I might also suggest not using get by itself. You should use meaningful
action names. Like getCart or getData.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:03 AM, <david.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:55:53 AM UTC+2, lirc201 wrote:
>>
>> I'm in 2 different controllers. In the checkout controller, I'm trying
>> to call a function in the cart controller.
>>
>> Are you sure that the function is in the cart controller? The $uses
> variable indicates which other models this model will use (not which other
> controllers). If you want to call a method on another controller you will
> need to use either App::Import or RequestAction. If the error you are
> getting is an SQL error rather than a method not found error it would seem
> like the get() method is on the model.
>
> In general, many people will tell you that calling one controller from
> another is a bad idea and should only be done as a last resort.
>
> If it is true that you are managing to call a controller method then it
> may be simpler to move these methods into the Cart model which you would
> then be able to access from the $uses variable.
>
> If the methods are really on the model (or if you choose to move them
> there) you will need to be acting on a particular instance of Cart so you
> would do something like:
> $this->Cart->id = $CartID; // assumes you already have the id of the cart
> you want
> $Cart = $this->Cart->get(); // assumes that the only state information
> that get needs is the id and will read any additional information for itself
>
> Alternatively, you may need to find the cart you are looking for and pass
> that information into the get call. I.e.
> $Cart = $this->Cart->find('first', array('conditions' =>
> array('Cart.customer_id' => $CustomerID)));
> $Total = $this->Cart->total($Cart);
>
> As a side note:
> One debugging method you could use when confronted with this type of
> situation is to copy and paste the query that generated the error directly
> into something like PhpMyAdmin and see what part of the query is causing
> the SQL error. My guess is that in your case the query has a where clause
> with 'WHERE Cart.id=' with no id specified or something like that.
>
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