great thanks for the info guys. that helps a lot
On Feb 8, 11:18 pm, Miles J <mileswjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, anything to do with model/database logic should be placed in the
> model.
>
> The controller is used to pass the data from the model into the
> correct view.
>
> On Feb 8, 6:56 pm, dtirer <dti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Actually, just read something about putting such methods in the Model,
> > rather than the Controller
>
> > So my 'foreign' is_user() method should go in my User Model. Since
> > all it does is check and pull info from the DB.
>
> > Does that make sense?
>
> > On Feb 8, 9:48 pm, dtirer <dti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Here's my situation. Users are searching for items. I have an Items
> > > controller, and a Users controller.
>
> > > When a user enters the Item they want, and their email on the /items/
> > > index page, I first want to check if they are a user.
>
> > > So what seemed logical to me was something like the following:
>
> > > ItemsController extends AppController
> > > {
> > > function index()
> > > {
> > > if (!empty($this->data))
> > > {
> > > // See if the user email already exists in
> > > the DB
> > > if (!$user_id =
> > > $this->Item->User->is_user($this->data['User']['email']))
>
> > > {
> > > // then do this
> > > }
> > > // then process item search stuff
> > > }
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > And of course, in the UsersController, I have an is_user() function
>
> > > However, I get an error SQL syntax errors where the foreign controller
> > > functions come up. I know the foreign functions work cause I tested
> > > them standalone.
>
> > > Is this not the correct way to have this type of functionality?
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