new Family($parms)

Up: class Family

The constructor for an instance of Family takes one parameter:

parameter	description
$parms	identifies the database record to be associated with this instance. This is an associative array.

$parms may be:

• An associative array containing all of the fields in a record as obtained by a database SELECT.
• array('idmr' => integer) specifies the unique numeric key of the record in the table that is to be used to initialize the new instance.
• array('id' => integer) specifies the unique internal numeric key of the record in the table. DEPRECATED
• array('idirhusb' => $idir) to add a new family for a husband
• array('idirwife' => $idir) to add a new family for a wife
• array('husbsurname' => $surname, 'husbmarrsurname' => $surname) to create a new set of parents for a child
• array('idirhusb'=> $idir, 'idirwife'=> $idir) adds a new instance of Family between a groom and bride.

Note that you cannot obtain an existing record for a husband/wife pair except through new RecordSet('Families', array('idirhusb'=> $idir, 'idirwife'=> $idir)).

The constructor adds error messages to $record->msg if it is unable to complete due to bad parameters.

Next: $family->getName()