<?php

// ATTENTION: this is pseudocode alike!
// witten inside the gist textbox without php validation!

/**
 * This is a models vutsom save method
 * The models validation rules should contain at least one 'on' => 'publish' rule!
 *
 * @param Object $entity
 * @param mixed $data
 * @param array $options
 * @return booolean
 */
public function publish($entity, $data = null, array $options = array()) {
	$default_data = array(
		'published' = 'true'
	)
	$default_options = array(
		'events' = 'publish'
	)

	$options += $default_options;
	$data += $default_data;
	
	/**
	 * Validation would be obsolte, if saving does know about the 'event'
	 */
	$valid = $this->validates($entity,$data,$options);
	return (!$valid)?:$this->save($entity,$data,$options);
}

?>