Comments on: Writing a custom error handler

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:52 +0000

@anonimo: Thanks for your snippet for setting a special error layout!

By: anonimo

anonimo — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:15:59 +0000

First, create a new layout and call it error.ctp (place in the app/views/layouts, of course). Then add this to your Class AppController:


// app/app_controller.php

function beforeRender () {
   $this->_setErrorLayout();
}

function _setErrorLayout() {
   if($this->name == 'CakeError') {
       $this->layout = 'error';
   }
}

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:50:07 +0000

@pokoot: Hm, $this->controller->Session->read(‘key’); doesn’t work?

By: pokoot

pokoot — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:58:22 +0000

DOes anyone here know how to access the session variables on error handler?

I have tried a lot of things like app import session and still no luck. Tried even $_SESSION['var_name'] and still no luck.

Your solution is much appreciated.

Thank you!

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:50:02 +0000

@Carlos: Thanks for the hint! I modified the article so it now works with CakePHP 1.2, too. With those changes, the error should disappear. Good luck!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:50:41 +0000

Does anyone has problems with the code? i’m getting a error on:
$this->__dispatch->start($this->controller);

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:31:35 +0000

@handsofaten: What happens if you comment out those calls to the Html helper? My guess is that the Html helper doesn’t get loaded and that this causes the blank page.

Btw: Which version of cake do you use?

By: handsofaten

handsofaten — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:56:26 +0000

typical header stuff:

echo $html->charset();
echo $html->meta(‘icon’);

echo $html->css(‘bluestar’);
echo $html->css(‘lightbox’);

echo $scripts_for_layout;

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:33:05 +0000

@handsofaten: What follows after the closed title tag in your layout?

By: handsofaten

handsofaten — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:06:23 +0000

Thanks for the reply, baker. No, $content_for_layout is there. It prints $title_for_layout as “Errors”, closes the title tag, and then stops. All I really want is a simple 404 message.