CakePHP - Action not defined in controller

Question

I'm getting the missing action in controller from CakePHP, but the action home is defined in my controller and I've made an empty view for it.

<?php
class PagesController extends AppController {

    var $name = 'Pages';
    var $uses = array('Event', 'News', 'Person', 'Signup', 'Workshop', 'Course');

    function home() {
        $this->layout = 'main';
    }

    function news() {

    }

    function events() {

    }
}
?>

This is my routes file:

<?php

    Router::connect('/login', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'login'));
    Router::connect('/admin/logout', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' => 'logout'));
    Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'home'));

if you modify PagesController, you need to change the default routes too. — Anh Pham
this does not look like a very good approach. the pages controller is for static content; and you should not be including all your models in the uses array like that - it's considered bad practice. — Ross
I updated my post with my routes file, it still doesn't work, don't know what the problem is — 8vius

Will Parsons Will Parsons · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-11T17:17:43

Try this:

<?php
class PagesController extends AppController {

var $name = 'Pages';
var $uses = array('Event', 'News', 'Person', 'Signup', 'Workshop', 'Course');

function display() {

    $path = func_get_args();

    $count = count($path);
    if (!$count) {
        $this->redirect('/');
    }
    $page = $subpage = $title_for_layout = null;

    if (!empty($path[0])) {
        $page = $path[0];
    }
    if (!empty($path[1])) {
        $subpage = $path[1];
    }
    $this->set(compact('page', 'subpage', 'title_for_layout'));

    switch ($page) {
        case 'home':
            $this->_home();
            $this->render('home');
        break;
        default:
            $this->render(implode('/', $path));
    }
}

function _home() {
    $this->layout = 'main';
}

function news() {

}

function events() {

}
}
?>

And place this line at the top of your routes:

    Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'home'));

CakePHP - Action not defined in controller

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