I think i was not clear enough.. Actually waht i am thinking is installing a view in the layout which would be populated by the controller. I was not very sure which controller is the entry point of the cake application. by app controller i think you mean app_controller.php.
Thanks. On 1/11/08, AD7six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Jan 10, 10:03 pm, "Novice Programmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hello Guys, > > > > I am new to OO and cake, so please bear with me for my stupid questions. > I > > have got a legacy application to port to cake. On the index page of this > > application, images are loaded on fly from the database. > > Do you mean randomly > > > From the cake's > > manual i got that replacing the cake's template with your custom > template > > will load your template, but before that I want to run some queries to > the > > database to populate that template. So My question is that where is the > > start point of the application. > > If your layout relies on the db, investigate putting code in either a > component or your app controller beforeRender method to retrieve what > you want. > > Check the frequent discussions page regarding reusable elements/mini > controllers also. > > hth, > > AD > > > -- Thanks & Regards, Novice (http://ishuonweb.wordpress.com/). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
