Line Items

Line Items constitute the second part of the double entry after transactions establish the first part. A transaction can have multiple line items each with a different account, vat and amount.

Attributes

• entity: The Entity object associated with the line item. Defaults to the entity of the logged in user.
• vat: The Vat object associated with the line item.
• transaction: The Transaction object associated with the line item.
• account: The Account associated with the line item.
• description: A short discription of the purpose of the line item.
• quantity: A multiple to be applied to the amount of the line item.
• amount: The line item amount.
• ledgers: Ledger objects associated with the line item.

Methods

• $lineItem->attributes(): Presents the line item’s attributes as an object. Useful for debugging.
• $lineItem->toString(): The string representation of the LineItem object instance.

Constraints

• NegativeAmount: Line item amounts cannot be negative.
• PostedTransaction: Line items cannot be added or removed from a posted transaction.