I tend to have var $uses = null;
you can also have models with no database table var $useTable = false; // or null for getting stuff from other controllers use < http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/creating-reusable-elements-with-requestaction > On 5/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am fairly new to CakePHP, but here is what I came up with. > Controllers don't need to have a model associated with it, just set > the controller to process anything that needs to be processed and > create the view. Made sure to set the value for $uses = array(); so > that it does not try to load up any models. See if that helps you out. > > - JP (Quanack) > > On May 16, 11:20 pm, MarsDev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I am a newbie to cakePHP and the model-view-controller pattern. But > > according to the books, it seems that every page cakePHP generated has > > to be associated with a controller, a view and a model. Since the > > cakePHP URL pattern is such that "/controller/action/params", it's > > natural to have each page associated with a controller, the action and > > its view. While it works quite well for most cases, I am having a > > difficult time trying to figure out how should I code in order to show > > something like a homepage, which only shows a aggregated view of the > > stuff that are generated from other controllers. That said, home page > > doesn't have any specific model associations. I.E. > > > > http://www.example.com/home/index > > > > I know that index can be omitted. I have HomeController and the index > > action defined, so is the view for index action. But then if I type > > in that URL in my sandbox, It asks me for the home model ??!! I don't > > really have one. All I have are all concrete models like "Customer", > > "Orders" among others. Is there work-arounds? > > > > Also what's the best way to pull all the contents that are generated > > from other controller/actions and aggregate them into one page? > > > > Anyone can help me better understand the cakePHP or MVC pattern in > > general will be highly appreciated! > > > > Thanks! > > > > -Ye > > > > > -- (the old fart) the advice is free, the lack of crankiness will cost you - its a fine line between a real question and an idiot http://blog.samdevore.com/archives/2007/03/05/when-open-source-bugs-me/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
