如何在cakephp中调用控制器时立即调用函数

Question

I am creating a simple website in cakephp.

I have kept header and footer in "element" but my problem is that menu of header is coming from database and it will not be available until I call a function.

I want as soon as controller is called function of menu should be called by own.

Answer 1

In your AppController add this:

function beforeFilter(){
    $this->set('menu', $this->YourModel->findById('Id of your menu data row in database'));
}

Then, in the view, the menu will be accessible by calling echo $menu['yourModel']['menu'];