Take a look at the "requestAction" method.
And instead of a helper, I think you'd better use an element.
On 19 août, 00:06, "Mark (Germany)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I have a helper which needs the "codecats" table data (20-40 rows)
> everywhere where it is used.
> i sure could ask for it in the controller:
> ->list('all')..
> and pass it the view
> there i can again pass it to the helper
>
> but is there
> a) a way to automatically pass it from the controller to the helper
> b) directly get the information into the helper (without having to
> manually query the DB)
>
> i have thought about using some caching or file-exporting (xml)
> the helper could read out this file again.
> but - what kind of backup would there be if the file gets lost somehow
> (as it is in temp folder the max lifetime may be over some time)?
> or is this a good practive anyway?
>
> thats what is bothering me right now
> as i do not know how to stick to the MVC pattern
>
> especially because this helper is not bound to specific controllers
> and may be used quite a lot.
> so it would be really a huge load of code if i have to do it as
> described above: controller -> view -> helper
>
> thx
> mark
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