I'd use an element with requestAction. You can find a tutorial on how
to use them here:
http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/creating-reusable-elements-with-requestaction
Hope that helps.
hydra12
On Oct 26, 2:34 pm, Adam Risser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a section in my default layout (default.ctp) called "Recent
> Posts". The posts are stored in my database. Currently, each method
> in my posts controller includes the following code.
>
> # code snippet 1
> $fields = array('id', 'title');
> $this->set('data_for_layout', $this->Post->findAll(null, $fields,
> null, 5));
>
> Then I use this in my layout (default.ctp) to print out the posts
>
> #layout code snippet.
> foreach($data_for_layout as $post)
> {
> echo '<li><a href="/posts/view/' . $post['Post']['id'] . '">'.
> $post['Post']['title'] . "</a></li>\n";
>
> }
>
> My problem is that I have to include the top code snippet in each
> method to make it work this way, which seems wrong. I have been
> trying to find a better way to do this in the manual, but am coming up
> empty. Am I supposed to use elements or helpers to do this? Can I tie
> those to the database somehow? Any help would be greatly appreciated
> since I am new to cakePHP! Thanks!
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