CakePHP: calling function in the AppController

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You don't. Models and/or behaviors should not talk back to the controller. If the method is so universally usable, make it a function in bootstrap.php, put it in AppModel if it's applicable there or create your own utility class in /app/libs that you can call statically from anywhere.

_{(You can call AppController::myMethod() anywhere, provided you're in a normal request cycle where the AppController is already loaded, or use ClassRegistry::init to get an instance of any controller (which will have the method), but this'll probably create more problems than it solves. Don't do this.)}

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Updated on June 04, 2022

Comments

Harsha M V almost 2 years

How to call a function inside the app_controller.php in app/app_controller.php in the behavior of a plugin which is at app/plugins/media/models/behaviors/transfer.php inside a method called transferTo.
- JohnP about 13 years
  
  You shouldn't be calling your app controller from a behavior in the first place. If you really must have access to your controller, then use a component
Marwan Salim over 5 years

requestAction() is depreciated since CakePHP 3.4, please use other solutions such as View Cell. Following is the link to study View Cell [sanisoft.com/blog/2014/09/15/view-cell-cakephp-3-quick-star‌t/]