Well, I *think* that's how I started out, but I'm not all clear on how
the different models, controllers and views communicate with
eachother.
What I've done so far is this:
-Model-
* Guestbook (This collects all data from the guestbooks table making
it available to the application)
* Avatar (This collects all data from the avatar table making it
available to the application BUT it's also combined with the Guestbook-
model because they share information (key id's))
-Controller-
* Guestbook (Assigns the views I'd like to use (taken from the Blog
tutorial; index, add, edit, delete))
-Views-
* Index
* Add
* Edit
* Delete
Now, I read a bit about combining data between tables and it sorted
itself out with the help of $belongsTo and $hasMany. This means that
the avatar_id's in Guestbook is combined and replaced by info from the
Avatar table.
This works right out of the box on the Index page. But I just can't
get my head around adding a new model and combine it without using for
example $belongsTo and $hasMany, since it's not really going to be
used on every subsequent post stored in the Guestbook table.
I'm trying to implement my Smileys array function into the Edit and
Add views but I'm getting a bit confused as to what I should add and
where. I'm thinking it should be a helper (it has alot to do with the
presentation) but somehow I need to connect it with a Model or a
Controller to be able to get to the table data. I think? :p
Again, thanks for yout input, much appreciated!
Regards
DrLaban
On Jul 6, 12:50 pm, Sergei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So what's the problem? Make a function in a model that extracts smiley
> data, and set it to view variable in your controller action.
>
> Then make a helper something like:
>
> $myhelper->smily($smilydata)
>
> or better, do it with element:
>
> $this->renderElement("smile",array('data'=>$smileydata))
>
> I would choose an element for this.
>
> On 6 ???, 19:16, DrLaban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I managed to figure out a bit about helpers and the way they work but
> > I'm still a bit lost getting to know the workings of Cake.
> > Now, seeing that a helper was great for bbCode parsing I'm now trying
> > to figure out what the best way to handle an array of smileys is.
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