call controller function from views in cake php

Question

I want to call a controller function from a view. Is that possible in Cake PHP?

Answer 1

It is possible via the requestAction method, but it is not recommended due to a slight performance hit. Use it wisely.

As Xr noted in the comment, using requestAction often signifies design issues (MVC separation).

Answer 2

Yeap use requestMethod with Caching

$out = Cache::read('savedincache');
if(empty($out)){
   $out = $this->requestAction('/articles/myfunction');
   Cache::write('savedincache', $out);
}

in /app/controllers/articles_controller.php

function myfunction(){
   $out = $this->Article->find('all');
   return $out
}