How can I generate view from controller without having/creating/getting the view.ctp file?

Question

When the 'posts/index' action is executed the 'views/posts/index.ctp' is called.

In 'views/posts/index.ctp' there is presentation of results.

I don't want to create/have/get that 'views/posts/index.ctp' file.

I want to present the result from the 'posts/index' action, I don't need 'views/posts/index.ctp' file.

How can I do this ?

minaz · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-08 03:07:39Z

You need to set the autorender to false:

$this->autoRender = false; //any echo's will be printed as the "view" echo "My Posts\n";

Optionally, you can even omit the layout by using:

$this->layout = false;

Mike · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-08 02:56:09Z

If you do not want a method to automatically load a view, you can set $this->autoRender = false inside that method.

You can also use the render() method to render a view whose path does not follow CakePHP conventions.

blivet · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-08 02:56:31Z

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If you don't want to create views you shouldn't be using a Model-View-Controller framework.

answered Sep 8, 2011 at 2:56

blivet

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cola Over a year ago

So is it geting like Model-Controller framework ? Note: this is only for one action, not for all actions.

blivet Over a year ago

I see. For some reason I got the idea you just didn't want to have anything to do with creating views. Out of curiosity, what makes this one action different from the others?

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