On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Philip Thompson wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Having an issue with some CakePHP 1.3 stuff. I've read and read and read and
> haven't found my solution. I'm fairly new to Cake, so be nice. I'm trying to
> access a method from a different controller than the one I'm in and it's not
> letting me.
>
> -location.php (model) - create the relationship
> public $belongsTo = 'Address';
>
> -locations_controller.php - grab all the locations (+ addresses for each
> location) and format the addresses
> $locations = $this->Location->find('all');
> ...
> $this->Location->Address->format(...); // This line throws the error
> ...
>
> -addresses_controller.php
> public function format (...) { ... }
>
> From my understanding, everything is defined correctly, but it thinks that
> I'm calling a query when it errors:
>
> Warning (512): SQL Error: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check
> the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax
> to use near 'format' at line 1
> [CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php, line 681]
>
> It thinks that the method "format()" is a query. Why?! I just want it to call
> that method. Please help!
>
> Thanks in advance,
> ~Philip
I'm sure this is a rookie mistake, but I figured it out. I was putting the
format() method in the addresses_controller file when I should have been
putting it into the address model file. Upon putting it there, it worked as
expected!
Thanks!
~Philip
