Question

I have this model at app/models/product.php:

class Product extends AppModel 
{
    var $hasAndBelongsToMany = 'WishList';
    var $actAs = array('Domainable');   


    function beforeFind($query)
    {
        echo "A";   
    }


}

Which uses this Behavior at app/models/behaviors/Domainable.php:

class DomainableBehavior extends ModelBehavior 
{
    function beforeFind(&$model, $query)
    {
        echo "B";   
    }


}

When I view a Product page the A is echoed but the B is not. I get no error.

I don’t even think the Behavior is loading at all.

I set the file permissions on Domainable.php to 0777 – still not working so not a permissions problem.

I changed the line:

var $actAs = array('Domainable');

to:

var $actAs = array('does-not-exist'); 

I get no difference. No error.

First of all, I do not understand why: if the Behavior is not loaded it would not give me some sort of error message with a reason like: “not found” or “access denied.” Is this supposed to generate an error?

Answer 1

var $actAs = array('Domainable');

It needs to be $actsAs with the s instead.

And yes when you use the right variable name it does give an error when it can’t find the behavior.