Is there a way to render a controller to a different view then normal? I'm trying to pass some data from the controller to a non-default view. Meaning my controller is called:
class StocksRealtimeController extends AppController { var $uses = 'StockRealtime'; function index(){ $action = '/TestView'; $this->set('stocksRT', $this->StockRealtime->find('all')); //$this -> viewPath = 'Pages'; $this -> render('/TestView/index'); } }
... and My view is in views->TestView->index.ctp
Another question I have is, how to pass that value to a PHP and not a ctp file outside of the CakePHP framework?
I have tried everything from here with no luck.
You can use: $this->redirect(array("controller" => "myController", "action" => "myAction", "param1" => "val1", "param2" => "val2", $data_can_be_passed_here), $status, $exit); Hope it helps!
beforeFilter() executes functions that you NEED to be executed before any other action. Controller::beforeFilter() This function is executed before every action in the controller. It's a handy place to check for an active session or inspect user permissions. http://api.cakephp.org/2.3/class-Controller.html#_ ...
This callback is not used often, but may be needed if you are calling Controller\Controller::render() manually before the end of a given action. Called during the Controller. shutdown event which is triggered after every controller action, and after rendering is complete. This is the last controller method to run.
Use $this->params['controller'] to get the current controller.
The right way:
$this -> render('TestView/index');
As the answer above mentions, you can use $this -> set
to pass a variable to the View.
However, if that doesn't give you what you want. I'm guessing that you also want the action to display another layout (non-default layout). You can try doing $this -> layout = 'layoutname';
(Layouts are in the layout folder, default on is default.ctp).
Note: CakePHP's controller isn't designed to pass data to a non-view file (like .php). CakePHP's views should be ending with .ctp
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