add SeedDMS_Core_Attribute::getParsedValue() and use it in SeedDMS_Core_Object:: getAttributeValue()

SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassAttribute.php

@@ -120,6 +120,27 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_Attribute { /* {{{ */
 	 */
 	function getValue() { return $this->_value; }
 
+	/**
+	 * Return attribute value parsed into a php type or object
+	 *
+	 * This function will return the value of multi value attributes
+	 * including the separator char.
+	 *
+	 * @return string the attribute value as it is stored in the database.
+	 */
+	function getParsedValue() { /* {{{ */
+		switch($this->_attrdef->getType()) {
+		case SeedDMS_Core_AttributeDefinition::type_float:
+			return (float) $this->_value;
+		case SeedDMS_Core_AttributeDefinition::type_boolean:
+			return (bool) $this->_value;
+		case SeedDMS_Core_AttributeDefinition::type_int:
+			return (int) $this->_value;
+		default:
+			return $this->_value;
+		}
+	} /* }}} */
+
 	/**
 	 * Return attribute values as an array
 	 *

SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassObject.php

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_Object { /* {{{ */
 		}
 
 		if (isset($this->_attributes[$attrdef->getId()])) {
-			$value =  $this->_attributes[$attrdef->getId()]->getValue();
+			$value = $this->_attributes[$attrdef->getId()]->getValue();
 			if($attrdef->getMultipleValues()) {
 				$sep = substr($value, 0, 1);
 				$vsep = $attrdef->getValueSetSeparator();
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_Object { /* {{{ */
 				else
 					return(array($value));
 			} else {
-				return $value;
+				return $this->_attributes[$attrdef->getId()]->getParsedValue();
 			}
 		} else
 			return false;

SeedDMS_Core/package.xml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 - fix SeedDMS_Core_File::fileExtension()
 - SeedDMS_Core_DMS::createPasswordRequest() creates a cryptographically secure hash
 - fix sql error when deleting a folder attribute
+- add SeedDMS_Core_Attribute::getParsedValue() and use it in SeedDMS_Core_Object::getAttributeValue()
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir baseinstalldir="SeedDMS" name="/">