Custom Admin Routing - View/Admin/MyModel/index.ctp instead of View/MyModel/admin_index.ctp

Question

In CakePHP, is there a way to set admin routing on an URL like this:

...com/admin/articles/

to go to:

View/Admin/Articles/index.ctp

instead of:

View/Articles/admin_index.ctp

My thought is, it would be nice to keep my admin files more separate from my front-end files, since I'd like to re-use my admin over many projects. If this can be done, are their negative side-effects I haven't thought of?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '12 at 17:55

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Just set Controller::$viewPath to whatever you need. In your AppController::beforeRender() set $this->viewPath = 'Admin/' . $this->name;

answered Sep 15 '12 at 17:55

ADmad

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Won't that make it use `View/admin/Articles/admin_index.ctp` though? – Dave Sep 15 '12 at 18:01
Right it will, so change Controller::$view too. – ADmad Sep 15 '12 at 18:48
Any chance you could explain in more detail in your answer? – Dave Sep 15 '12 at 19:02
$this->view = substr($this->action, 6); – ADmad Sep 15 '12 at 20:55
Wouldn't that screw up non admin-driven pages? – Dave Sep 16 '12 at 00:33
Well obviously you will put that statement in an "if" block with a reasonable check for admin only actions. – ADmad Sep 16 '12 at 07:02

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 16 '12 at 16:34

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why don't you create a separate app for your admin? Or create a plugin with it? With that you could reuse it in all your projects.

answered Sep 16 '12 at 16:34

fsilva

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This would work as a comment, but is not an answer to my question. – Dave Sep 16 '12 at 21:16

Custom Admin Routing - View/Admin/MyModel/index.ctp instead of View/MyModel/admin_index.ctp

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