what functionality does the content class give the classes that extend it? I think you want to have these reusable parts within a component and use behaviours on the corresponding models
but you can read Neil Crook's answer here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1875831/cakephp-abstracting-appcontroller-another-level-possible also read http://cakephp.1045679.n5.nabble.com/Extending-controllers-td1261319.html - S On 9 February 2011 20:28, mfrday <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there - I am somewhat of a newbie to cake, and have what I believe > is a simple question. I have the following content entities being > submitted to our system: bookmarks, messages, and posts. All of > these entities have a set of underlying similar fields / > relationships. What I would like to do is create a base class > (content) that can be inherited by all of these other content > entities. > > Here is a sample of the data elements: > > Contents Class: > - id > - user_id > - target_id > - category_id > - created > - modified > > Bookmarks Class (inherits from Content) > - id > - content_id > - url > - message > > Posts Class (inherits from Content) > - id > - content_id > - name > - picture > > etc.... > > > My question is how do I go about doing this ? Is the Content class a > component ? Do I need to create a regular view / controller for it > as well ? > > Any direction that could be given would be extremely helpful. > > Regards, > > -- > 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
