Hi Thomas, let me state my concerns here. Perhaps you can tell me if your suggested answer is still good for the scenario.
I have various models and controllers. Cars, Trucks, Tables, Chairs, Users, Passengers, etc. I have admin actions: Admin_view, admin_edit, admin_add, Actions for public are view, edit, add, etc. I will use Twig for Themes on views that are for public consumption. And i will not expose all the data models for designers to manipulate. Just to be clear, i will expose only cars, trucks and passengers in their respective index page. 1) Having said this, the IteratorAggregate class should still be in app lib? 2) the Controller::beforeRender you would mean in cars, trucks and passengers controllers only right? 3) so far your idea sounds good as i typed this response. I am liking it. On Jul 5, 6:53 pm, Thomas Ploch <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, you would not do it on the Behavior itself, since you want to pass > the object to the view. > > Probably a static method as in your example that converts the find array > into an object that implements IteratorAggregate (probably 'app/lib' is > the best place for this). > > Then in Controller::beforeRender you could iterate over the viewVars and > convert the arrays accordingly. > > Regards, > Thomas > > Am Dienstag, den 05.07.2011, 02:41 -0700 schrieb Zeu5: > > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > i think you mean a Model Behavior? > > > If so, do i still need to create a separate class which implements the > > IteratorAggregate? > > > If so, is it done in the same file as the Behavior? > > > Thank you. > > > On Jul 5, 5:28 pm, euromark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i see > > > you would probably need a global app controller behavior which > > > translates everything right away > > > > php doesnt have the attributes itself > > > but you can acomplish that by using: > > > $size = count($cars); > > > $first = array_shift($cars); > > > $last = array_pop($cars); > > > and may others > > > etc > > > > On 5 Jul., 02:38, Zeu5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am using Twig so that I can make it as easy for designers to design > > > > themes as possible without knowing php. > > > > > Currently, Twig evaluates the strings, arrays, objects like > > > > thishttp://www.twig-project.org/doc/templates.html#variables > > > > > i want to keep things as simple and as brief as possible. > > > > > Hence I want to make it such that designers need only use > > > > {{ cars.size }} , {{ cars.first }} and {{ cars.last }} > > > > > So i guessed that cars cannot be usual php arrays, but objects with > > > > attributes for size, first and last. > > > > > If my understanding is wrong about php arrays, i apologise. > > > > > Please educate me on how usual php arrays can possibly have these > > > > attributes as well. > > > > > On Jul 5, 7:17 am, euromark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > why are the normal 1.3 arrays not working for you? > > > > > they also have all those functions built in (in plain php functions > > > > > then of course) > > > > > > On 5 Jul., 01:06, Zeu5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have cars controller, Car model and views for cars. > > > > > > > I am using Twig > > > > > > 1.0,http://www.twig-project.org/doc/templates.html#list-of-control-struct... > > > > > > Cake 1.3 > > > > > > > I want to do the following in the controller: > > > > > > > function index() { > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > $carData = $this->Car->find('all'); > > > > > > > $cars = Car::prepareForView($carData); > > > > > > > $this->set('cars', $cars); > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > the prepareForView will turn the car data into an object that > > > > > > implements the > > > > > > IteratorAggregatehttp://php.net/manual/en/class.iteratoraggregate.php > > > > > > > the reason is because i want to be able to do the following in the > > > > > > view using Twig. > > > > > > > {{ cars.size }} // returns me the size > > > > > > {{ cars.first }} // returns me the first element of the array > > > > > > {{ cars.last }} // returns me the last element of the array > > > > > > > Am i right in wanting to prepare the array as an IteratorAggregate? > > > > > > If i do this for Car and other models, how should i do it? > > > > > > > Advice, please. Thank you. -- 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
