Phalcon, model bindings by field with json string or simple array string - phalcon

Question

I want to hold array data (json data) in field "table_ids" of Table_2, eg:
Table_1
| id | name |
----------------
| 1 | title 1 |
| 2 | title 2 |
| 3 | title 3 |
| 4 | title 4 |
etc...
Table_2
| id | table_ids |
---------------------
| 1 | "{1,3}" |
| 2 | "{3,4,2}" |
And, I'm intrested how it's possible to make relation in Phalcon model of table 2, hasMany as "table1relation" to Table_1 by field "table_ids"
$this->hasMany( 'table_ids', 'Table1', 'id', array('alias' => 'table1relation' ));
so as result to have properly binded objects in Table_2
$tbl2 = Table2::find();
foreach( $id in $tbl2.table1relation ) {
echo $id->name;
};
I'm wondering is this possible ?
Thanks

Answer 1

First working solution is this:
class Table2 extends Model
{
....
// get all items with mapped Table1 model resulsets
public static function GetItems() {
$items = Table2::find()->filter( function( $current_item ){
if ( $current_item->table_ids != null ) {
$final = array();
$array = explode( ",", $current_item->table_ids );
foreach( $array as $key => $value ) {
$table1_item = Table1::findFirst($value);
array_push( $final, $table1_item );
}
$current_item->table_ids = $final;
} else {
$current_item->table_ids = array();
}
return $current_item;
});
return $items;
}
public function beforeSave() {
if ( is_array( $this->table_ids ) ){
$cat_value = "";
$ids = $this->table_ids;
foreach( $ids as $ids_item ) {
$cat_value .= $ids_item->id;
if ( next( $ids ) == true ) $cat_value .= ",";
}
$this->table_ids = $cat_value;
}
}
}
And now we can use methods in controller like this
// get items
$items = Table2::GetItems();
foreach( $items->table_ids as $ids ) {
echo $ids->name;
}
...
$ids = new Table1();
$ids->id = 6;
$ids->name = "title 6"
$item = new Table2();
$item->id = 10;
$item->table_ids = $ids;
// or
$item->table_ids = "1,2,3,4,5";
This work