Business-related DATA-connected logic is best residing in the Model, yes but there are still other considerations. What if your logic was somehow VIew-related? For example you had to show some complex three-like structure and you wanted to pre-process it on the server? A model would do of course, but you could also use a Helper to encapsulate the logic.
It all comes down to a developer's decision. Get to know the life of a typical Cake Request<http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/getting-started/a-typical-cakephp-request.html>. It contains the specific implementation details of MVC in CakePHP. If you're putting your complex algorithm in a Model Class you could do so in a separate model - i.e. you do not need to put the logic in any specific model if it is not logically connected to only one Model. You can have a "table-less model" in Cake just by setting the Model's $useTable property to FALSE or NULL.<http://api.cakephp.org/2.5/class-Model.html#$useTable> Anyway anything is possible of course. Cheers, Borislav. On Friday, 11 April 2014 15:27:07 UTC+3, Vitor Vezani wrote: > > Hello guys, I want to do an app that will recommend itens for users, there > will be a complex algorithm behind it, and seeing the structure of cake I m > a little bit confuse > > Is this possible to do it in cackphp(I mean, any complex's algorithm)? If > so, where would I put this algorithm? At the model or controller? > > Thanks guys! > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
