Hello, Unfortunately the output format (in my variable) is still not the REST XML.
Any other idea? Thanks Christophe On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 6:31 AM, lowpass <zijn.digi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know if this is all you need but these might help: > > $this->response->type('xml'); > $this->viewPath = 'events'; > $this->view = 'view'; // assuming app/views/events/view.ctp > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Christophe Vandeplas > <christo...@vandeplas.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> >> ( using CakePHP 2.1 ) >> I'm building an application that synchronizes data between different >> instances of my application. (download and upload) >> >> My application is REST enabled and thus I can call controller actions >> from external applications and get the result in clean xml. However it >> is not only a REST server, but also a REST client. >> >> Downloading data from the other instance is easy. I do a $xml = >> Xml::build($xmlurl); and process the $xml variable to import >> everything into my database. Perfect. >> >> However I am stuck in the other direction: Uploading data. >> I could simply do a $xmldata = Xml::fromArray($event)->asXML() however >> there is some cleaning to be done. This cleaning is what I do in my >> REST view as my REST clients should see the same xml as what I'm >> uploading to the other instance. >> So if I already do all the work in my rest view, why recoding exactly >> the same filtering? >> >> The url /events/view/5.xml calls EventsController->view(5) with XML >> layout and outputs everything in XML, exactly as I want it. >> >> I have a ServersController->push() function. >> This function needs to do get the same output as /events/view/5.xml , >> and upload it using a REST POST request to the other instance. >> >> You could say I could simply call the /events/view/5.xml page using an >> HTTP request from the application. >> However it seems absurd as i) it seems absurd (and inefficient/slow) >> to do HTTP requests to yourself to extract data and ii) I have >> authentication on my REST calls which makes it a lot more difficult. >> >> I tried with : >> $eventsController = new EventsController(); >> $eventsController->set('event', $event); >> $view = new View($eventsController); >> $viewdata = $view->render('view'); >> >> But this only outputs the data in HTML, and not XML. >> I tried to play with the CakeResponse object in that newly created >> $eventsController, but that doesn't work. (there are no request or >> response instances created, and creating them myself doesn't work) >> >> >> So my question is: >> What is the best way to get the output of /events/view/5.xml >> (EventsController->view(5) ) inside another controller ? >> >> >> Thanks for your expertise. >> Christophe >> >> -- >> Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials >> http://tv.cakephp.org >> Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help >> others with their CakePHP related questions. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php