Ok fair enough. So how does one use the $javascript->object() ? I want to pass an array to a javasrcipt variable.
Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bernardo Vieira Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Controller members It's not matter of inheritance, the problem is that helpers aren't meant to be used in controllers. The $helpers array only tells the dispatcher which helpers to load when rendering the view. Try this: controllers/ajaxtests_controller function test() { $this->set('myvar',$arr); } views/ajaxtests/test.ctp echo $javascript->object($myvar); [email protected] wrote: > Confused about inheritance here. > > Here is the helpers var from Cake's controller file. > var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Javascript', 'Ajax'); > > AppController extends this so I think that the helpers should be > available there. > > My controller AjaxtestsController extends Appcontroller and so they > should also be available there > > However when I do the following: > $this->set('myvar', $this->javascript->object($arr)); or > $this->set('myvar', $javascript->object($arr)); > > I get the following error: > > Notice (8): Undefined property: AjaxtestsController::$javascript [APP > \controllers\ajaxtests_controller.php, line 26] > > Code | Context > > $arr = array( > "item 1", > "item 2" > ) > > > //debug($this); > $this->set('myvar', $this->javascript->object($arr)); > > AjaxtestsController::edit() - APP\controllers > \ajaxtests_controller.php, line 26 > Object::dispatchMethod() - CORE\cake\libs\object.php, line 115 > Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 245 > Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 211 [main] - > APP\webroot\index.php, line 88 > > > Fatal error: Call to a member function object() on a non-object in C: > \htdocs\caketest\app\controllers\ajaxtests_controller.php on line 26 > > > > CODE POSTED BELOW > > <?php > > class AjaxtestsController extends AppController { > > var $helpers = array('Javascript'); > > > function index() > { > $this->pageTitle = 'Index Page'; > } > > function view() > { > $this->pageTitle = 'View Page'; > } > > function edit() > { > $this->pageTitle = 'Edit Page'; > > $arr = array('item 1', 'item 2'); > > //debug($this); > $this->set('myvar', $this->javascript->object($arr)); > } > > } > > ?> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
