sure, i can do that, and it works really fine. but problem is, if you read first post, i need a way to do this on all actions, in AppController or SomeController, depending on extension (.json in this case).
On Nov 22, 4:14 pm, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > You just call it right from the action > > > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:39 AM, ddaffy <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks for replies guys. :) > > > i came to a conclusion that i can't use render() function for this > > purpose. reason is there are three callbacks i could place this call > > in: > > - AppController::beforeFilter() - won't work because it's called > > before action > > - AppController::beforeRender() - won't work because it'll go into > > infinite loop (render() calls beforeRender()) > > - AppController::afterFilter() - won't work because rendering is > > already done > > > only thing i see, that would solve this, is that some variable which > > would specify name of view file is added to controller (like $layout), > > and used in render() action to determine view file. if some other > > solution doesn't come up, i'll post feature request. maybe i get > > lucky. :) > > > cheers > > > On Nov 19, 8:25 am, David Roda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last response I promise! > > > > I read the whole post this time... If you want to change the view that is > > > rendered for an action you can manually call $this->render . Also the > > > target action can be tested for with $this->action if you need to test > > for > > > specific cases. > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:22 AM, David Roda <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > I'm sorry its late... I didn't even read your post... please ignore my > > > > reply! =( > > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:21 AM, David Roda <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >> 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] > > > >>> om> > > <cake-php%[email protected] om> > > > >>> . > > > >>> 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]<cake-php%[email protected] > > om> > > . > > 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. 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