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alairock
alairock

Reputation: 1944

Business Logic in View - CakePHP

I have a home page which is a blog by default. I want the user to be able to turn the blog off in case they want a static page instead [set in the database]

Problem is:

1) Do I do the business in the view (Which I know is bad practice)

or

2) Do I do it all in the controller (Which will require me to pull the boolean value from the database)

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 185

Answers (3)

Chuck Burgess
Chuck Burgess

Reputation: 11574

It is always better to keep the business logic in the Controller. Breaking a paradigm for the sake of making it more simple is not a good idea.

Here is how I would do it.

Since the view for the Blog Page vs Static Page is virtually the same (with the exception of comments), I would say make them both exactly the same. Then set a flag in the database and for the page you are adding to identify if the page is static.

In the view, put a simple if (static) don't show comments statement that will not show the comments. Then there is no changing of logic and no logic required in the controller.

Upvotes: 1

Standstill
Standstill

Reputation: 399

If it is a simple blog and you think it will not scale up later, then it is fine to put the logic in the views. MVC is only a paradigm. It need not be followed religiously. You are free to break the pattern as you think it fits.

Upvotes: -1

CuriousMind
CuriousMind

Reputation: 34155

Don't put any kind of login in your views, except simple presentation logic. Instead I would suggest you to add a check in your Controller or better Model(Since, it deals with database.)

Upvotes: 2

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