In my application, I will have the same problem if I put the bulk of the code in the models. I have as many models as I do controllers. How should I handle this?
Thanks On Mar 9, 10:31 pm, mbavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The essential Fat Models, Skinny Controllers: > > "Write big and long models, and short controllers" > > DRY itself. > > Cheers, > Martin B > > On Mar 9, 4:52 pm, sleepy1038 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I've recently implemented a content management system using Cake, and > > am running into a design issue. I have many different types of posts > > (articles, books, etc.). All these posts must be associated to tags. I > > implemented a general posts table, and associated the tags to this. I > > then implemented each type of post as belonging to a content post. > > > The problem is, I now have many controllers. Each post type has its > > own controller, although aside from differing fields they pretty much > > have the same controller logic. The only thing that really differs in > > each controller code is the name of the controller instance. Whenever > > I need to make an update, I have to essentially copy and paste into 10 > > different controllers. > > > My questions is, how do I consolidate this logic into one location. I > > thought about using a component, put b/c Cake uses lazy loading I > > don't believe the model classes are available in a component. Am I > > wrong about this? Is there a way around this? Also, is there any way > > to consolidate the many views associated with the controllers? Any > > help would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thank You --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
