Re: redirecting action with data transfer to 2nd model?

But setAction() would not be useful in this case because the other
action is in a different controller.

On Apr 2, 6:15 pm, nurvzy <nur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree, routes are the way to go in this senario.  But you may also
> benefit from setAction();
> setAction doesn't preform a redirect, instead it just executes the
> said action instead.   This means $this->data and $this->params are
> not reset as its all in the same request.
>
> An example:
> //some_controller.php
> function some_action(){
>   if($some_condition){
>     $this->setAction('real_action');
>   }
>
> }
>
> function real_action(){
>   debug($this->data);
>
> }
>
> if $some_condition is true, the action is then "redirected" (but in
> the same request) to real_action().   You can also pass parameters
> into it:
>  $this->setAction('action_name_you_want', $parameters);
>
> Here's the API:http://api13.cakephp.org/class/controller#method-ControllersetAction
>
> Hope that helps,
> Nick
>
> On Apr 2, 12:11 pm, cricket <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Put it in app/config/router.php
>
> > On Apr 2, 1:19 pm, mivogt-LU <c...@mivogt.net> wrote:
>
> > > hi cricket and thanks a lot.
> > > sadly I never did a router before
> > > so I ask if you might tell me how and where to do so.
>
> > > thanks in advance
>
> > > michael
>
> > > On 2 Apr., 18:24, cricket <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Apr 2, 11:38 am, mivogt-LU <c...@mivogt.net> wrote:
>
> > > > > ok i solved one part of it - so I can redirect to the bookings add
> > > > > function.
>
> > > > There's no need for a redirect from RequestsController. Just have your
> > > > button point to "/bookings/add/THE_REQUEST_ID" in the first place. You
> > > > may want to create a route:
>
> > > > Router::connect(
> > > >         '/bookings/add/:request_id',
> > > >         array('controller' => 'bookings', 'action' => 'add'),
> > > >         array('request_id' => '[0-9]+', 'pass' => array('request_id'))
> > > > );
>
> > > > > but I am not shure about how to send data to the target.
>
> > > > > Is it useful and a good idea to use something like adding a '?
> > > > > customer_id=123,?booking_id=456" ??
>
> > > > function add($request_id = null)
> > > > {
> > > >         $request_data = $this->Booking->Request->find(
> > > >                 'first',
> > > >                 array(
> > > >                 'condtions' => array(
> > > >                         'Request.id' => $request_id
> > > >                 )
> > > >         );
>
> > > >         // die(debug($request_data));
> > > >         ...
>
> > > > }
>
> > > > This is assuming that Request data will include that for Customer.
> > > > Check the debug output.
>
>

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