修复cakePHP中的'return'以从视图控制器函数返回Value

Question

I have a function inside of a view function inside of a model class in the model.php file that looks like this

function sqlToUnix($date){
    $YMDThenHMS = explode(" ", $date);
    $YMD = explode("-", $YMDThenHMS[0]);
    $HMS = explode(":", $YMDThenHMS[1]);
    $UnixTime = mktime($HMS[0], $HMS[1], $HMS[2], $YMD[1], $YMD[2], $YMD[0]);

    return $UnixTime;
}

The problem is, when it returns $UnixTime, The return value is usable inside the model controller specific view function but it won't render my view (stops script propogation)

Is there a place where I can build functions like this up for use ANYWHERE in ANY Controller?

Such as the function time() built into PHP itself, I want to be able to use sqlToUnix anywhere

Answer 1

I was able to fix the problem by storing the function in the appController.php and called the function when need be using

$this->sqlToUnix($SQLDate);

Sorry about asking the question but I just remembered the appController when I posted this ><