I'm not an expert on Cake, so i just used what the people in the
bakesale used on cakeforge. So if your way is the better way, then by
all means, use yours.
On Mar 11, 8:23 pm, "Jon Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Q. How do I create navigation / links based on the entries in a
> > database?
> > In the cats controller:
> > function navigation()
> > {
> > $this->Cats->recursive = 0;
> > $this->set('navdata', $this->Cats->findAll(null, array('name',
> > 'id')));
> > $this->render();
> > }
>
> > In the navigation.thtml:
> > <ul>
> > <?php foreach($navdata as $nav): ?>
> > <li><?php echo $html->link($nav['Cat']['name'], "/Cats/view/".
> > $nav['Cat']['id']); ?></li>
> > <?php
> > endforeach;
> > ?>
> > </ul>
>
> > In the default.thtml:
> > $this->requestAction('/cats/navigation/');
>
> I'm not 100% sure that would be considered the best approach, for 2 reasons:
>
> 1. you're using Cat->findAll() with restricted fields when really you
> want Cat->generateList();
> 2. using requestAction is another page request, which incurs more of a
> hit to the server as it's effectively the same as visting a page on
> the site.
>
> I think a better approach would behttp://bin.cakephp.org/view/255041463:
>
> <?php
>
> // AppController
> var $uses = array('Cat');
>
> function beforeFilter()
> {
> $cats = $this->Cat->generateList();
> $this->set('navdata', $cats);
>
> }
>
> // default.thtml
> <ul>
> <?php foreach($navdata as $nav): ?>
> <li><?php echo $html->link($nav['Cat']['name'],
> "/Cats/view/".$nav['Cat']['id']); ?></li>
> <?php endforeach; ?>
> </ul>
>
> ?>
>
> this could be extended to use cachAction as well, helping to
> demonstrate realworld cake caching. It could also be fleshed out into
> a Component/Helper combination, to help demonstrate code re-use.
>
> hth
>
> jon
>
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