I think you can use the RequestHandler component for this. http://book.cakephp.org/view/174/Request-Handling
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Dr. Loboto <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a hack to render view from other folder: $this->render > ('..'.DS.'shared'.DS.'json'); > > On Nov 18, 6:13 pm, ddaffy <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi! > > > > i'm using Router::parseExtensions('json') to be able to request data > > delivered in json format, and i've been wondering if there's a way to > > change view file that will be used to render data? > > > > if action test from Examples controller ( /examples/test ) is > > requested, default view (app/views/examples/test.ctp) is rendered with > > default layout (app/views/layouts/default.ctp). > > > > if /examples/test.json is requested app/views/examples/json/test.ctp > > is rendered with app/views/layouts/json/default.ctp layout. > > > > because i use unified way for passing variables to view, i don't need > > every action to have different view for json extension (app/views/ > > examples/json/test1.ctp, app/views/examples/json/test2.ctp...), and i > > would like to use e.g. app/views/shared/json.ctp. i know how to > > achieve this for single action, but i need a way to do this globally > > (in AppController). > > > > what i tried: > > > > funciton beforeRender() { > > if ($this->RequestHandler->ext == 'json') { > > $this->viewPath = 'shared'; > > } > > > > } > > > > results in rendering app/views/shared/<action_name>.ctp > > > > funciton beforeRender() { > > if ($this->RequestHandler->ext == 'json') { > > $this->render('/shared/json'); > > // or: $this->render('shared/json'); > > // or: $this->render(null, null, '/shared/json'); > > // or variations.. > > } > > > > } > > > > result is empty. > > > > also i saw solution with creating new view class that will override > > render function and customising it, but it sounds like overkill to > > me.. > > > > ideal solution in addition to setting $viewPath ($this->viewPath = > > 'shared') would be to change name of view file that will be requested > > for rendering, but haven't found a way to do that. > > > > any ideas would be appreciated. > > 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]<cake-php%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=. > > > -- 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=.
