Re: Is overriding AppController's beforeFilter() always recommended ?

Is this what you're referring to?

"Please also remember to call AppController's callbacks within child
controller callbacks for best results"

It's just saying to call the parent callback IF you include a callback
in your controller.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:02 PM, alaxos <alaxos@gmail.com> wrote:
> While answering a recent question on stackoverflow (http://
> stackoverflow.com/questions/13825073/always-call-a-function-in-
> cakephp), I discovered that it seems to be recommended in the cookbook
> to always override the AppController beforeFilter() in child
> controllers (http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers.html#the-app-
> controller), even if it is only to call the AppController's
> beforeFilter() method like this:
>
> public function beforeFilter() {
> parent::beforeFilter();
> }
>
> My feeling is that in OO programming, this is useless, because if we
> don't override a method in a child class, the parent method is used.
>
> I do know that when the beforeFilter() method is not overridden in
> child controllers, the AppController's beforeFilter() is indeed
> called, but as it is recommended in the cookbook, is there any
> advantage to do so ? Am I missing something here ?
>
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