You'd be better off adding a new field to the User data array with the
concatenated names in afterFind(). Or, use the Autofield behavior:
http://cakeexplorer.wordpress.com/category/model/
Sorry for not addressing your original query.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've got a quick question about this -
>
> Let's say I have a Model for User, which has a firstname and
> lastname. Let's say that I want a method that will take data for an
> instance of hte model, and produce a full name (i.e., return
> $data['User']['firstname'] .' '. $data['User']['lastname'];, more-or-
> less).
>
> It seems like it makes sense to put the FullName method on the Model
> (i.e., in the User class), even if I want to make use of it in an
> AppHelper (or some other view). I don't want to query/modify/delete
> anything in the DB, I just want to get access to this helper method.
>
> Is this 'MVC kosher'? Is there a better way to do this?
>
> Thanks!
> --Mike
>
> On May 13, 1:23 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If Iuse& ClassRegistry::getInstance(); in thehelperthemodelis
>> present.
>> If Iuse$Model=& ClassRegistry::getObject('ModelName'); I get that
>> $Model=null
>>
>> On 13 Mag, 10:17, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > > Only it works for somemodeland for other it doesn't work.
>> > > Why?
>>
>> > It will only work for models that are already loaded and registered.
>> > If you need amodelthat hasn't been loaded, you'll have touse
>> > App::import() to load it first.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> >
>
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