You components are missing because __mergeVars() which does the
variable merging only works with AppController / PluginAppController.
In all other situations related to inheritance you will need to
redeclare the components, uses and helpers.
-Mark
On Jan 16, 10:14 am, caminante <running.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bernardo, we need to separate very differently our web-apps in two
> parts: communication with flash client-side and HTML back-end
> administration panel. So we have general app-wide logic and another
> very specific logic for client-side that is general to all the
> controllers that will be used in the communication with flash
> (RemotingUsersController, etc).
>
> On 15 ene, 19:15, Bernardo Vieira <bvieira.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just one question though, why can't you just use app_controller for
> > this? Or better yet, for added flexibility, put whatever you need in a
> > component and use it in the controllers where you need remoting
> > capabilities.
>
> > Graham Weldon wrote:
> > > Hey,
>
> > > Better than including php files, use the CakePHP App::import() and
> > > ClassRegistry::init() methods.
> > > These locate, include and in the case of the ClassRegistry, instantiate
> > > and
> > > return the object for you.
>
> > > You would in this case, do something like:
>
> > > App::import('Controller', 'RemotingController');
> > > class RemotingUsersController extends RemotingController {
> > > /// implementation
> > > }
>
> > > Run a few tests with that, but its my understanding that this method
> > > should
> > > make the components available for the RemotingUsersController class.
> > > If not, ensuring that the __construct() passes back to the parent should
> > > ensure that the parent class is processed properly, but this should happen
> > > by default.
>
> > > Try the App::import() and let me know how you go with the components.
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > Graham
>
> > > On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:47:58 -0800 (PST), caminante
> > > <running.ba...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >> Being released 1.2 final version of CakePHP, I opened this discussion
> > >> to try to bring some light together to this issue.
>
> > >> My need:
> > >> What's in the subject of this discussion; I have a couple of "special"
> > >> controllers to be called from flash (through cakeswxphp). What I need
> > >> is those controllers extending a "RemotingController" (with it's set
> > >> of thingies for communication with flash) which in turn extends
> > >> AppController. Sounded easy when I thought it, it's a common practice
> > >> in OOP and I cannot see why it wouldn't be implemented in an OOP
> > >> framework as CakePHP. Let's see:
>
> > >> 1) class RemotingController extends AppController {} // dir: app/ or
> > >> app/controllers/
> > >> 2) class RemotingUsersController extends RemotingController {} //
> > >> dir: app/controllers/
>
> > >> When I make a request to an action in RemotingUsersController, "Class
> > >> 'RemotingController' not found", either putting it at app/ or app/
> > >> controllers/. Ok, CakePHP didn't noticed RemotingController class
> > >> existed.
>
> > >> There are a couple of (old or even antique) discussions on the
> > >> subject:
>
> > >http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/83bad7a3...
>
> > >> (from 2005)
> > >> and a more recent one:
>
> > >http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/f3c62f08...
>
> > >> (from mid 2007)
>
> > >> Neither seemed to found a (nice?) way to do this and according to
> > >> dates, they were discussing on different stages in the evolution of
> > >> the framework.
> > >> I applied something said in the first one, suggesting the following:
>
> > >> require_once('parent_controller.php');
> > >> class ChildController extends ParentController {}
>
> > >> The requirement for the php file with my RemotingController class
> > >> would work fine (though not being a pretty/frameworkian solution, but
> > >> I can live with that). Now my class seems to be recognized by Cake but
> > >> I have another problem: The components I declare for this class don't
> > >> work ("Call to a member function requestedWith() on a non-object", for
> > >> example). Seems that leaving a little bit the CakePHP "rigorous-
> > >> mechanics/convention-over-configuration" of Cake, there are some
> > >> things that stop working "automagically", such as automatic components
> > >> initialization.
>
> > >> My questions:
> > >> How, then, can I initialize components? (and maybe why there's nothing
> > >> in the book on this subject?)
> > >> What can be the most practical and conventional way of doing what I
> > >> need?
> > >> Are others there that achieved good results with this?
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