Re: Configuration

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:55 AM, tom <tb.22@live.co.uk> wrote:
> Create a database table with the correct fields, perhaps called
> 'Settings'.
>
> You can then create (or bake) a model and controller to go with the
> table.
>
> The controller only needs an edit action. The action should get the id
> for the model from the applications configuration, rather than a
> variable passed to it like normal. Here's what I mean:
>
> class SettingsController extends AppController {
>
>        var $name = 'Settings';
>
>        function admin_edit() {
>                if (empty($this->data)) {
>                        $this->data = $this->Setting->read(null,
> Configure::read('settingsId'));
>                } else {
>                        if ($this->Setting->save($this->data)) {
>                                Cache::delete('settings');
>                                $this->Session->setFlash('Settings saved.');
>                                $this->redirect('/');
>                        } else {
>                                $this->Session->setFlash('Settings could not be saved. Please try
> again.');
>                        }
>                }
>        }
> }
>
> Notice that Configure::read('settingsId') is used to provide the id of
> the row in the database.
>
> So in /config/core.php you could put:
>
> Configure::write('settingsId', 1);

The ID never changes? Are you using just a single row in the database?
Why not pass the $id as a param?

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