Re: How to inheirt form other controllers?

Well, my users and locations use the same setup. I have split up my normal controller into 2 parts so I can have different permissions and functions. ie, I don't want normal users to be able to delete user records, only admins. So instead of having all my functions have an admin test, which would seem to be ignoring the ACL stuff.

With the 2 controllers, I can set the user controller to just have the standard user functions, but then have the UsersAdmin controller require that the user is an admin to access it. It also allows for separate functions so that the user can edit their account settings, but with limited access. Only the Admin can edit the username and stuff like that. If there is a better way to be using the Auth component, I would love to hear it, but having the controller split into normal/admin seems to be the only way I found to make it work. And since there is a ton of shared code between them, I wanted to have the admin inherit from the normal, then add in the additional functionality.

So that's where I am right now. I hope that sheds some light on what I am trying to accomplish.

~Michael

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM, brian <bally.zijn@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Michael Gaiser<mjgaiser@gmail.com> wrote:
> When I try that, I end up with this error
>
> Fatal error: Class 'LocationController' not found in
> C:\wamp\www\theinconnu\app\controllers\locationmanager_controller.php on
> line 6

You might have to include the path:

http://api.cakephp.org/class/app#method-Appimport

> So for the parent controller name, do I use 'Location' or
> 'LocationController'?

"Location" would be the name of the model. If your class file says
"class LocationController ..." at the top, that's the name to use.
Although it really should be LocationsController.

But I wonder if you'd be better off without importing one controlller
into another. You began by mentioning something called UserAdmin,
which suggests that you could just stick with Users and admin routing.
Where does this LocationController fit in?

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