Transaction behavior

Sample model - note the $actsAs
To change default settings do:
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var $actsAs = array(’transaction’ => array(’keyName’ => ‘value’ );

Model Class:
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class Order extends AppModel
{
var $name = ‘Order’;
var $actsAs = array(‘transaction’);
var $hasMany = array(‘OrderDetail’);
?>
Controller Class:
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class OrderController extends AppController {
var $name = ‘Order’;
var $uses = array(‘Order’);
function checkout() {
if(!empty($this->data)) {
$this->Order->begin(); // Start [...]

Creating Reusable Elements with requestAction

Creating reusable elements with requestAction is very simple. At the end, we can even cache the element using the new feature in 1.2.
Start of with a simple controller.
Controller Class:
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class PostsController extends AppController {
var $name = ‘Posts’;
function index() {
$posts = $this->Post->findAll();
if(isset($this->params['requested'])) {
return $posts;
}
$this->set(‘posts’, $posts);
}
}
?>
So, we created the Posts controller and we gave it an [...]