Controller specific functions in cakePHP

Question

I have a piece of code in one of my controllers that I use to call the data for each action and subsequently each view. Rather than repeating the piece of code into each action, what is the best way to create a controller wide function in cakePHP? Or what is best practice?

Example controller:

function get_data($location) {
   $orders = $this->Post->find('all',array('conditions' => array('Post.field' => $location));
   return $orders;
}

//actual view
function index() {
   get_data(waiting);
   //etc. etc.
}

//actual view
function view_1() {
   get_data(view_1);
   //etc. etc.
}

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04 22:56:33Z

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The answer seems to be the fat model, skinny controller approach as outlined in this article. http://www.sanisoft.com/blog/2010/05/31/cakephp-fat-models-and-skinny-controllers/

You can declare a public function custom_function ($data) in the model and access them in the controller by $this->Model->custom_function($data);

edited Dec 4, 2012 at 22:56

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answered Jun 17, 2011 at 21:44

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Felipe Sabino Over a year ago

retrieving data is for job for models! good article btw, +1 for that

Headshota · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-17 20:52:47Z

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you can use some of this actions:

beforFilter: Called before the controller action

afterFilter: Called after the controller action is run and rendered.

beforeRender: Called after the controller action is run, but before the view is rendered.

answered Jun 17, 2011 at 20:52

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