I found one link finally on google, but it doesn't provide enough detail. Seems he uses jQuery, but I don't know anything about jQuery.
http://debuggable.com/posts/passing-controller-variables-to-your-javascript:48b4f0c6-c718-47b2-bca1-05794834cda3 Here it is for reference. I still would like to know a more basic method, either with plain javascript or prototype as that is what cake uses. On Jan 29, 4:26 pm, Pyrite <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found many blogs talking about how you can have your controller > send to your view the results of some: > > $data = $this->MyModel->find('all', array('some params')); > $this->set('data', $data); > > And then in your view: > > echo $javascript->object($data); > > Now, how the heck in the view using Javascript do I access the results > of that method. I know it outputs a JSON string, and I figured I would > probably want to output it in a javascript var in my layout like: > > <script type="text/javascript"> > var myJsonObject = <?php echo $javascript->object($data); ?>; > </script> > > So how (using Javascript) in my view do I access the data in > myJsonObject??? > > Like I want to populate some select dropdowns with it. Just not sure > of the syntax to access myJsonObject. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
