that's exactly what i wanted to know, thank you.
On Sep 19, 6:35 pm, Hols Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes - because it's coming from the URL it's not *strictly* necessary > to redefine it in your controller, but defining it in the controller > is generally better coding style because the explicit relationship is > easier to see at-a-glance. It also means that you're better able to do > checks on the id number, for example: > > function index($id = null){ > if (!$id) { > $this->set('model', $this->Model->read(null, '1')); > } else { > if(!is_numeric($id)) { > $this->set('model', $this->Model->read(null, > '1')); > } else { > $this->set('model', $this->Model->read(null, > $id)); > } > } > } > > It's really just a style of coding that increases clarity (or not, as > the case may be ;) ). > > On Sep 19, 4:49 pm, lorenx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 1. Cake's reading the id from the url. You're saying, in the url, > > > 'show me the Post controller / the View method / and record number > > > #n', and Cake's handling that for you automatically. > > > sure but... what if i comment out all the $id reference? > > this cleaned code: > > function view() { > > $this->set('post', $this->Post->read());} > > > continues to work properly; it seems that the $this->Post->id=$id > > assignment is not necessary... > > > > 2. Post/Somefunction only becomes a valid URL if you make a > > > corresponding view file for it. You can, if you want, use private > > > methods by marking a method with a preceding underscore, so: > > > > _method() { //code } > > > > That'll make the method only accessible to other methods within the > > > controller. You can also use routes to redirect users around if they > > > try to access a method through the url that they shouldn't be using. > > > perfect. > > > thanks... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
