Yes, I was clearly being a dick by answering your question and trying to point you in the right direction.
Perhaps next time you'll find the patience to actually read the doc before you dismiss it as "crap." If you did that, you'd realize that in Cake, URLs can often be passed as a string or in array format (as explained in the blog example). BTW, the Cookbook is user-contributed. So if you think you can come up with a more logical/useful organization for the info, then, by all means, make the appropriate changes. But putting redirect() in the "Developing with CakePHP" section under "Controller Methods" is hardly "buried." And if you think a simple redirect method needs more than 6 examples, then you're likely just complaining to complain. On Jun 11, 2:11 pm, Mike Alberghini <m...@isye.gatech.edu> wrote: > Wow. Are you trying to corner the market on snarky replies in this group? > > Yes, the cookbook does detail the redirect method. It buries it five > levels deep. It even says it is " The flow control method you'll use > most often." How much documentation does the Cookbook give to this, the > most used method? One page. Twelve whole lines of code, comments > included. One browser page. That page even makes things WORSE, by > having conflicting info. The syntax example at the top says the first > parameter should be a url string. The first code example conflicts this > by making the first parameter an array. > > So despite your best efforts to be a dick and waste peoples time, you > managed to answer my question. Thanks. > > Mike > > On 6/11/10 1:02 PM, calvin wrote: > > > > > I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're not just an obvious > > troll. So please enlighten us on the cake-specific way to create a > > multi-step action. > > > And the cookbook _does_ tell you how to redirect and how to create > > links or buttons. > > > You may as well start complaining that the Cookbook doesn't have an > > example forum/online store/CRM app/search engine/webmail app and a > > million other applications. > > > The Cookbook already explains the syntax for the redirect() method. It > > also gives numerous examples. If you want the Cookbook to include a > > list of all the scenarios where an HTTP redirect should be used, which > > has nothing to do with Cake, then you are confusing the Cookbook with > > a general web development guide. > > > On Jun 10, 8:25 am, Windex<anthony.c.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> And creating a multi-step action in Cake is no different from > >>> creating one in a non-Cake app. > > >> Except for all the cake specific ways to accomplish those tasks. > > >>> What's wrong with just redirecting the user to the next action/form > >>> instead of index at the end of each action? If you need to add a back > >>> button, then just add a link in the view as shown in the cookbook > >>> section on the Html Helper. > > >> These kind of examples are what the OP i think was referring to. > >> Theres the standard no framework way of redirecting, theres the ugly > >> hacks using cake specific functions, then there is the correct cake > >> method. > > >>> If you need to store persistent data, then > >>> just use session variables like you would in any other application. > >>> There's nothing here that a little common sense and basic web > >>> development knowledge can't solve. I don't think it's reasonable to > >>> expect the Cookbook to hold your hand and walk you through every > >>> possible programming scenario that you might encounter in your web > >>> development. > > >> No but expanding on all those methods specific to cake used to > >> accomplish such tasks isn't asking to much.... > > >>> If you want web development tutorials on how to solve real-world > >>> programming problems, then try devshed.com. It has a lot of general > >>> PHP (and other languages) development tutorials on all kinds of real- > >>> world web development problems, like implementing different types of > >>> session management systems, how to implement a search engine, etc. > > >> I think its clear from this post you have missed the point and you > >> should have just said something like 'lrn2webdesign' it would have > >> provided just as much information and saved you some time. > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organd help others > > with their CakePHP related questions. > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CakePHP" group. > > To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en > > -- > Mike Alberghini m...@isye.gatech.edu > Web Developer 404-894-4322 Phone > Industrial and Systems Engineering 404-385-2988 Fax > Georgia Institute of Technology Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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