Try:
echo '{"totalCount":"11", "Contacts":',$javascript->object(Set::extract($data,
'{n}.Contact'),false),'}};
-- Felix
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das88 wrote:
> I'm using cake with the extjs javascript library. JSON often seems the
> glue to put different libraries together. It seems, though, the JSON
> output form cake has more depth than that expected by extjs.
>
> For example,
>
> My controller looks like
> $data=$this->Contact->findAll(
> null,
> array('id','firstName','lastName')
> );
>
> $this->set('data',$data);
>
> My view converts the data array to JSON
> echo '{"totalCount":"11", "Contacts":',$javascript-
>
>> object($data,false),'}};
>>
>
> I get something like
> {"totalCount":"2", "Contacts":[
> {"Contact":{"id":100002, "firstName":"first1", "lastName":"last1"}},
> {"Contact":{"id":100003, "firstName":"first2", "lastName":"last2"}}
> ]}
>
> What extjs expects, though, is something like
> {"totalCount":"2", "Contacts":[
> {"id":100002, "firstName":"first1", "lastName":"last1"},
> {"id":100003, "firstName":"first2", "lastName":"last2"}
> ]}
>
> I make the two look the same by running a depth reduction routine in
> my controller
> foreach($data as $row) {
> $dataR[]=$row['Contact'];
> }
>
> My question is, is there a better way to go about this. Have the extra
> loop in my controller seems really inefficient. Is there a better way
> to pull the data than what I am doing? Am I missing a parameter on
> findall or should I be using a different method?
>
> It seems to me that the JSON structure used by extjs is superior to
> cake's. Less depth is easier to work with and it is smaller.
>
>
> >
>
>
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