Question

I have a function in my Comic Model as such:

<?php

class Comic extends AppModel
{
    var $name = "Comic";
    // Methods for retriving information.
    function testFunc(){
        $mr = $this->find('all');
        return $mr;
    }
}
?>

And I am calling it in my controller as such:

<?php
class ComicController extends AppController
{
   var $name = "Comic";
   var $uses = array('Comic');
   function index()
   {
  }
  function view($q)
  {
    $this->set('array',$this->Comic->testFunc());
  }
}
?>

When I try to load up the page; I get the following error:

Warning (512): SQL Error: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘testFunc’ at line 1 [CORE/cake/libs/model/datasources/dbo_source.php, line 525]
Query: testFunc

And the SQL dump looks like this:

(default) 2 queries took 1 ms
Nr Query Error Affected Num. rows Took (ms)
1 DESCRIBE comics 10 10 1
2 testFunc 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘testFunc’ at line 1 0

So it looks like, instead of running the testFunc() function, it is trying to run a query of “testFunc” and failing…

Answer 1

OK, I was finally able to reproduce the same error. I suspected the error was Cake trying to “automagically” create model functionality, which it does when it can’t find a model matching the controller. So, what I did was create the controller (app/controllers/comic_controller.php) but not a model. I used the original poster’s exact controller code, and when I tried to invoke the Comic::view action, I got the same error.

I can only conclude that, similar to the other departures from Cake’s naming conventions, the original poster named the model file in a funny way (e.g. app/models/comics.php) such that Cake was unable to find it, and attempted to compensate with magic. And failed.

So, to underscore my first comment to the original question, I strongly recommend following the conventions! At the very least, start by following them, then break them one at a time, so that when something breaks, you know why.

For a “Comics” module, here are the basic components in the conventional naming scheme:

• Controller:
  • class name: ComicsController extends AppController
  • filename: app/controller/comics_controller.php
• Model:
  • class name: Comic extends AppModel
  • filename: app/controller/comic.php
• Views directory: app/views/comics/
• Database table: comics