On Aug 16, 2006, at 4:36 PM, codecowboy wrote:
> > Hi, > > I want to make an ajax call to to a controller action that simply > returns data that is retrieved from the database. I don't want the > action to render a view or anything extra > > ex. pseudo code: > > 1 var temp > 2 ...onclick -> make ajax call > 3 store value returned from ajax call in temp > 4 print temp to screen > > Is this possible in cake? pseudo answer: 1. yes! It works like this 1. AJAX event triggered (by click, or whatever) 2. Cake action called 3. Cake does its database magic 4. Cake renders a "view" that contains only the data you want 5. The rendered "view" is used to update a specified <div> Check out the AjaxHelper. -- J --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
