2 Components in 1 Controller

Question

Hi I am really new in CakePhp, I hope you can help me

    class BookingsController extends AppController {

    public $helpers = array("PDF");
//public $virtualFields = array(
// 'full_name' => 'CONCAT(Customer.cust_fname, ", ", Customer.cust_fname)'
//);
    public $components = array('RequestHandler');

    public $components = array('Search.Prg');

    public $presetVars = array(
        array('field' => 'search', 'type' => 'value'),
    );
/**

My question now is that I need $components in both. Is there any way to merge it together? Or how can I call both request handler and search.prg? I hope u can help

It looks more like you're new to php or at least OOP in php when you try to declare two properties with the same name. So before trying to use a framework that is heavily using OOP you might learn that first? — floriank, Oct 16 '13 at 21:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 16 '13 at 16:43

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public $components = array('RequestHandler', 'Search.Prg');

answered Oct 16 '13 at 16:43

Ayo Akinyemi

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '13 at 16:44

Simply merge the arrays

public $components = array('RequestHandler', 
                           'Search.Prg', 
                           'OtherComponent', 
                           'ExtraComponent' /*etc*/);

Cake is smart enough to get what you mean. Also works for $helpers and $uses... and I guess pretty much everything really. You need to keep an eye on documentation, it says clearly how to do what you asked.

2 Components in 1 Controller

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