OK, I have tried things out on a very simple app, and have the
database switching working from a constructor in app_model. But I am
back to my initial problem of needing a way to direct the logic from
the controller somehow.
What I am intending to do is to access a family of controllers through
a central controller, setting the initial config values based on the
initial path. I have that part working fine between controllers, but
the behavior I don't seem to be able to read Session values or I
assume Configure values. I assume that this is because controllers are
processed after the AppModel code. Is there any way other than
Sessions and Configure to carry values to subsequent pages?
So in app_model, I have a constructor as follows:
function __construct($id = false, $table = null, $ds = null) {
parent::__construct();
$this->useDbConfig = 'dbname';
}
I want to be able to use some sort of variable value, based on logic
in an upstream page, in place of 'dbname'. If I was doing this in the
controller, I would use a session variable or a configuration value.
Maybe I should do the DbConfig thing in the controller, but that would
seem to me to be a kludge of the MVC approach.
On Aug 14, 10:53 pm, "Dardo Sordi Bogado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> When overriding a model constructor, ie __construct() you have to
> respect the parent constructor signature (take the same parameter
> count) and call parent::__construct() with the given/custom parameters
> that the parent constructor is expecting.
>
> Also, showing the errors you get would help us help you.
>
> For further reference, read the Model::__construct() function
> here:http://api.cakephp.org/1.2/libs_2model_2model_8php-source.html#l00314
>
> HTH,
> - Dardo Sordi.
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am working on a somewhat complex application that involves multiple
> > models. If everything works out, there will be multiple instances of
> > the application for different clients, and my current intention is to
> > separate each instance into a separate database.
>
> > I am very much a self taught programmer, with no PHP training, so I
> > occasionally find it hard to follow some of the documentation where
> > background PHP knowledge is assumed.
>
> > I got things working fairly well at first, using some code in the
> > database configuration to set the database definition based on the
> > url. However that is only satisfactory for a single model. I am now
> > looking at alternative ways to set the database definition, possibly
> > from the model. I will access the application throgh a single entry
> > point, which will set Session variables based on the url. Other
> > controllers will then be called from that model and use the session
> > data and config variables to set up the varoius instances.
>
> > I found some references to using __construct(), but when I add an __
> > construct function in app_model.php I get errors.
>
> > Before I head further down this track, does anyone know if I can see
> > Session values from within a construct function in app_model? This is
> > fundamental to my planned approach. I also need to be sure that I can
> > sitch the default database from this construct function.
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