Called after the controller action is run and rendered.

This method should be overridden in child classes.

Alias to afterScaffoldSave()

Alias to afterScaffoldSaveError()

This method should be overridden in child classes.

Called before the controller action. You can use this method to configure and customize components or perform logic that needs to happen before each controller action.

The beforeRedirect method is invoked when the controller's redirect method is called but before any further action. If this method returns false the controller will not continue on to redirect the request. The $url, $status and $exit variables have same meaning as for the controller's method. You can also return a string which will be interpreted as the url to redirect to or return associative array with key 'url' and optionally 'status' and 'exit'.

Called after the controller action is run, but before the view is rendered. You can use this method to perform logic or set view variables that are required on every request.

This method should be overridden in child classes.

Alias to beforeScaffold()

Constructor.

Loads Model classes based on the uses property see Controller::loadModel(); for more info. Loads Components and prepares them for initialization.

Forces the user's browser not to cache the results of the current request.

Shows a message to the user for $pause seconds, then redirects to $url. Uses flash.ctp as the default layout for the message. Does not work if the current debug level is higher than 0.

Provides backwards compatibility access to the request object properties. Also provides the params alias.

Returns the CakeEventManager manager instance that is handling any callbacks. You can use this instance to register any new listeners or callbacks to the controller events, or create your own events and trigger them at will.

Returns a scaffold object to use for dynamically scaffolded controllers.

Convenience and object wrapper method for CakeResponse::header().

Queries & sets valid HTTP response codes & messages.

httpCodes(404); // returns array(404 => 'Not Found')

   httpCodes(array(
       701 => 'Unicorn Moved',
       800 => 'Unexpected Minotaur'

)); // sets these new values, and returns true

Returns a list of all events that will fire in the controller during it's lifecycle. You can override this function to add you own listener callbacks

Dispatches the controller action. Checks that the action exists and isn't private.

Check if the request's action is marked as private, with an underscore, or if the request is attempting to directly accessing a prefixed action.

Provides backwards compatibility to avoid problems with empty and isset to alias properties. Lazy loads models using the loadModel() method if declared in $uses

Loads and instantiates models required by this controller. If the model is non existent, it will throw a missing database table error, as Cake generates dynamic models for the time being.

Merge components, helpers, and uses vars from Controller::$_mergeParent and PluginAppController.

Helper method for merging the $uses property together.

Merges the elements not already in $this->uses into $this->uses.

Handles automatic pagination of model records.

Parse beforeRedirect Response

Converts POST'ed form data to a model conditions array, suitable for use in a Model::find() call.

Redirects to given $url, after turning off $this->autoRender. Script execution is halted after the redirect.

Returns the referring URL for this request.

Instantiates the correct view class, hands it its data, and uses it to render the view output.

This method should be overridden in child classes. If not it will render a scaffold error. Method MUST return true in child classes

Alias to scaffoldError()

Saves a variable for use inside a view template.

Provides backwards compatibility access for setting values to the request object.

Internally redirects one action to another. Does not perform another HTTP request unlike Controller::redirect()

Examples:

setAction('another_action');
setAction('action_with_parameters', $parameter1);

Sets the request objects and configures a number of controller properties based on the contents of the request. The properties that get set are

• $this->request - To the $request parameter
• $this->plugin - To the $request->params['plugin']
• $this->view - To the $request->params['action']
• $this->autoLayout - To the false if $request->params['bare']; is set.
• $this->autoRender - To false if $request->params['return'] == 1
• $this->passedArgs - The the combined results of params['named'] and params['pass]

Perform the various shutdown processes for this controller. Fire the Components and Controller callbacks in the correct order.

• triggers the component shutdown callback.
• calls the Controller's afterFilter method.

Perform the startup process for this controller. Fire the Components and Controller callbacks in the correct order.

• Initializes components, which fires their initialize callback
• Calls the controller beforeFilter.
• triggers Component startup methods.

Returns number of errors in a submitted FORM.

Validates models passed by parameters. Example:

$errors = $this->validateErrors($this->Article, $this->User);