my route:
Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'homepage'));
Router::connect('/admin', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'dashboard', 'admin' => true));
my Controller
class BrandsController extends AppController {
/**
* Components
*
* @var array
*/
public $components = array('Paginator', 'Session', 'Flash');
var $paginate = array('limit' => 100);
/**
* admin_index method
*
* @return void
*/
public function admin_index()
{
index method
}
public function admin_searches()
{
searches method
}
My link
<?php echo Router::url(array('controller' => 'brands', 'action' => 'searches')); ?>
I have a admin_searches.ctp file which has hello world text as well.
Problem is: When i have a href link as,
<a href="<?php echo Router::url(array('controller' => 'brands','action' => 'admin_index')); ?>">Brands List</a>
it works fine and displays the index page. Now when i want to display a search page "admin_searches,ctp" it wont. How may I route in the link or amend route file so that when i call the above link it invokes search method in my controller class
This is a authentication issue. Everytime i try to create a new file eg: admin_search and a controller method called admin_search it echoes "you are not permitted to acess this location." Therefore, to overcome this issue i had to include authentication of a method in beforeFilter();
public function beforeFilter() {
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->Auth->allow('admin_searches');
}