Adam -
That's a good idea, except each stage will have a whole bunch of
functions and such, not just a single one for each.
b logica -
This entire area of the app runs through the contests controller, so
unless I am missing something, I don't think I could use other
controllers.
John
On Apr 3, 6:09 pm, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would do something like this, where getCurrentStage() returns a
> string "submit" or "vote":
>
> function beforeFilter(){
> $currentStage = $this->Contest->getCurrentStage();
> if ($this->action != $currentStage){
> $this->setAction($currentStage);
> }
>
> }
>
> function submit() {
>
> }
>
> function vote() {
>
> }
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam
>
> On Apr 4, 5:15 am, John R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My application is a series of "contests" with different stages
> > (submission, voting, awards, etc.)
>
> > For each stage, the site is going to function completely differently.
> > During Stage 1 (submission) for instance, you will be able to upload,
> > critique, etc. The front page will be a huge list of all submissions,
> > etc. During Stage 2 (voting), you will not be able to upload, only
> > vote on submissions from Stage 1. etc.etc.etc.etc.
>
> > I am having a hard time coming up with a good method for this. The
> > current stage is stored in the Contests table of the database.
> > Ideally, I would like to basically have a different controller for
> > each stage - so it would have it's own functions, views, etc. - but at
> > the end of the day - its just a part of the contests_controller. I
> > also thought of running a check for the current stage in
> > beforeRender() of the contests_controller and then redirecting or
> > pointing somewhere else, but I just dont know! Any feedback would be
> > great!
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