On Mar 18, 2011, at 04:24, varai wrote:
> I'm new to cakePHP and OOP.
>
> I'm not understanding
> 1)what find('all') in the following code means
find('all') finds all records in this model's database table and returns them
to you as an array.
> 2) what is the purpose of $this->set('ingredients', $ingredients);
This sets the variable 'ingredients' (in the view) to the value of the variable
$ingredients (here in this controller method), so that you can display it in
the view.
> I got this from book.cakephp.org.
>
> class IngredientsController extends AppController {
>function index() {
>//grab all ingredients and pass it to the view:
>$ingredients = $this->Ingredient->find('all');
>$this->set('ingredients', $ingredients);
>}
> }
>
> ?>
Spend some more time reading the book and looking at example CakePHP projects.
Hopefully it will become clear to you how it all works together.
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