How to display data from another controller in pages? CakePHP 4.x

Question

I want to connect articles to pages but i get error last screen.

https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/285551/why-not-upload-images-of-code-on-so-when-asking-a-question — mybrave, Apr 07 '20 at 16:25
Your template file is named `home`, but the controller action is called `homepage`? — Greg Schmidt, Apr 07 '20 at 17:35

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '20 at 16:33

In your home page action

public function homepage() {
    $this->loadModel('Articles');
    $lastArticles = $this->Articles->find('all', ['limit' => 3, 'order' => 'Articles.created DESC'])->toArray();

$this->set('lastArticles', $lastArticles);

}

View::set expects 2 parameters, one being the name of the variable in the view and the 2nd being the values of that variable for the view.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '20 at 17:08

You are in the PageController.php, I never used that controller for something else than the display() method. I don't know if what you're doing is the intended use.

If you want to list your articles I'd suggest you set that up in the ArticlesController.php.

//in src/Controller/ArticlesController.php
public function home() {
$lastArticles = $this->Articles->find('all', ['limit' => 3, 'order' => 'Articles.created DESC']);
  $this->set('lastArticles', $lastArticles);
}

Then you need to create a view template named corresponding to the method name in the controller (see Naming Conventions) - for the method I posted it's "home.php".

//in templates/Articles/home.php
<?php foreach ($lastArticles as $lastArticle): ?>
//.. your fields ..
 <?php endforeach; ?>

How to display data from another controller in pages? CakePHP 4.x

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