hmm im not sure if this will work but you could try in your element:
App:import('Helper', Html');
$html = new html();
does html helper work in other parts of your element outside the
function? i usually have no problems at all using $html->link() within
an element function.
On Aug 11, 10:47 pm, Josh <[email protected]> wrote:
> The helpers are set and work fine. However, $html->link() does not
> work when called within a function in the view.
>
> As for where the logic is written: this is an element that appears in
> all admin tools throughout the site. requestAction() would allow me to
> put some of the logic in the controller, however since this is an
> array used only for constructing a menu, I don't really see any
> advantage to that.
>
> On Aug 11, 7:15 pm, JamesF <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > if your controller is set up with var $helpers = array('html') ; you
> > should be fine..that error is just telling you that cake can't find
> > HtmlHelper...is there a reason you are executing that logic in your
> > view and not the controller?
>
> > On Aug 11, 7:02 pm, Josh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I have the contents of a tree menu stored in a multi-dimensional
> > > array. The number of dimensions is not fixed, so to turn the array
> > > into a menu in the View file, I have set up a recurring function. This
> > > works fine except that I can't call the $html->link() from the
> > > function.
>
> > > Fatal error: Call to a member function link() on a non-object in...
>
> > > Any ideas? Is there a way to make the link() function global as you do
> > > a variable? There are some obvious work-arounds such as writing the
> > > anchor tag without the html helper, or turning the link array into a
> > > simpler two dimensional array where I can then iterate the link()
> > > function. However, I am wonder how I might specifically address the
> > > question of making the html->link() function available to a function
> > > within a view file.
>
> > > I have a feeling this is either going to be a simple declaration or
> > > not worth the trouble. Thanks in advance.
>
> > > Here is my code:
>
> > > //array of links
> > > ////key: link title
> > > ////value: link location or sub-array
> > > $linkTree = array(
> > > 'User Management' => array(
> > > 'Permissions' => array(
> > > 'Set Permissions' => '/tools/setPermissions',
> > > 'Update ACOS' => '/tools/updateacl',
> > > 'View/Edit Groups' => '/admin/groups'
> > > ),
> > > 'User Settings' => '/tools/userSettings',
> > > 'Users' => array(
> > > 'List' => '/admin/users',
> > > 'Add User' => '/admin/users/add'
> > > )
> > > )
> > > );
>
> > > //output menu function
> > > function outputMenu ($array, $level) {
> > > global $levelMarker;
>
> > > foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
> > > if (is_array($value)) {
> > > echo $level . $key;
> > > echo '<br>';
> > > outputMenu($value, $level . $levelMarker);
> > > } else {
> > > echo $html->link("$level$key", $value);
> > > echo '<br>';
> > > }
> > > }
> > > echo "<br>";
> > > }
>
> > > //output menu settings
> > > $levelMarker = '-';
> > > $level = '';
> > > $linkTreeSimple = array();
>
> > > //output menu
> > > outputMenu($linkTree, $level);
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