Question

Im writing ClearCache behavior.

It’s purpose is to delete some of custom cache files on every afterSave and afterDelete event of the model.

In order to delete right files i need to know name of controller and the name of action that called ModelWithClearCacheBehavior->save() or ModelWithClearCacheBehavior->delete()

My question is:
How to get those names inside behavior?

Answer 1

There is no an elegant solution about this (at least I don’t know it).

You can do it with a Configure::write class for example:

in your AppController’s beforeFilter() you can add the following code:

Configure::write('current_controller', $this->name);
Configure::write('current_action', $this->action);

later on in your behavior you can access them with

Configure::read('current_controller');
Configure::read('current_action');

You can access it because you set them before any model iterations.

For sure it’s not elegant but it’s working.