On 10/25/06, realien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm new to cake, but not MVC so had a few questions on where the best > place is to put some functionality as it pertains to CakePHP. > > 1) I parse an XML file from a dv camera and need to insert what I get > into my database, I will have models for the data, but do I create my > xml parse class in my own "package" and have my controller call it and > map it to my model somehow before inserting it into my database? Not > quite sure where it should fit.
You can easily create a model to do all this stuff for you. Models in CakePHP aren't just for database connections. :) > 2) I authenticate a user to my database and once authenticated we > authorize the user and store their "role" in memory. Do we put that in > the session and just use it where necessary or is there a more formal > approach for authorization ? I'd do it in the session. Makes total sense. Hope that helps. -- Chris Hartjes "The greatest inefficiencies come from solving problems you will never have." -- Rasmus Lerdorf @TheBallpark - http://www.littlehart.net/attheballpark @TheKeyboard - http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
