Use a virtual field: http://book.cakephp.org/view/1608/Virtual-fields
Jeremy Burns Class Outfit [email protected] http://www.classoutfit.com On 24 Jan 2011, at 08:01, cake-learner wrote: > I want to define the static function so that the user name ( firstname > + lastname ) can be used everywhere in > view. > > Class User{ > > static function getName( $id ){ > $userObj = $userObj -> read( 'id', $id ); > return $userObj[ 'User' ][ 'firstname' ] . ' ' . $userObj[ 'User' ] > [ 'lastname' ]; > } > > } > > and i just want to use > > User::getName( $id ); > > somewhere in view; > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
