Comments on: Default views for extensions

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:48:22 +0000

@all: Thanks for your comments!

@poLK: Yes, overriding the render() method could be an alternative, though I wasn’t able to make this approach work…

@majna: No, there is no issue with PHP’s json_encode (Zend/Json also uses this function if available). And the reason we use Zend/Json over $javascript->object() is that it automatically encodes special characters.

By: majna

majna — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:12:26 +0000

why Zend_Json::encode?
when cake has $javascript->object($data);
which uses PHP jason_encode if available.
Is there any known issues with php jason_encode?
Zend Jason class looks odd to me (recursion, Solar framework code for unicode, performance…).

By: poLK

poLK — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:15:24 +0000

Also, changing $this->action might lead to some bugs hard to find, I would go for AppController::render() instead.

By: poLK

poLK — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:13:17 +0000

There is VIEWS constant, but it will not help much in case of multiple view paths or usage from plugins anyway.

By: Martin Westin

Martin Westin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:38:46 +0000

Nice one.
This technique looks very usable for most alternative extensions, at least most I use, are “data” formats.