How get name of current model this view context is attached to?

Question

in API , call $this->model will return model'sname but it dont work.

http://api13.cakephp.org/class/view

is api cakephp false ? even $view->modelId dont work, too.

Solution 1

In controller:

$this->modelClass

Solution 2

Try this

Inflector::classify( $this->params['controller']);

this should change your controller name in to model name. And you can do it of course from view level.

Solution 3

yes you can, you need to tell your model to tell its name. so write a function in your model like:

    function myname(){
    return $this->name;
}

and now your controller can ask your models for their names.

Solution 4

Use Inflectors to achive your wanted result:

<?php $model = Inflector::camelize(Inflector::singularize($this->params['controller'])); ?>

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Comments

[jason]

"I can't think of one case which a Model's name is relevant to the view" - Exploring how cakePHP works?

[vitto]

I could find it useful if you need to highlight the selected section on a visual menu. Or am I missing something too?

[aWebDeveloper]

thsi may not work blog.zahidur.com/how-to-get-model-name-in-cakephp read the comments

[23kulpamens]

Thats why i use "classify" instead of "singularize". And this solution works fine. Check the Inflector documentation book.cakephp.org/view/1479/Class-methods

[user6972]

What about when you need to create a form dynamically in an element?

[António Almeida]

Bad idea, look at this example: Territory > Territories, this will not work with your code.

[Mirko Pagliai]

This is partially true, because if the model is part of a plugin, it will return the name including plugin (eg, Plugin.Model). You may need to split the name

[Berry M.]

@ToniAlmeida is right, use Inflector::singularize($controller) instead. This might also have weird results if your controller /starts/ with an "s".