Why not just cache your data instead of the view? Caching the view is pretty much just stepping in its place.
On May 31, 10:24 am, dreamingmind <dreamingmin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jeremy, > > Yes, another layer... seems a bit crazy. It looks like their may be > more bits and pieces of unique code sprinkled into your pages than I > imagined. None the less, a couple more thoughts? > > - A new route could override the basic controller/action/params > pattern and funnel everything to your accumulator controller/action > while still passing along the controller/action/params that are needed > to fully inform the process. > - Or maybe your component just needs to be extended a bit to do the > necessary additional portioning-out of tasks > > Either way seems in line with cake philosophy. > > - I've had some success with shipping html into php's XML/DOM > manipulators > (http://us.php.net/manual/en/refs.xml.phphttp://us.php.net/manual/en/domdocument.loadhtml.php) > and that has > sometimes made it very easy to swap an entire div in or out of a page. > It's also given me ways of walking through the DOM in php to make all > sorts of fussy page tweaks. This just moves the javascripty way > manipulating pages into your component, action or helper. > - Possibly a final helper could be fed the cached and dynamic chunks > for assembly into your final cach-namic page. That would be a pretty > cake-y way to go. > > I'm excited about this plan! Especially since I don't have to write > it! > > Don > > On May 31, 8:54 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit > > > > > > > > <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote: > > Hmmm...nice thinking and I appreciate your reply, but it sounds like it's > > derailing Cake somehow. This happens on every page view so I'd effectively > > be putting another layer in there. > > > A bit more background... > > > The component scans $this->params and takes into account a number of > > factors like is the user logged in, are they an administrator, do they > > perform some other sort of role, where are they in the system, what menu > > items should have the 'selected' class and so on. It produces a keyed array > > (e.g. main, sub-1, sub-2, user [log in/log out/logged in as etc] and so > > on). The array is passed to the view as a variable. The default.ctp layout > > contains an element that parses each key and renders output. > > > Currently it's called in app_controller/beforeRender() but this is now > > being bypassed when the view is cached. It is, by it's nature, very > > dynamic. It can't easily be created in full in advance and placed in > > session because, for example, a user could log in and then log out. > > > Jeremy Burns > > Class Outfit > > > jeremybu...@classoutfit.com > > (t) +44 (0) 208 123 3822 > > (m) +44 (0) 7973 481949 > > Skype: jeremy_burnshttp://www.classoutfit.com > > > On 31 May 2011, at 15:58, dreamingmind wrote: > > > > Jeremy, > > > > I don't know details of how to accomplish this, but it seems like > > > you're going to have to call another non-cached action instead of the > > > action you want. It will: > > > > - call the navigation engine to get an html fragment of your menus > > > - call the desired action and get the page rendering > > > - plug the menus into the page and send it to the browser > > > > or > > > > - send the menu out as a string that javascript can insert in the page > > > once it loads > > > > Does this seem possible? > > > > Regards, > > > Don > > > > On May 31, 5:44 am, Jeremy Burns <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote: > > >> I've raised a similar question before but got no responses, so I'll > > >> try something more specific. > > > >> I have an application that is pretty dynamic. With no caching turned > > >> on there is a lag of around 2 seconds before anything happens, and > > >> then it all zips in really quickly. If I blanket enable view caching > > >> (enabling cache in core.php, adding the Cache helper to app_controller > > >> and setting cacheAction to +1hour) the lag disappears, response is > > >> fantastic but the results are (understandably) terrible as nothing is > > >> dynamic. > > > >> If I move the cache setting from app_controller into specific actions > > >> I start to get better results. It's a pretty big app, so that's going > > >> to take a lot of time and testing to do correctly. However, I have a > > >> particular problem that I need to solve before I put in the effort. > > > >> I have a navigation component that reads $this->params, sets up some > > >> variables that are passed through the controller and rendered in an > > >> element (that also has a nested element): > > > >> function beforeRender() { > > >> $this->set('menus', $this->Navigation->menus($this->params)); > > > >> I have placed <cake:nocache></cake:nocache> blocks in the elements. > > > >> Reading the Cake on line book: > > >> "It should be noted that once an action is cached, the controller > > >> method for the action will not be called - otherwise what would be the > > >> point of caching the page. Therefore, it is not possible to wrap > > >> <cake:nocache> </cake:nocache> around variables which are set from the > > >> controller as they will be null." > > > >> As every page contains the navigation code, it would seem that I > > >> cannot pass the menus variable down. Subsequent rendering of the > > >> navigation (when the contents have changed) delivers lots of > > >> 'Undefined index' errors as the variables are indeed missing. This is > > >> especially so when a user logs in and then logs, which generates > > >> different menu content. > > > >> Can anyone suggest a work around for this? > > > > -- > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organdhelp > > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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