* Copyright 2005-2008, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. * 1785 E. Sahara Avenue, Suite 490-204 * Las Vegas, Nevada 89104 * * Licensed under The MIT License * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice. * * @filesource * @copyright Copyright 2005-2008, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. * @link http://www.cakefoundation.org/projects/info/cakephp CakePHP(tm) Project * @package cake * @subpackage cake.cake.libs.controller * @since CakePHP(tm) v 0.2.9 * @version $Revision$ * @modifiedby $LastChangedBy$ * @lastmodified $Date$ * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License */ /** * Include files */ App::import('Core', array('Component', 'View')); /** * Controller * * Application controller (controllers are where you put all the actual code) * Provides basic functionality, such as rendering views (aka displaying templates). * Automatically selects model name from on singularized object class name * and creates the model object if proper class exists. * * @package cake * @subpackage cake.cake.libs.controller * */ class Controller extends Object { /** * The name of this controller. Controller names are plural, named after the model they manipulate. * * @var string * @access public */ var $name = null; /** * Stores the current URL, based from the webroot. * * @var string * @access public */ var $here = null; /** * The webroot of the application. Helpful if your application is placed in a folder under the current domain name. * * @var string * @access public */ var $webroot = null; /** * The name of the controller action that was requested. * * @var string * @access public */ var $action = null; /** * An array containing the class names of models this controller uses. * * Example: var $uses = array('Product', 'Post', 'Comment'); * * @var mixed A single name as a string or a list of names as an array. * @access protected */ var $uses = false; /** * An array containing the names of helpers this controller uses. The array elements should * not contain the -Helper part of the classname. * * Example: var $helpers = array('Html', 'Javascript', 'Time', 'Ajax'); * * @var mixed A single name as a string or a list of names as an array. * @access protected */ var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form'); /** * Parameters received in the current request: GET and POST data, information * about the request, etc. * * @var array * @access public */ var $params = array(); /** * Data POSTed to the controller using the HtmlHelper. Data here is accessible * using the $this->data['ModelName']['fieldName'] pattern. * * @var array * @access public */ var $data = array(); /** * Holds pagination defaults for controller actions. The keys that can be included * in this array are: 'conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'page', and 'recursive', * similar to the parameters of Model->findAll(). * * Pagination defaults can also be supplied in a model-by-model basis by using * the name of the model as a key for a pagination array: * * var $paginate = array( * 'Post' => array(...), * 'Comment' => array(...) * ); * * See the manual chapter on Pagination for more information. * * @var array * @access public */ var $paginate = array('limit' => 20, 'page' => 1); /** * The name of the views subfolder containing views for this controller. * * @var string * @access public */ var $viewPath = null; /** * Sub-path for layout files. * * @var string * @access public */ var $layoutPath = null; /** * Contains variables to be handed to the view. * * @var array * @access public */ var $viewVars = array(); /** * Text to be used for the $title_for_layout layout variable (usually * placed inside tags.) * * @var boolean * @access public */ var $pageTitle = false; /** * An array containing the class names of the models this controller uses. * * @var array Array of model objects. * @access public */ var $modelNames = array(); /** * Base URL path. * * @var string * @access public */ var $base = null; /** * The name of the layout file to render views inside of. The name specified * is the filename of the layout in /app/views/layouts without the .ctp * extension. * * @var string * @access public */ var $layout = 'default'; /** * Set to true to automatically render the view * after action logic. * * @var boolean * @access public */ var $autoRender = true; /** * Set to true to automatically render the layout around views. * * @var boolean * @access public */ var $autoLayout = true; /** * Instance of Component use to handle callbacks * * @var string * @access public */ var $Component = null; /** * Array containing the names of components this controller uses. Component names * should not contain the -Component portion of the classname. * * Example: var $components = array('Session', 'RequestHandler', 'Acl'); * * @var array * @access public */ var $components = array(); /** * The name of the View class this controller sends output to. * * @var string * @access public */ var $view = 'View'; /** * File extension for view templates. Defaults to Cake's conventional ".ctp". * * @var string * @access public */ var $ext = '.ctp'; /** * The output of the requested action. Contains either a variable * returned from the action, or the data of the rendered view; * You can use this var in Child controllers' afterFilter() to alter output. * * @var string * @access public */ var $output = null; /** * Automatically set to the name of a plugin. * * @var string * @access public */ var $plugin = null; /** * Used to define methods a controller that will be cached. To cache a * single action, the value is set to an array containing keys that match * action names and values that denote cache expiration times (in seconds). * * Example: var $cacheAction = array( * 'view/23/' => 21600, * 'recalled/' => 86400 * ); * * $cacheAction can also be set to a strtotime() compatible string. This * marks all the actions in the controller for view caching. * * @var mixed * @access public */ var $cacheAction = false; /** * Used to create cached instances of models a controller uses. * When set to true, all models related to the controller will be cached. * This can increase performance in many cases. * * @var boolean * @access public */ var $persistModel = false; /** * Holds all params passed and named. * * @var mixed * @access public */ var $passedArgs = array(); /** * Constructor. * */ function __construct() { if ($this->name === null) { $r = null; if (!preg_match('/(.*)Controller/i', get_class($this), $r)) { die (__("Controller::__construct() : Can not get or parse my own class name, exiting.")); } $this->name = $r[1]; } if ($this->viewPath == null) { $this->viewPath = Inflector::underscore($this->name); } $this->modelClass = Inflector::classify($this->name); $this->modelKey = Inflector::underscore($this->modelClass); $this->Component =& new Component(); parent::__construct(); } /** * Starts the components linked to this controller. * * @deprecated 1.2.0.7070 * @see Component::init() */ function _initComponents() { $this->Component->init($this); } /** * Merge components, helpers, and uses vars from AppController and PluginAppController * * @access protected */ function __mergeVars() { $pluginName = Inflector::camelize($this->plugin); $pluginController = $pluginName . 'AppController'; if (is_subclass_of($this, 'AppController') || is_subclass_of($this, $pluginController)) { $appVars = get_class_vars('AppController'); $uses = $appVars['uses']; $merge = array('components', 'helpers'); $plugin = null; if (!empty($this->plugin)) { $plugin = $pluginName . '.'; if (!is_subclass_of($this, $pluginController)) { $pluginController = null; } } else { $pluginController = null; } if ($uses == $this->uses && !empty($this->uses)) { if (!in_array($plugin . $this->modelClass, $this->uses)) { array_unshift($this->uses, $plugin . $this->modelClass); } elseif ($this->uses[0] !== $plugin . $this->modelClass) { $this->uses = array_flip($this->uses); unset($this->uses[$plugin . $this->modelClass]); $this->uses = array_flip($this->uses); array_unshift($this->uses, $plugin . $this->modelClass); } } elseif ($this->uses !== null || $this->uses !== false) { $merge[] = 'uses'; } foreach ($merge as $var) { if (isset($appVars[$var]) && !empty($appVars[$var]) && is_array($this->{$var})) { if ($var == 'components') { $normal = Set::normalize($this->{$var}); $app = Set::normalize($appVars[$var]); $this->{$var} = Set::merge($normal, $app); } else { $this->{$var} = Set::merge($this->{$var}, array_diff($appVars[$var], $this->{$var})); } } } } if ($pluginController) { $appVars = get_class_vars($pluginController); $uses = $appVars['uses']; $merge = array('components', 'helpers'); if ($this->uses !== null || $this->uses !== false) { $merge[] = 'uses'; } foreach ($merge as $var) { if (isset($appVars[$var]) && !empty($appVars[$var]) && is_array($this->{$var})) { if ($var == 'components') { $normal = Set::normalize($this->{$var}); $app = Set::normalize($appVars[$var]); $this->{$var} = Set::merge($normal, array_diff_assoc($app, $normal)); } else { $this->{$var} = Set::merge($this->{$var}, array_diff($appVars[$var], $this->{$var})); } } } } } /** * Loads Model classes based on the the uses property * see Controller::loadModel(); for more info * * @return mixed true if models found and instance created, or cakeError if models not found. * @access public * @see Controller::loadModel() */ function constructClasses() { $this->__mergeVars(); $this->Component->init($this); if ($this->uses === null || ($this->uses === array())) { return false; } if (empty($this->passedArgs) || !isset($this->passedArgs['0'])) { $id = false; } else { $id = $this->passedArgs['0']; } if ($this->uses === false) { $this->loadModel($this->modelClass, $id); } elseif ($this->uses) { $uses = is_array($this->uses) ? $this->uses : array($this->uses); $this->modelClass = $uses[0]; foreach ($uses as $modelClass) { $this->loadModel($modelClass); } } return true; } /** * Loads and instantiates models required by this controller. * If Controller::persistModel; is true, controller will create cached model instances on first request, * additional request will used cached models * * @param string $modelClass Name of model class to load * @param mixed $id Initial ID the instanced model class should have * @return mixed true when single model found and instance created error returned if models not found. * @access public */ function loadModel($modelClass = null, $id = null) { if ($modelClass === null) { $modelClass = $this->modelClass; } $cached = false; $object = null; $plugin = null; if ($this->uses === false) { if ($this->plugin) { $plugin = $this->plugin . '.'; } } if (strpos($modelClass, '.') !== false) { list($plugin, $modelClass) = explode('.', $modelClass); $plugin = $plugin . '.'; } if ($this->persistModel === true) { $cached = $this->_persist($modelClass, null, $object); } if (($cached === false)) { $this->modelNames[] = $modelClass; if (!PHP5) { $this->{$modelClass} =& ClassRegistry::init(array('class' => $plugin . $modelClass, 'alias' => $modelClass, 'id' => $id)); } else { $this->{$modelClass} = ClassRegistry::init(array('class' => $plugin . $modelClass, 'alias' => $modelClass, 'id' => $id)); } if (!$this->{$modelClass}) { return $this->cakeError('missingModel', array(array('className' => $modelClass, 'webroot' => '', 'base' => $this->base))); } if ($this->persistModel === true) { $this->_persist($modelClass, true, $this->{$modelClass}); $registry = ClassRegistry::getInstance(); $this->_persist($modelClass . 'registry', true, $registry->__objects, 'registry'); } } else { $this->_persist($modelClass . 'registry', true, $object, 'registry'); $this->_persist($modelClass, true, $object); $this->modelNames[] = $modelClass; } } /** * Redirects to given $url, after turning off $this->autoRender. * Please notice that the script execution is not stopped after the redirect. * * @param mixed $url A string or array-based URL pointing to another location * within the app, or an absolute URL * @param integer $status Optional HTTP status code (eg: 404) * @param boolean $exit If true, exit() will be called after the redirect * @access public */ function redirect($url, $status = null, $exit = true) { $this->autoRender = false; if (is_array($status)) { extract($status, EXTR_OVERWRITE); } $response = $this->Component->beforeRedirect($this, $url, $status, $exit); if ($response === false) { return; } if (is_array($response)) { foreach ($response as $resp) { if (is_array($resp) && isset($resp['url'])) { extract($resp, EXTR_OVERWRITE); } elseif ($resp !== null) { $url = $resp; } } } if (function_exists('session_write_close')) { session_write_close(); } if (!empty($status)) { $codes = array( 100 => "Continue", 101 => "Switching Protocols", 200 => "OK", 201 => "Created", 202 => "Accepted", 203 => "Non-Authoritative Information", 204 => "No Content", 205 => "Reset Content", 206 => "Partial Content", 300 => "Multiple Choices", 301 => "Moved Permanently", 302 => "Found", 303 => "See Other", 304 => "Not Modified", 305 => "Use Proxy", 307 => "Temporary Redirect", 400 => "Bad Request", 401 => "Unauthorized", 402 => "Payment Required", 403 => "Forbidden", 404 => "Not Found", 405 => "Method Not Allowed", 406 => "Not Acceptable", 407 => "Proxy Authentication Required", 408 => "Request Time-out", 409 => "Conflict", 410 => "Gone", 411 => "Length Required", 412 => "Precondition Failed", 413 => "Request Entity Too Large", 414 => "Request-URI Too Large", 415 => "Unsupported Media Type", 416 => "Requested range not satisfiable", 417 => "Expectation Failed", 500 => "Internal Server Error", 501 => "Not Implemented", 502 => "Bad Gateway", 503 => "Service Unavailable", 504 => "Gateway Time-out" ); if (is_string($status)) { $codes = array_combine(array_values($codes), array_keys($codes)); } if (isset($codes[$status])) { $code = ife(is_numeric($status), $status, $codes[$status]); $msg = ife(is_string($status), $status, $codes[$status]); $status = "HTTP/1.1 {$code} {$msg}"; } else { $status = null; } } if (!empty($status)) { $this->header($status); } if ($url !== null) { $this->header('Location: ' . Router::url($url, true)); } if (!empty($status) && ($status >= 300 && $status < 400)) { $this->header($status); } if ($exit) { $this->_stop(); } } /** * undocumented function * * @param string $status * @return void * @access public */ function header($status) { header($status); } /** * Saves a variable to use inside a template. * * @param mixed $one A string or an array of data. * @param mixed $two Value in case $one is a string (which then works as the key). * Unused if $one is an associative array, otherwise serves as the values to $one's keys. * @access public */ function set($one, $two = null) { $data = array(); if (is_array($one)) { if (is_array($two)) { $data = array_combine($one, $two); } else { $data = $one; } } else { $data = array($one => $two); } foreach ($data as $name => $value) { if ($name == 'title') { $this->pageTitle = $value; } else { if ($two === null && is_array($one)) { $this->viewVars[Inflector::variable($name)] = $value; } else { $this->viewVars[$name] = $value; } } } } /** * Internally redirects one action to another. Examples: * * setAction('another_action'); * setAction('action_with_parameters', $parameter1); * * @param string $action The new action to be redirected to * @param mixed Any other parameters passed to this method will be passed as * parameters to the new action. * @return mixed Returns the return value of the called action * @access public */ function setAction($action) { $this->action = $action; $args = func_get_args(); unset($args[0]); return call_user_func_array(array(&$this, $action), $args); } /** * Controller callback to tie into Auth component. * * @return bool true if authorized, false otherwise * @access public */ function isAuthorized() { trigger_error(sprintf(__('%s::isAuthorized() is not defined.', true), $this->name), E_USER_WARNING); return false; } /** * Returns number of errors in a submitted FORM. * * @return integer Number of errors * @access public */ function validate() { $args = func_get_args(); $errors = call_user_func_array(array(&$this, 'validateErrors'), $args); if ($errors === false) { return 0; } return count($errors); } /** * Validates models passed by parameters. Example: * * $errors = $this->validateErrors($this->Article, $this->User); * * @param mixed A list of models as a variable argument * @return array Validation errors, or false if none * @access public */ function validateErrors() { $objects = func_get_args(); if (!count($objects)) { return false; } $errors = array(); foreach ($objects as $object) { $this->{$object->alias}->set($object->data); $errors = array_merge($errors, $this->{$object->alias}->invalidFields()); } return $this->validationErrors = (count($errors) ? $errors : false); } /** * Gets an instance of the view object & prepares it for rendering the output, then * asks the view to actually do the job. * * @param string $action Action name to render * @param string $layout Layout to use * @param string $file File to use for rendering * @return boolean Success * @access public */ function render($action = null, $layout = null, $file = null) { $this->beforeRender(); $viewClass = $this->view; if ($this->view != 'View') { if (strpos($viewClass, '.') !== false) { list($plugin, $viewClass) = explode('.', $viewClass); } $viewClass = $viewClass . 'View'; App::import('View', $this->view); } $this->Component->beforeRender($this); $this->params['models'] = $this->modelNames; if (Configure::read() > 2) { $this->set('cakeDebug', $this); } $View =& new $viewClass($this); if (!empty($this->modelNames)) { $models = array(); foreach ($this->modelNames as $currentModel) { if (isset($this->$currentModel) && is_a($this->$currentModel, 'Model')) { $models[] = Inflector::underscore($currentModel); } if (isset($this->$currentModel) && is_a($this->$currentModel, 'Model') && !empty($this->$currentModel->validationErrors)) { $View->validationErrors[Inflector::camelize($currentModel)] =& $this->$currentModel->validationErrors; } } $models = array_diff(ClassRegistry::keys(), $models); foreach ($models as $currentModel) { if (ClassRegistry::isKeySet($currentModel)) { $currentObject =& ClassRegistry::getObject($currentModel); if (is_a($currentObject, 'Model') && !empty($currentObject->validationErrors)) { $View->validationErrors[Inflector::camelize($currentModel)] =& $currentObject->validationErrors; } } } } $this->autoRender = false; $this->output .= $View->render($action, $layout, $file); return $this->output; } /** * Gets the referring URL of this request * * @param string $default Default URL to use if HTTP_REFERER cannot be read from headers * @param boolean $local If true, restrict referring URLs to local server * @return string Referring URL * @access public */ function referer($default = null, $local = false) { $ref = env('HTTP_REFERER'); if (!empty($ref) && defined('FULL_BASE_URL')) { $base = FULL_BASE_URL . $this->webroot; if (strpos($ref, $base) === 0) { $return = substr($ref, strlen($base)); if ($return[0] != '/') { $return = '/'.$return; } return $return; } elseif (!$local) { return $ref; } } if ($default != null) { return $default; } else { return '/'; } } /** * Tells the browser not to cache the results of the current request by sending headers * * @access public */ function disableCache() { header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT"); header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate"); header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false); header("Pragma: no-cache"); } /** * Shows a message to the user $time seconds, then redirects to $url * Uses flash.thtml as a layout for the messages * * @param string $message Message to display to the user * @param string $url Relative URL to redirect to after the time expires * @param integer $time Time to show the message * @access public */ function flash($message, $url, $pause = 1) { $this->autoRender = false; $this->set('url', Router::url($url)); $this->set('message', $message); $this->set('pause', $pause); $this->set('page_title', $message); $this->render(false, 'flash'); } /** * Converts POST'ed model data to a model conditions array, suitable for a find * or findAll Model query * * @param array $data POST'ed data organized by model and field * @param mixed $op A string containing an SQL comparison operator, or an array matching operators to fields * @param string $bool SQL boolean operator: AND, OR, XOR, etc. * @param boolean $exclusive If true, and $op is an array, fields not included in $op will not be included in the returned conditions * @return array An array of model conditions * @access public */ function postConditions($data = array(), $op = null, $bool = 'AND', $exclusive = false) { if (!is_array($data) || empty($data)) { if (!empty($this->data)) { $data = $this->data; } else { return null; } } $cond = array(); if ($op === null) { $op = ''; } foreach ($data as $model => $fields) { foreach ($fields as $field => $value) { $key = $model.'.'.$field; $fieldOp = $op; if (is_array($op) && array_key_exists($key, $op)) { $fieldOp = $op[$key]; } elseif (is_array($op) && array_key_exists($field, $op)) { $fieldOp = $op[$field]; } elseif (is_array($op)) { $fieldOp = false; } if ($exclusive && $fieldOp === false) { continue; } $fieldOp = strtoupper(trim($fieldOp)); if ($fieldOp == 'LIKE') { $key = $key.' LIKE'; $value = '%'.$value.'%'; } elseif ($fieldOp && $fieldOp != '=') { $key = $key.' '.$fieldOp; } $cond[$key] = $value; } } if ($bool != null && strtoupper($bool) != 'AND') { $cond = array($bool => $cond); } return $cond; } /** * Deprecated, see Model::deconstruct(); * * @see Model::deconstruct() * @deprecated as of 1.2.0.5970 */ function cleanUpFields($modelClass = null) { trigger_error(__('Controller::cleanUpFields() - Deprecated: this functionality has been moved to Model and is handled automatically', true), E_USER_WARNING); } /** * Handles automatic pagination of model records. * * @param mixed $object Model to paginate (e.g: model instance, or 'Model', or 'Model.InnerModel') * @param mixed $scope Conditions to use while paginating * @param array $whitelist List of allowed options for paging * @return array Model query results * @access public */ function paginate($object = null, $scope = array(), $whitelist = array()) { if (is_array($object)) { $whitelist = $scope; $scope = $object; $object = null; } $assoc = null; if (is_string($object)) { $assoc = null; if (strpos($object, '.') !== false) { list($object, $assoc) = explode('.', $object); } if ($assoc && isset($this->{$object}->{$assoc})) { $object = $this->{$object}->{$assoc}; } elseif ($assoc && isset($this->{$this->modelClass}) && isset($this->{$this->modelClass}->{$assoc})) { $object = $this->{$this->modelClass}->{$assoc}; } elseif (isset($this->{$object})) { $object = $this->{$object}; } elseif (isset($this->{$this->modelClass}) && isset($this->{$this->modelClass}->{$object})) { $object = $this->{$this->modelClass}->{$object}; } } elseif (empty($object) || $object == null) { if (isset($this->{$this->modelClass})) { $object = $this->{$this->modelClass}; } else { $className = null; $name = $this->uses[0]; if (strpos($this->uses[0], '.') !== false) { list($name, $className) = explode('.', $this->uses[0]); } if ($className) { $object = $this->{$className}; } else { $object = $this->{$name}; } } } if (!is_object($object)) { trigger_error(sprintf(__('Controller::paginate() - can\'t find model %1$s in controller %2$sController', true), $object, $this->name), E_USER_WARNING); return array(); } $options = array_merge($this->params, $this->params['url'], $this->passedArgs); if (isset($this->paginate[$object->alias])) { $defaults = $this->paginate[$object->alias]; } else { $defaults = $this->paginate; } if (isset($options['show'])) { $options['limit'] = $options['show']; } if (isset($options['sort']) && isset($options['direction'])) { $options['order'] = array($options['sort'] => $options['direction']); } elseif (isset($options['sort'])) { $options['order'] = array($options['sort'] => 'asc'); } if (!empty($options['order']) && is_array($options['order'])) { $key = key($options['order']); if (strpos($key, '.') === false && $object->hasField($key)) { $options['order'][$object->alias . '.' . $key] = $options['order'][$key]; unset($options['order'][$key]); } } $vars = array('fields', 'order', 'limit', 'page', 'recursive'); $keys = array_keys($options); $count = count($keys); for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) { if (!in_array($keys[$i], $vars)) { unset($options[$keys[$i]]); } if (empty($whitelist) && ($keys[$i] == 'fields' || $keys[$i] == 'recursive')) { unset($options[$keys[$i]]); } elseif (!empty($whitelist) && !in_array($keys[$i], $whitelist)) { unset($options[$keys[$i]]); } } $conditions = $fields = $order = $limit = $page = $recursive = null; if (!isset($defaults['conditions'])) { $defaults['conditions'] = array(); } extract($options = array_merge(array('page' => 1, 'limit' => 20), $defaults, $options)); if (is_array($scope) && !empty($scope)) { $conditions = array_merge($conditions, $scope); } elseif (is_string($scope)) { $conditions = array($conditions, $scope); } if ($recursive === null) { $recursive = $object->recursive; } $type = 'all'; if (isset($defaults[0])) { $type = array_shift($defaults); } $extra = array_diff_key($defaults, compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'page', 'recursive')); if (method_exists($object, 'paginateCount')) { $count = $object->paginateCount($conditions, $recursive); } else { $parameters = compact('conditions'); if ($recursive != $object->recursive) { $parameters['recursive'] = $recursive; } $count = $object->find('count', array_merge($parameters, $extra)); } $pageCount = intval(ceil($count / $limit)); if ($page == 'last' || $page >= $pageCount) { $options['page'] = $page = $pageCount; } elseif (intval($page) < 1) { $options['page'] = $page = 1; } if (method_exists($object, 'paginate')) { $results = $object->paginate($conditions, $fields, $order, $limit, $page, $recursive); } else { $parameters = compact('conditions', 'fields', 'order', 'limit', 'page'); if ($recursive != $object->recursive) { $parameters['recursive'] = $recursive; } $results = $object->find($type, array_merge($parameters, $extra)); } $paging = array( 'page' => $page, 'current' => count($results), 'count' => $count, 'prevPage' => ($page > 1), 'nextPage' => ($count > ($page * $limit)), 'pageCount' => $pageCount, 'defaults' => array_merge(array('limit' => 20, 'step' => 1), $defaults), 'options' => $options ); $this->params['paging'][$object->alias] = $paging; if (!in_array('Paginator', $this->helpers) && !array_key_exists('Paginator', $this->helpers)) { $this->helpers[] = 'Paginator'; } return $results; } /** * Called before the controller action. Overridden in subclasses. * * @access public */ function beforeFilter() { } /** * Called after the controller action is run, but before the view is rendered. Overridden in subclasses. * * @access public */ function beforeRender() { } /** * Called after the controller action is run and rendered. Overridden in subclasses. * * @access public */ function afterFilter() { } /** * This method should be overridden in child classes. * * @param string $method name of method called example index, edit, etc. * @return boolean Success * @access protected */ function _beforeScaffold($method) { return true; } /** * This method should be overridden in child classes. * * @param string $method name of method called either edit or update. * @return boolean Success * @access protected */ function _afterScaffoldSave($method) { return true; } /** * This method should be overridden in child classes. * * @param string $method name of method called either edit or update. * @return boolean Success * @access protected */ function _afterScaffoldSaveError($method) { return true; } /** * This method should be overridden in child classes. * If not it will render a scaffold error. * Method MUST return true in child classes * * @param string $method name of method called example index, edit, etc. * @return boolean Success * @access protected */ function _scaffoldError($method) { return false; } } ?>