Re: Tree Behaviour and URL Routing

hi Dave,

> Just wondering how to go about setting up Products with the tree behaviour.
> I have all my products added, categories / sub categories and so on. So how
> would I get a URL to be site/products/shoes/mens/nike/27 based on the tree?
> Rather than products/27
>
> Just looking for some good insight, tutorials where i can learn more.

One option would be to have a method that accepts an arbitrary number
of params, at the top of your method use func_get_args() to get them
all. If the last one is an int, show the product, otherwise grab the
category using the slug.

// Route:
Router::connect('/site/*', array('controller' => 'products', 'action'
=> 'view'));

public function view() {

$args = func_get_args();

// last arg is an int, must be a product id
if (is_int($args[count($args)-1])) {

$id = Sanitize::paranoid($args[count($args)-1]);

$this->data = $this->Product->find('first', array(
'conditions'=>array('Product.id'=>$id)
));
// else it's a string, grab the category
} else {

$handle = Sanitize::paranoid($args[count($args)-1], array(' ', '.',
'+', '_', '-'));

$this->data = $this->Product->ProductCategory->find('first', array(
'conditions'=>array('ProductCategory.handle'=>$handle)
));
}
}

hth

Jon

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