I suppose the only upside of a helper is not having to place it everywhere its needed in the controllers, just call the helper :P
On May 18, 1:01 pm, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't that just move it? If it's that static (e.g. 'm' => 'Male', 'f' => > 'Female') putting it in an array variable seems fine to me. > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > [email protected]http://www.classoutfit.com > > On 18 May 2011, at 20:41, Miles J wrote: > > > > > > > > > I guess it depends what the options array is used for? If it is never > > associated with a model, than you can create a helper. > > > $this->Helper->getOptions(); > > > On May 18, 11:46 am, Jason Mitchell <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I have in a controller an array containing data used on the view to > >> populate > >> a drop down. I put it on the controller, so the array could be used by > >> multiple views associated with that controller (create, edit). > >> Additionally, > >> it means that if I do ever have to change it, I just have to change it once > >> (yup, lazy). > > >> Because the data is relatively static, and is used in only isolated > >> instances, it didn't seem to be worth the effort of creating a model for > >> that data, and establishing a relationship between models. And, putting it > >> on the controller, worked. > > >> Admittedly, I'm new to MVC, but this really doesn't seem to jive > >> definition. > >> Am I doing something wrong? If so, how would one but this on the model, > >> short of some sort of association with another model? > > >> -- > >> J. Mitchell > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
