I got a pet peeve about being 'lazy' :-) . Too often it leaves vague code that some poor soul needs to update years after the fact, with little understanding of what's going on.
I'll specify the exact controller. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:41 PM, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com>wrote: > both will work exactly the same WITHIN the controller > you may leave it out in this case. > its always good practice to specify the controller, as well, though. > > but if you are outside of this controller you MUST specify it > so better include it everywhere. especially if you move code around > (copy and paste) > or if you make it an element (which could be included in any other > view/controller/layout. > > so better safe than sry :) > we programmers are just lazy sometimes > > > On 31 Okt., 20:28, "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I just noticed this in the cakephp book. In the first example, you have > > the following line(s) in index.ctp: > > > > http://book.cakephp.org/view/1536/Creating-Post-Views > > > > <?php echo $this->Html->link($post['Post']['title'], array('controller' > => > > 'posts', 'action' => 'view', $post['Post']['id'])); ?> <--- this is the > > first example of a view > > > > http://book.cakephp.org/view/1540/Editing-Posts > > > > <?php echo $this->Html->link($post['Post']['title'], array('action' => > > 'view', $post['Post']['id']));?> <--- this is a later example, when > you're > > editing the post. > > > > The question is about this line: 'controller' => 'posts' <--- this > doesn't > > seem to affect the way info is posted. index.ctp is already tied to the > > index method in the PostsController, so what role does this play? > > -- > 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. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > at http://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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
