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user2794196
user2794196

Reputation: 1

Can i call .ctp file from another model in cakephp?

I want to call a .ctp file in one 'Model' and the .ctp file is in another 'View'. Is it possible in cakephp?

Or instead of that should i call that 'Controller' function in my 'Model'?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 722

Answers (2)

Lionel Chan
Lionel Chan

Reputation: 8069

CakePHP in a nutshell, and the keywords that you might need to search for:

  • Dispatcher and Routing controlling how URL reaches your controller.

  • Controller places system logic and controlling individual routing requests from Dispatcher

    • Component places logics that can be easily shared by Controllers

  • Model is for all the database related queries, manipulation, selections, deletions

    • Behavior can be deem as similar to Component, that provides "mixins" to Models to achieve similar behaviors, such as TreeBehavior abstract your database tables into parent-child relationship.

  • View is used by Controller to render individual pages to the user

    • Helper placed shared functionalities to help View render certain stuff. For example, FormHelper helps you all sort of form rendering, inputs, etc.

  • Place globally shared library in app/Lib folder so it can be easily accessed through using App::uses('...', 'Lib'). For example, a Gravatar library that helps you convert emails to md5-hashed strings. So this can be used everywhere in your app.

  • vendors are for those packaged vendor libraries that do not respect MVC, for example, swiftmailer that helps you send emails. Usually I would abstract them into my Lib folder for ease.

  • plugins are for those baked CakePHP applications found everywhere in the internet.

There are others in-depth stuff that you might be interested in, but these are the most basic stuff that you need to know before using a MVC framework like CakePHP. Check out their docs before diving in.

Upvotes: 1

Mindaugas Norvilas
Mindaugas Norvilas

Reputation: 532

You can't access View (.ctp) in Model, it's against MVC architecture and logic. Just tell us more what do you want to do, maybe you're doing something wrong.

Upvotes: 0

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