I would look into using the cache! Start from here in the CakePHP book: http://book.cakephp.org/view/1193/Caching
Enjoy, John On Feb 20, 2:22 pm, "Krissy Masters" <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure why I only thought of this now. > > Any form: quick dummy function > > function edit() { > > If(!empty($this->data)) { > > If($this->save()); > > // whatever > } > $countries = $this->Model->_getCountries(); // returns list of countries > $this->set(compact('countries')); > > } > > So you have a full list of countries in the form user can select from. > > $validate array() in model I have a function to check the country_id value > and that function also uses _getCountries(); > > public function checkCountryValues( $data, $field ){ > > $valid = false; > if( !empty( $this->data[$this->alias][$field] ) ) { > if ( array_key_exists($this->data[$this->alias][$field], > $this->_getCountries() ) ){ > $valid = true; > } > } > return $valid; > > } > > So I am essentially grabbing that data twice. How can I reuse that initial > $countries throughout the whole process rather than grabbing the same data > over and over? > Might sounds trivial but some models might have 6 or more related models and > then validating pulling all the same values used in the view / form it is > just added work. > > Thanks, > K -- 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
