I have just finished moving some a controller method to a model just now (if the same logic had to be used by multiple models then I would have made a helper)
my app manges a list of jobs held in a db (an external system puts them in - another reason why behaviours would not work in my case; my system just monitors what the system logs) so I had a controller method checking the params of a job for validity if files exist and stuff; is such a record first in set having the model check validty meant less code overall and great ablity to reuse it so now my index view of jobs shows faily detailed overiew of the job params - with error feedback for user I baked this app in about 8 minutes and tweaked afterwards- very rapid development; near complete - S On 27 February 2011 01:30, Eric Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome article. Thanks! > > I think I'm going to move everything over to my model, via either an > available function I can then call from other controllers or place the > function in beforeSave, afterSave, etc. Should work great. > > Eric > > On Feb 26, 5:59 pm, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > to me it sounds list behaviours > > > > all controllers extend the app controller - choose carefully what you put > > here > > > > if the stuff is entity related it goes in model > > > > you can add to app model (& helper & error also) in the same way as you > can > > with app controller > > > > fat models, skinny controllers and athletic behaviourshttp:// > nuts-and-bolts-of-cakephp.com/tag/observable-behavior/ > > - S > > > > On 26 February 2011 23:46, Eric Anderson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ya a component doesn't necessarily work because I'm interfacing with > > > the DB (inserting, deleting, querying) a lot. I'm thinking from > > > articles I've been digging up (Mark Story's personal site) that > > > putting these functions in my Activity controller makes the most > > > sense, then I can just grab feeds, save data, etc by calling the > > > function through related models. > > > > > As for "libs", what do you mean? I can create a library for these > > > functions? Can you explain further? > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > Eric > > > > > On Feb 26, 4:39 pm, euromark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > usually you would put functions you use in multiple controllers in > > > > either the model (data?) or a component (logic?) > > > > you can also use libs to "dry" your code :) > > > > > > On 27 Feb., 00:02, Eric Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > Just wondering when it comes to performance and any other factors > you > > > > > may deem important, what's the better option for storing functions > > > > > that I will use among many controllers: A function in the model > that I > > > > > can then access via $this->Model->Model->function() or a function > > > > > inside of my App Controller? > > > > > > > Moreover, when is it better to put a function in a model and when > is > > > > > it better to put it in the app controller? > > > > > > > To put this in context, I'm investigating this for use with an > > > > > activities feature. I track activities and then display them in > feeds. > > > > > Of course, I need to quite often save an activity, feeding it > > > > > arguments (as well as delete an activity). Moreover, I need to > often > > > > > grab a feed, customized based on the arguments I feed it. I'm > trying > > > > > to avoid using RequestAction. > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > -- > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > group > > > athttp://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 > -- 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
