I'm a n00b here and have been redoing an existing site in order to
learn the Cake way. I'm jumping straight into the 1.2 branch.This is
my first cry for help.
I have a section for an online newsletter. Several pages list links
for the archived issues. From what i've read, i should use an element
for this. I've created the file newsletter_archive_list.ctp in the
elements dir with the following:
$archive_list = $this->requestAction('newsletter/archive_list');
// followed by markup to list the links
The controller's archive_list method is simply:
function archive_list()
{
$sql = 'SELECT id, to_char(publish_date, \'Mon, YYYY\') AS
month FROM newsletter '
. 'WHERE publish_date < NOW() ORDER BY publish_date DESC';
return $this->newsletter->query($sql);
}
The thing is, as i understand it, it's better to place as much code in
the model, rather than the controller (which seems quite sensible).
However, i haven't been able to figure out how to then call the
function from the model.
With the method in the controller, i get this error:
Undefined property: NewsletterController::$newsletter [APP/
controllers/newsletter_controller.php, line 25]
My head is spinning. The manuals are really not very clear on this. I
understood that the model ($newsletter) was available anywhere inside
the controller. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
(extra points for explaining how the new cache system, would work
here :-)
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