Grant & Geoff, that's a pretty cool solution!
On Jul 31, 7:56 pm, Geoff Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm with grant - use one action with a differnt view as needed
>
> function action1($layout = 'list'){
> // set data and other stuff
> switch ($layout){
> case 'table':
> $this->render('action1_table');
> break;
> default:
> $this->render('action1_list');
> break;
> }
>
> }
>
> You could use if...else if there are only two possible options
>
> Geoff
> --http://lemoncake.wordpress.com
>
> On Aug 1, 9:19 am, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > One of the primary parts of Cake is to keep your data separate from
> > your application interface (controllers), separate from your
> > presentation (views). Changing one of these elements should not
> > require modification to the others. You want the first two to remain
> > the same, you just want different views.
>
> > If the controller functionality remains the same between the different
> > modes (list vs table), which I imagine it does, then you should stick
> > to a single controller action. Allow the request to determine what
> > format to output, and render the appropriate view from this. So
> > requesting /controller/view/list vs /controller/view/table will
> > execute the same controller action, but just render the list.ctp or
> > table.ctp view file.
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