[BarNunBoi]

I am having a small problem here....I keep getting Call to a member function find() on a non-object error message when I try to debug my Web App. With that said, I think that the problem lies within my naming conventions. Here is my code....

<?php 

class TeamsController extends AppController {

	var $name = 'Team';

	function index() {
		
		
		$this->set('teams', $this->team->find('all'));
	}

	function Welcome() {

	}
}

?>

With that said, I have a model named teams...

[Jstall]

Hi,

the line:

$this->set('teams', $this->team->find('all'));

the second argument to set() is the results of a method call(find()) on a property called team. The error you are getting is because the team property is not set to an instance of an object that has a accessible method called find().

For this to work you would need to have a property declared in your class, or in a class yours inherits from, that is set to an instance of an object that has the method find().

What kind of object do you expect $this->team to be?

[BarNunBoi]

I expected it to be records from mysql database....I am trying to display them in my view

This post has been edited by BarNunBoi: 25 April 2012 - 09:02 AM

[Jstall]

Hi,

Is a team property defined and set in your class or a parent class?

[BarNunBoi]

I dont believe so....can you give me an example...and please excuse me Im a self taught noobie!!

[BarNunBoi]

Someone just point me in the right direction....I am so stuck right now!!

[JackOfAllTrades]

You really need to read that CakePHP book thoroughly.

Assuming the model associated with the Teams controller is Team, then to access that model you must use

$this->Team->find('all')

[BarNunBoi]

$this->Team->find('all')

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My code is the exact same!!

[Jstall]

Hi,

Properties are variables that belong to a class or instance of an object. Just like any other variable they can be of different types. In your code you have a property called "name". Code inside a class can access non static properties with the syntax:

$this->property_name

You can set properties like so:

$this->property_name = value

In your code you are treating $this->team as if it was an object of some kind. What kind of object I can't say from the code that you provided. What made you think that using $this->team->find() would do what you wanted?

[BarNunBoi]

Actually I was following a tutorial with the exception of a couple more records.

Oh and thanks Jack for the -feedback.....Just go ahead and slam the noobie! Thats just swell!

[JackOfAllTrades]

You got negative rep from me because that post was pointless.

CakePHP adheres to a strict naming convention. If you deviate from that, you're making life more difficult.

Table names are plural
Model names are singular.
Controller names are plural.

Therefore, if your table is named teams, then your model should be Team and your controller should be TeamsController. Your $name variable in the controller should be 'Teams'.

[BarNunBoi]

Ok my naming conventions were correct...

[JackOfAllTrades]

So you changed this?

Your $name variable in the controller should be 'Teams'. 

[BarNunBoi]

yes I changed it. Not the fix though.......I am going over the documentation right now trying to figure out how to set and instance of an object with the find method....hopefully I will figure this out

[JackOfAllTrades]

Post your model code, the full controller code, and the names of the files for these classes.