Saving, Updating, and Deleting

Save()

If the record is new, it will be INSERTed. Otherwise, any fields you've changed will be UPDATEd.

$Account = new Account();
$Account->email = '[email protected]';
$Account->password = 'kixbaq!';
$Account->Save();

If any errors prevent the record from being saved, an exception will be thrown.

Update()

For an existing record, update one or more fields and immediately save them.

$Account = Account::Load(1); // load by primary key
$Account->email = '[email protected]';

// UPDATE the password in the database, but the email change above
// will remain un-saved
$Account->update(['password' => 'abcde']);

Destroy()

DELETE an existing record from the database.

$Account = Account::Load(1);
$Account->Destroy();

Reload()

Reload a record from the database. It will pull in any changes made elsewhere, and undo any unsaved changes on our end.

$Account = Account::Load(1);

// change the email?
$Account->email = '[email protected]';

// actually, nevermind!
$Account->reload();