On Dec 27, 2007 1:41 PM, subtropolis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> CakePHP 1.2.x, PHP 5.1.4, Postgres8.1
>
> I've a controller for an archive for which i need to make the default
> view display the data for the present month. The "view" action
> displays certain data given a date (for clarity's sake, i'll call my
> "view" action "foo" here):
>
> Everything aside from the displayed data is the same whether
> requesting a particular month or the default. The archive navigation
> is provided by an element included into the view. Consequently, I
> thought that I should simply call foo() from the index action in the
> controller:
>
> function foo($publish_date = null)
> {
> $publish_date = !is_null($publish_date)
> ? $publish_date :
> (isset($this->params['publish_date'])
> ? $this->params['publish_date'] : date('Y-M'));
> }
>
> function index()
> {
> $this->foo(date('Y-M'));
> }
>
> Unfortunately, it seems that the view is chosen immediately upon
> making the controller request. Because there is no index.ctp I'm
> getting the "Missing View" error.
>
> I found some advice online to add the following to my index action:
>
> $this->view = 'foo';
>
> But this just results in an error because cake cannot find the fooView
> class, so I think this not what I'm searching for.
>
> Is there any way I can do this without copying foo.ctp to index.ctp?
> This isn't a question of making this an element, nor a layout (neither
> of those options seems at all correct). If I have to make a copy then
> so be it but it seems a poor solution. Is there another way to deal
> with this?
Let be the first person to say to you... huh?!?
I'm assuming you want to get the output of your foo() class into a
view? You need this in your index() action if you are determined to
not use a view:
function index() {
echo $this->foo();
}
Hope that helps.
--
Chris Hartjes
My motto for 2007: "Just build it, damnit!"
@TheKeyboard - http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard
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