Returns the "casting helper" for the given field. A casting helper is a piece of PHP code that, when evaluated, will create an object to represent the value.
Returns the "casting helper" for the given field and the casting class name. A casting helper is a piece of PHP code that, when evaluated, will create an object to represent the value.
Returns a "1 record iterator" Views <%control %> tags operate by looping over an item for as many instances as are available. When you stick a single ViewableData object in a control tag, the foreach() loop still needs to work. We do this by creating an iterator that only returns one record.
Strong_create is a function to enforce a certain class replacement e.g Php5.2's latest introduction of a namespace conflict means we have to replace all instances of Datetime with SSdatetime.