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# Jul 23rd 2018, 13:15 dereuromark I prefer components :slightly_smiling_face:
# Jul 23rd 2018, 13:15 flavius you can have private functions that are helpers for those actions however
# Jul 23rd 2018, 13:15 flavius public functions in controllers go to actions (URL)
# Jul 23rd 2018, 13:14 flavius >> is this right ? yep
# Jul 23rd 2018, 13:01 mr.mjsm File uploaded https://cakesf.slack.com/files/UBN7KUDRA/FBUKK0LGZ/-.php / https://slack-files.com/T053DPNCM-FBUKK0LGZ-9eaa362de6 - <@U75U0UMR9> ok i did it like this and it worked thanks. my question now. i wrote a method in my UserController to display the name. now i feel this is wrong, these type of method should be put in a helper. is this right ? so the controller should only have add edit delete index or actions that require a URL
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:34 neon1024 @flavius I gave VS Code a bit of a try out, but I haven’t used it properly for a whole day yet
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:33 dereuromark highstrike: dont tell them lies. tabs are superior. it is just that the psr people are 90s :slightly_smiling_face: and as such cake has to do that now.
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:22 mr.mjsm thanks
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:22 mr.mjsm ok i think i got it. will work on it
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:22 flavius you write your function in your custom helper and you call that function from your templates
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:21 mr.mjsm and i can call the function from my helper method ?
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:20 flavius and then all your templates can access that function :slightly_smiling_face:
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:20 flavius https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/views/helpers.html
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:19 flavius just like `$this->Html` is HtmlHelper in the cake's core
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:18 flavius then you are looking for a view helper
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:18 mr.mjsm File uploaded https://cakesf.slack.com/files/UBN7KUDRA/FBW6UTTT9/-.php / https://slack-files.com/T053DPNCM-FBW6UTTT9-5977770f01 - i want to use something like this in my index ctp
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:17 flavius you can however use `$this->set('variable_name', $variable)` to pass to the template the `$variable_name`
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:16 flavius public functions in controller generally mean they are actions
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:16 flavius you shouldn't add functions / methods in the template file
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:15 mr.mjsm i have another question, can I use this method in my index ctp ?
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:15 flavius lel
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:14 mr.mjsm good point. come to our university, you will be distinguished prof. in the first week
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:13 flavius because a tab could be a different number of columns depending on your environment, but a space is always one column :slightly_smiling_face:
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:12 mr.mjsm isn't it better to use tabs for indentation ? that's what i was taught for python
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:12 flavius for indentation
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:12 mr.mjsm why ?
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:12 flavius also don't use tabs, use spaces :slightly_smiling_face:
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:11 flavius ``` public function displayName($id) { $this->loadModel('Users'); $user = $this->Users->get($id); echo $user->name; } ```
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:11 flavius so you need to add `$this->loadModel('Users');` in that function to make it work
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:10 flavius `$this->Users` means the model that is autoloaded with the controller because the controller has the same name
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:09 mr.mjsm File uploaded https://cakesf.slack.com/files/UBN7KUDRA/FBV9PPDHT/-.php / https://slack-files.com/T053DPNCM-FBV9PPDHT-05cf54cc7d - this method in the UsersController, i want to use it in the ServersController, if i want to get the user name. I already have the user id. just want to use this method and echo the result
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:05 mr.mjsm @flavius I need your help
# Jul 23rd 2018, 12:00 flavius @neon1024 did you start using vs code yet?
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:31 portilloster @neon1024 Will try! Anyway the column type is not a string but a medium blob. I believe that creates anyway that problem.
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:30 turkles of course all mine were 0 values, but you could replace that with an array of values you want too..
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:30 neon1024 @portilloster Just create whatever folder you want, it doesn’t matter really. I put my type file there as that’s the folder they use in the core :0
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:29 turkles if anyone is interested I ended up creating $defaults in my entity constructor: parent::__construct($properties,$options); foreach($defaults as $value) { if (!property_exists($this,$value) andand !isset($this->{$value})) $this->{$value}=0; }
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:27 dereuromark i meant clementcrown
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:26 portilloster @dereuromark Can you tell me which pluggin and how to install it?
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:24 dereuromark you install the plugin as usual
# Jul 23rd 2018, 11:22 portilloster @neon1024 Thanks for reply! I´m trying to implement what you said but I miss the Database folder under src. I´m in cakephp 3.5. Is this normal? Do I need to create the path and the file?