CakePHP - Fatal error: Call to undefined function

Question

I get the Error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function getAvnet() in C:\xampp\htdocs\ems\app\controllers\queries_controller.php on line 23

when accessing the source file attached.

The line is:

$ret = getAvnet('de', $searchstring);

supposably calling

function getAvnet($country, $query)

The Source File

Answer 1

You need to use

$ret = $this->getAvnet('de', $searchstring);

In general you need to use $this-> when accessing class methods and variables.

Read: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.basic.php