Various ways this could be done. A lot depends on how you need to call the information throughout your app. Three possibilities are:
1. Store a "preview" field in your database and use the beforeSave callback in the model to auto-populate/update the field from submitted text; 2. Use the afterFind callback in the model to create a preview key in the array of found data every time the article is, well, found! 3. Use SQL like SELECT SUBSTRING(my_text, 1, 500) FROM mytable, either as a custom query or as a Cakeified query Personally I would go with option 1 as it offers more flexibility in the longer term ianh On Dec 8, 1:20 pm, Dilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's say I have an article with a text field that is the full > content. How can I have a preview of the text in the home page > limiting the numbers of phrases or words (a bit like in drupal)? > Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
