I once come across this just needed a recursive function in a view, so
in order to use the helpers I just sent them as params:
function getLink($x, &$html) {
return $html->link($x, '#');
}
getLink('xxx', &$html);
if you use php5 > I think this "&" isn't necessary.
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM, ojonam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, thanks for the replies.
>
> @Ryan, Miles J: thanks, I didn't know the intricacies of the scope of
> "this" in PHP. I'll make sure to check it out on the net.
> @others: as mentioned above, I'm using this getLink function as a one
> time function in a specific view. Creating a helper or defining a
> function by extending View is IMO just overkill.
>
> Cheers,
> ojonam
>
> On Dec 18, 1:22 pm, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Why not just extend the View Class itself and add in all the
>> functionality to that class, then you don't clutter up the global
>> namespace and you keep your view files tidy as well then.
>>
>> create /app/views/app.php
>> <?php
>> class AppView extends View{
>>
>> function getLink($x){
>> return $this->Html->link($x,"#".$x);
>> }
>> ... add any other methods}
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> Then in app_controller.php add:
>>
>> var $view = 'app';
>> // or //
>> public $view = 'app';
>>
>> Your view.ctp file then calls echo $this->getLink($x);
>>
>> Just my 2 cents on following OOP convention.
>>
>> Regards
>> Simon
>>
>> On Dec 17, 10:41 am, ojonam <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>>
>> > I am defining functions in views which use functionality from helpers.
>> > The code in my view is as follows:
>>
>> > <?php
>> > function getLink($x){
>> > return $this->Html->link($x,"#".$x);
>>
>> > }
>>
>> > echo getLink($x);
>> > ?>
>>
>> > when I run the view, I get the following message:
>> > Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in view.ctp
>>
>> > However, doing simply the following works:
>>
>> > <?php
>> > echo $this->Html->link($x,"#".$x);
>> > ?>
>>
>> > What is the scoping problem here?
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> > ojonam
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