如何路由到CakePHP中的元素？

Question

Is it accepted (and possible) to route to an element in CakePHP? I have a sidebar which I'm loading content into dynamically through some ajax tabs, but upon initial pageload, I don't want to have to call the first tab through ajax, I'd just like to display the element itself with PHP.

I figured by moving it into an element, I can load just the content I want, and not the rest of the view elements.

Is this an ok practice? I figure that there may be some issues with Google trying to index the specific element, which would just show the content, and no view, so I guess I'd have to restrict that for this specific element as well.

Answer 1

Routing element is not the good way. You have to create new action and call the your element their. doing this you can still you the caching of cakePHP.