I've used this before and it works well, with the ability to cache the
element easily as well.

http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/creating-reusable-elements-with-requestaction

However, many people advise against using (abusing?) requestAction as
it executes a whole new page request.

If you cache the output however, it can be a good technique.

Cheers,
Adam

On Oct 1, 9:59 am, Jimmy Bourassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been thinking about how to do this cakelike and so far I haven't
> found anything that is not messy (and mostly because I am fairly new
> to cake should I say)
>
> Heres what I would like to do. I have Games and Events. On my
> homepage, I want a "Coming up" section to show, let's say, the next
> five event/games ordered by date.
>
> So basically I need to gather information from two different models in
> one single view (or element I think it'll be). And I need to be able
> to order the whole lot by date.
>
> Should I create a controller that uses ($var uses) Games and Events?
>
> Thanks.
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