); output_message('new root'); output_tree($root2); $one_one->refresh(); $six->set('name', '1.0 (was 6)'); $six->getNode()->moveAsPrevSiblingOf($one_one); $one_two->refresh(); $five->refresh(); $five->set('name', '1.3 (was 5)'); $five->getNode()->moveAsNextSiblingOf($one_two); $one_one->refresh(); $four->refresh(); $four->set('name', '1.1.1 (was 4)'); $four->getNode()->moveAsFirstChildOf($one_one); $root->refresh(); $one_two_one->refresh(); $one_two_one->set('name', 'last (was 1.2.1)'); $one_two_one->getNode()->moveAsLastChildOf($root); output_message('transformed initial root'); output_tree($root); function output_tree($root) { // display tree // first we must refresh the node as the tree has been transformed $root->refresh(); // next we must get the iterator to traverse the tree from the root node $traverse = $root->getNode()->traverse(); output_node($root); // now we traverse the tree and output the menu items while($item = $traverse->next()) { output_node($item); } unset($traverse); } function output_node($record) { echo str_repeat('-', $record->getNode()->getLevel()) . $record->get('name') . ' (has children:'.$record->getNode()->hasChildren().') '. ' (is leaf:'.$record->getNode()->isLeaf().') '.'
'; } function output_message($msg) { echo "
$msg".'
'; }