You mean it gives the same overhead as requesaction? It would not speed things up?
On Feb 26, 12:47 am, Kappa <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe (i don't know if is a valid solution) you can try to do this > thing: > > you can import all the controllers, invoke their actions and > then return their computed data , and set those as view variables > > something like: > > $this->set( 'articles' , $mycontroller->latest_articles() ); > > so inside your view, you can write: > $this->element('latest_articles',array($articles) ); > > but it's quite the same of calling requestAction within the method, .. > > On Feb 25, 1:03 pm, Mech7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No i don't mean a layout... I kinda mean like all controllers are > > accessible through one page controller... and then all actions from > > other controllers articles / banners / etc can be loaded in that page > > as blocks or elements... like a element with latest articles, one with > > 1 article, one with latest comments etc etc. > > > On Feb 25, 12:12 am, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Mech7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am having some problem with trying to accomplish many views on 1 > > > > page... I know requestAction works nice and easy but is expensive so i > > > > have been trying to avoid it... > > > > > Basically what i am trying to do is have one page (or view) and have > > > > all the other views ( or elements ) loaded in there, dynamically like > > > > middle position loads article, right position can load banners or menu > > > > etc.. > > > > This seems more like a layout that your describing. > > > > > I was thinking instead of using requestAction, I could use App::import > > > > ('Controller', $controllerName); > > > > in a loop to load every actions... and then load all data in a element > > > > which is in the views dir.. which would make the element actually the > > > > same as a view, is it possible to change the location of an element to > > > > view/articles/element_latest.ctp for example? > > > > > Or does anybody have any good ideas how to do this in other ways... as > > > > it kinda feels weird replacing elements as views. > > > > I don't think I understand your question but you can do this in your > > > ArticlesController action: > > > > $this->viewPath = 'elements'.DS.'articles'; > > > $this->render('latest'); --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
