CakePHP Event

gistfile1.txt

    // /app/Event/BlogEventListener.php
    <?php
    App::uses('CakeEventListener', 'Event');
     
    class BlogEventListener implements CakeEventListener {
     
      public function implementedEvents() {
        return array(
          'Controller.Blog.afterAdd' => 'myEventFunction', // assign event to function
        );
      }
     
      public function myEventFunction($event) {
        // $event->subject = the object the event was dispatched from
        // in this example $event->subject = BlogController
     
        $blog = $this->subject->Blog->find('first', array(
          'conditions' => array('Blog.id' => $event->subject->Blog->id)
        ))
        // whatever code you like here
      }
    ?>
     
    // /app/Controller/BlogsController.php
    <?php
    App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');
    App::uses('CakeEvent', 'Event');
    App::uses('BlogEventListener', 'Event');
     
    class BlogsController extends AppController {
      ...
      function beforeFilter() {
        parent::beforeFilter();
     
        // attach event
        $this->getEventManager()->attach(new BlogEventListener(), 'Controller.Blog.afterAdd');
      }
     
      function add() {
        ...
          if ($this->Blog->save($this->request->data)) {
            // dispatch event
            $this->getEventManager()->dispatch(new CakeEvent('Controller.Blog.afterAdd', $this));
     
            $this->Session->setFlash(__('The blog has been saved'));
            $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
          } else {
            $this->Session->setFlash(__('The blog could not be saved. Please, try again.'));
          }
        ...
      }
     
      ...
    }
     
    ?>