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Gonçalo Marrafa
Gonçalo Marrafa

Reputation: 2113

Proper way to end request in CakePHP 2.6 in beforeFilter

In CakePHP 2.6, sometimes i want to end the current request in the beforeFilter() callback, and maybe issue a forbidden or not found result status.

In a controller action i know i can do this by returning the CakeResponseobject but i want to this in the callback. Is there a proper CakePHP way of doing so, to ensure all callbacks are called and the app is properly processed, or can i just send the headers and call die()?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 430

Answers (2)

mark
mark

Reputation: 21743

By throwing exceptions you do exactly that. Nothing else necessary:

throw new ForbiddenException();

or

throw new NotFoundException();

etc.

That is a clean way to bail early. The error/exception handler will automatically format it in the necessary output format (html, json, xml, ...) for you and will send the right headers (status code, ...).

Never use die()/exit. Never send headers manually. It makes your code untestable.

Upvotes: 2

floriank
floriank

Reputation: 25698

Have you tried if returning the CakeResponse object in the beforeFilter() works the same way? If not see CakeResponse::send() and Object::_stop() and do this:

$this->response->body('whatever you need here');
$this->response->send();
$this->_stop();

Upvotes: 1

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