well the helper IS NOT available in the controller right away you need to add
App::import(Helper,Text); $this->Text = new TextHelper(); now you can work with it... brian probably didnt read your post and thought you talked about a component On 12 Okt., 20:50, Lukar Dennig <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. However if i use $this->Text->autoLinkUrls() i get: "Undefined > property: NewsController::$Text"... > its just as if the helper is completely ignored. > > On Oct 12, 7:22 pm, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Use $this->Text->whatever() while in the controller and > > $text->whatever() in the view. > > > But note that autoLinkUrls() returns the string. You'll need to modify > > the value in $this->data. Either that, or use the method in your view. > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Lukar Dennig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > im having a problem with the TextHelper and i totally dont get why... > > > > in a nutshell my controller (based on the Blog Tutorial) looks like > > > this: > > > > class NewsController extends AppController { > > > > var $name = 'News'; > > > var $helpers = array('Text'); > > > > function edit($id = null) { > > > $this->News->id = $id; > > > if (empty($this->data)) { > > > $this->data = $this->News->read(); > > > } else { > > > $text->autoLinkUrls("asd"); // (line 64) > > > [...] > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > > Now when i call the function (save the form) i get: > > > "Notice (8): Undefined variable: text [APP\controllers > > > \news_controller.php, line 64]" > > > > Without the line everything works. Ive been searching the cookbook for > > > an hour but i cant come up with any reason. My AppController is empty > > > btw. I also tried "$this->helpers[] = 'Time';" in the function but it > > > didnt help. > > > > Any help would be appreciated... > > > > Lukar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
