Re: Getting incremental number from the counter

Your problem can be solved in many ways, so for me/us to better be
able to help you, I have the following questions:

1) What are the requirements for the application?
a) Is the application to be available for a long time?
b) Can the application expire?
c) What information does the application contain?

Assuming that the application must be available for a long time
(statistics, etc.) and that the application can expire (the
application was granted but the user never confirmed the grant), I
suggest you to store the application in a database table and to use
the tables primary key as the unique application number.

That is just for a start! Looking forward to hearing more about your
requirements :)
Enjoy,
John

On Dec 26, 3:08 pm, aveev <nashrullah_a...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm newbie to cakephp..
> I have this scenario.
> User fills in a form. Upon finishing filling the form, his/her application
> will be given an app number. This app number comes from a counter.
> So I need to make a static method that returns this app number. What I don't
> know is where I should put this method at best ??
> Should I wrap it in a component (making static method in a component), model
> (making static method in a model) or what ?
> Let's say If I put it in the component, here's what I've come up with :
> class Counter extends Object {
>         static $num = 0;
>
>         static function get_num() {
>             $num = $num + 1;
>             return $num;
>         }
>     }
>
> So in controller I can call this static method like this:
> class SomeController extends AppController {
>   App::import('Component', 'Counter');
>  some_function() {
>       $app_num = Counter::get_num();}
> }
>
> Is it the right way to solve my problem ??
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> I use cakephp 1.2
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