Pass a handle to the helper to your function:
outputMenu($html, $linkTree, $level);
function outputMenu(&$html, $array, $level) {
Even better, have a look at Andy Dawson's TreeHelper. I think it's
precisely what you need for this.
http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/tree-helper-1
Let me know if you need help. I've implemented it for an
ACL-controlled menu and it works great.
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Josh<joshs.silver...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the contents of a tree menu stored in a multi-dimensional
> array. The number of dimensions is not fixed, so to turn the array
> into a menu in the View file, I have set up a recurring function. This
> works fine except that I can't call the $html->link() from the
> function.
>
> Fatal error: Call to a member function link() on a non-object in...
>
> Any ideas? Is there a way to make the link() function global as you do
> a variable? There are some obvious work-arounds such as writing the
> anchor tag without the html helper, or turning the link array into a
> simpler two dimensional array where I can then iterate the link()
> function. However, I am wonder how I might specifically address the
> question of making the html->link() function available to a function
> within a view file.
>
> I have a feeling this is either going to be a simple declaration or
> not worth the trouble. Thanks in advance.
>
> Here is my code:
>
>
> //array of links
> ////key: link title
> ////value: link location or sub-array
> $linkTree = array(
> 'User Management' => array(
> 'Permissions' => array(
> 'Set Permissions' => '/tools/setPermissions',
> 'Update ACOS' => '/tools/updateacl',
> 'View/Edit Groups' => '/admin/groups'
> ),
> 'User Settings' => '/tools/userSettings',
> 'Users' => array(
> 'List' => '/admin/users',
> 'Add User' => '/admin/users/add'
> )
> )
> );
>
> //output menu function
> function outputMenu ($array, $level) {
> global $levelMarker;
>
> foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
> if (is_array($value)) {
> echo $level . $key;
> echo '<br>';
> outputMenu($value, $level . $levelMarker);
> } else {
> echo $html->link("$level$key", $value);
> echo '<br>';
> }
> }
> echo "<br>";
> }
>
> //output menu settings
> $levelMarker = '-';
> $level = '';
> $linkTreeSimple = array();
>
> //output menu
> outputMenu($linkTree, $level);
>
> >
>
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