Thanks for the reply Sam. I don't think I will have shared functionality per se, but I am trying to avoid putting all of the fields that are in the content table on each of the other tables / classes. I was thinking it would be best to use a single base class & db table to store all of the shared information about any content record in the system.
Based on the two links, I believe the second one is exactly what I am looking for. I'm just not sure how to implement it. Thanks again., On Feb 10, 8:21 am, Sam Sherlock <sam.sherl...@gmail.com> wrote: > what functionality does the content class give the classes that extend it? > > I think you want to have these reusable parts within a component > and use behaviours on the corresponding models > > but you can read Neil Crook's answer > herehttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/1875831/cakephp-abstracting-appcon... > also > readhttp://cakephp.1045679.n5.nabble.com/Extending-controllers-td1261319.... > > - S > > On 9 February 2011 20:28, mfrday <palsp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi there - I am somewhat of a newbie to cake, and have what I believe > > is a simple question. I have the following content entities being > > submitted to our system: bookmarks, messages, and posts. All of > > these entities have a set of underlying similar fields / > > relationships. What I would like to do is create a base class > > (content) that can be inherited by all of these other content > > entities. > > > Here is a sample of the data elements: > > > Contents Class: > > - id > > - user_id > > - target_id > > - category_id > > - created > > - modified > > > Bookmarks Class (inherits from Content) > > - id > > - content_id > > - url > > - message > > > Posts Class (inherits from Content) > > - id > > - content_id > > - name > > - picture > > > etc.... > > > My question is how do I go about doing this ? Is the Content class a > > component ? Do I need to create a regular view / controller for it > > as well ? > > > Any direction that could be given would be extremely helpful. > > > Regards, > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > 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 -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
