Hi,

I'm trying to run certain default filters defined in my application_controller and then add special filters in subcontrollers as needed. Right now, I've set it up like this:

class ApplicationController extends AkActionController 
{
    var $models = "customer";

    function __construct() 
    {
        $this->beforeFilter( 'app_setup' );
        $this->afterFilter( 'app_cleanup' );
    }

    function app_setup( & $controller ) 
    {
        $_SESSION['customer'] = $controller->Customer->find($_SESSION['customer_id']);
    }

    function app_cleanup()
    {
        $_SESSION['customer'] = null;
    }

    function login_required() {...}
}

Then in my other controllers that are derived from ApplicationController:

class XyzController extends ApplicationController 
{
    var $models = "customer";

    function __construct() 
    {
        $this->beforeFilter( 'login_required' );
    }
}

Like this, the app_setup seems to get called before handling Requests to Xyz. The problem is that when I run actions in XyzController that access the customer in the session, I get an error saying that the customer object was 'incomplete':

Isn't it enough to include 'customer' to the $models variable in this case?

Regards, Tom

Aha, ok. Seems my filters get called when I arrange it like that (i.e. calling the parent constructor in xyz_controller, adding filters to the chains in both application or xyz controller).

There seems to be a problem with the $_SESSION, however. Objects I put there in my before filter are not available thereafter...

They do.

Try a test:

in appContr:

• var $TestFilters=array();

in any filter/action you like to test:

• $this->TestFilters[] = 'im inside xyz';

in your view:

{loop TestFilters} <p>{TestFilter}</p> {end}

expected, filters are around actions.

"afterView" is right before the destructors ;-)