ok, thanks everyone, I got something going on. It works, i just hope it's the proper way to do it.
On Oct 14, 3:15 pm, Eber Freitas Dias <eber.frei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey! > > First of all, you never route something to a Model... > > Take a look at this portion of the CakePHP > Book:http://book.cakephp.org/view/13/Basic-Principles-of-CakePHP > > In fact, you should read all the CakePHP Book in order to understand things > better. For instance, you should need to write any queries in order to get > the data you want. Try to read something related to MVC as well, and you > understand CakePHP > better:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller > > Hope it helps somehow! > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 4:06 PM, gimperdan...@gmail.com < > > > > gimperdan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok... thanks for the tutorial. It helped some. This is my main problem > > right now... that in order to use model and controllers they need to > > be attached to a database table. And I don't always want to have a > > database table that corresponds to that model. > > > For instance: > > > I have 3 tables: > > > artists > > albums > > tracks > > > I my home page I want to pull... > > > Latest artists added > > Latest albums added > > And just a featured artist > > > My question is, where would I write the queries? On a element? on a > > helper? Because if I create a model (and route it to be the index) > > than that model would need a corresponding database table, which I > > wouldn't have. Can someone give me an example? > > > Thanks! > > > On Oct 14, 12:14 pm, red <mbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > As I understand, you try to build some kind of dashboard. Check this > > > tutorial, maybe this works for you: > >http://teknoid.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/how-to-build-a-dashboard-for-... > > > > On Oct 14, 5:54 pm, "gimperdan...@gmail.com" <gimperdan...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > I kinda understand what you're saying, but I am rather lost with some > > > > concepts in Cake. I have to read more first... Thanks... > > > > > PS: legal seu site! > > > > > On Oct 14, 11:20 am, Eber Freitas Dias <eber.frei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > The fact that "home.ctp" is the default home for your app it doesn't > > mean > > > > > you have to use it! > > > > > > You can just re declare a new home in your routes using the > > controller you > > > > > want. Something like: > > > > > > Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'mycontroller', 'action' > > => > > > > > 'index')); > > > > > > The second argument on the connect method works just like the url on > > your > > > > > link methods from the html helper. > > > > > > There is some basic understanding related to behaviours, components > > and > > > > > helpers... See: > > > > > > Helpers extends functionality to views. > > > > > Components extends functionality to controllers. > > > > > Behaviours extends functionality to models. > > > > > > If you need some custom data, instead of using requestAction, I would > > > > > consider creating a new function on your model and simply calling it > > > > > instead. You can create as many functions you like in your modesl, > > and once > > > > > you start doing that, you won't stop. It makes things really simpler! > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM, gimperdan...@gmail.com < > > > > > > gimperdan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks. That helps a little. From what I've been reading it's > > better > > > > > > to use Elements for HTML chunks and Helpers for logic. But > > > > > > requestAction seems like a good option too. > > > > > > > On Oct 14, 10:54 am, Céryl <c.a.h.wilt...@student.tue.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > I don't really know the answer, but just to add to that, the > > home.ctp > > > > > > > has a controller, it's the pages_controller. > > > > > > > And also, you can of course use actions from other controllers > > and > > > > > > > models in the pages-views by using Cake's requestAction. I use it > > > > > > > sometimes to get for instance number of posts, users, pictures > > or > > > > > > > whatever on the sites main index page. > > > > > > > > On 14 okt, 16:38, "gimperdan...@gmail.com" < > > gimperdan...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On the index of my website I get content from several different > > tables > > > > > > > > in the database. Which is best to use? Elements? Behaviors? or > > > > > > > > Helpers? As far as I understand the index(home.ctp) page > > doesn't have > > > > > > > > a model or controller. > > > > > > -- > > > > > Éber Freitas Dias > > > > > >www.eberfdias.comwww.dejamps.net > > -- > Éber Freitas Dias > > www.eberfdias.comwww.dejamps.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. 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