Show a pdf on CakePhp after creating and seving it - pdf

Question

it's my first post so sorry in case i will do some mistakes. I am getting mad from this morning because of this function:
public function viewpdf0($agent_id = null, $month = null, $year = null){
if(!empty($agent_id)){
$this->create_remittance($agent_id, $month, $year);
$this->layout = '/pdf/default';
$this->render('/Pdf/remittance_0');
sleep(1);
$this->redirect('/files/remittances/STAT_'.str_pad($month, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).'_'.str_pad($year, 0, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).'_'.$agent['Registry']['hash'].'_TEMP.pdf');
}
}
The problem started when i decided to take off the calculations from the viewpdf0 function and putting it into the create_remittance function.
When i click on the button "Print Pdf" i get the following error:
Missind Controller for files. This mean that the Cakephp is processing the redirect thinking to find a controller called files!!!!
It's very strange, because if i put again the calculation functions directly inside the viewpdf0 function it works.
Below part of the create_remittance function:
public function create_remittance($agent_id = null, $month = null, $year = null) {
$agent = $this->Registry->findById($agent_id);
$this->set('agent', $agent);
$conditions = array();
array_push($conditions , array('Dossier.active' => '1'));
array_push($conditions , array('Edossier.active' => '1'));
array_push($conditions , array('OR' =>
array(
array(
'Dossier.item_parent_id' => '43'
),
array(
'Dossier.item_parent_id' => '44'
)
)
));
//20:POLIZZA EMESSA - 17:PERFEZIONATA - 14:ATTESA DOC. ORIGINALI - 18:CARICATA
array_push($conditions , array('Dossier.state_id' => array(20,17,14,18)));
array_push($conditions , array('EXTRACT(MONTH FROM "Edossier"."date_emissione") =' => $month));
array_push($conditions , array('EXTRACT(YEAR FROM "Edossier"."date_emissione") =' => $year));
array_push($conditions , array('Dossier.agent_id' => $agent_id));
$query = array(
'fields' => array( 'DISTINCT Dossier.id',
'Agent.surname'
),
'joins' => array(
array('table' => 'items',
'alias' => 'Item',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.item_id = Item.id'),
),
array('table' => 'edossiers',
'alias' => 'Edossier',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Edossier.dossier_id = Dossier.id'),
),
array('table' => 'registries',
'alias' => 'Registry',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.registry_id = Registry.id'),
),
array('table' => 'registries',
'alias' => 'Agency',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.insurance_agency_id = Agency.id'),
),
array('table' => 'registries',
'alias' => 'Company',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.insurance_company_id = Company.id'),
),
array('table' => 'states',
'alias' => 'State',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.state_id = State.id'),
),
array('table' => 'categories',
'alias' => 'Product',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.item_parent_id = Product.id'),
),
array('table' => 'registries',
'alias' => 'Agent',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.agent_id = Agent.id'),
),
array('table' => 'states',
'alias' => 'RenewedState',
'type' => 'LEFT',
'conditions' => array('Dossier.renewed_state_id = RenewedState.id'),
),
),
'conditions' => $conditions,
'recursive' => -1
);
$dossiers = $this->Dossier->find('all', $query);
$this->set('dossiers', $dossiers);
$debug_dossier = '';
$edossiers = array();
$edossiers3 = array();
$dossier_ids = array();
$total_gross = 0;
$total_taxes = 0;
$total_equity = 0;
$total_fees_gross = 0;
$total_bill_tax = 0;
foreach($dossiers as $dossier){
// Query su type=1 ossia rata di pagamento
$edossier_all = $this->Edossier->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array(
'Edossier.active' => '1',
'Edossier.dossier_id' => $dossier['Dossier']['id'],
'Edossier.type' => '1',
'Edossier.month' => $month,
'Edossier.year' => $year
),
'order' => array(
'Edossier.id ASC'
)
));
// Query su type=2 ossia storno di pagamento
$edossier3_all = $this->Edossier->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array(
'Edossier.active' => '1',
'Edossier.dossier_id' => $dossier['Dossier']['id'],
'Edossier.type' => '2',
'Edossier.month' => $month,
'Edossier.year' => $year
),
'order' => array(
'Edossier.id ASC'
)
));
foreach($edossier_all as $edossier){
if(!empty($edossier)){
$item = $this->Item->findById($edossier['Dossier']['item_id']);
$agent_name = $this->Registry->findById($edossier['Dossier']['agent_id']);
$state = $this->State->findById($edossier['Dossier']['state_id']);
$registry = $this->Registry->findById($edossier['Dossier']['registry_id']);
$cashflow = $this->Cashflow->findByHash($edossier['Edossier']['cashflow_hash']);
$edossier['Agent'] = $agent_name;
$edossier['Item'] = $item;
$edossier['State'] = $state;
$edossier['Registry'] = $registry;
$edossier['Cashflow'] = $cashflow;
array_push($edossiers, $edossier);
$total_gross = $total_gross + $edossier['Edossier']['gross'];
$total_taxes = $total_taxes + $edossier['Edossier']['taxes'];
$total_equity = $total_equity + $edossier['Edossier']['equity'];
$total_fees_gross = $total_fees_gross + $edossier['Edossier']['fees_gross'];
$total_bill_tax = $total_bill_tax + $edossier['Edossier']['bill_tax'];
}
}
foreach($edossier3_all as $edossier3){
if(!empty($edossier3)){
$total_gross = $total_gross - $edossier3['Edossier']['value'];
$total_taxes = $total_taxes - $edossier3['Edossier']['taxes'];
$total_equity = $total_equity - $edossier3['Edossier']['equity'];
$total_fees_gross = $total_fees_gross - $edossier3['Edossier']['fees_gross'];
$total_bill_tax = $total_bill_tax - $edossier3['Edossier']['bill_tax'];
array_push($edossiers3, $edossier3);
}
}
array_push($dossier_ids, $dossier['Dossier']['id']);
$debug_dossier .= $dossier['Dossier']['id'] .',';
}
//Trovo tutte le rate pagate per conteggiare il totale pagato, nelle successive righe
$edossiers2 = $this->Edossier->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array(
'Edossier.active' => '1',
'Edossier.dossier_id' => $dossier_ids,
'Edossier.payed' => '1',
'Edossier.month' => $month,
'Edossier.year' => $year
)
));
$edossier_ids = array();
foreach($edossiers as $edossier){
array_push($edossier_ids, $edossier['Edossier']['id']);
}
$total_payed = 0;
foreach($edossiers2 as $edossier2){
//$cashflow = $this->Cashflow->findByHash($edossier2['Edossier']['cashflow_hash']);
//$total_payed = $total_payed + $cashflow['Cashflow']['qty'];
$cashflows = $this->Cashflow->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array(
'Cashflow.edossier_id' => $edossier2['Edossier']['id'],
'Cashflow.active' => '1'
)
));
foreach ($cashflows as $cashflow) {
$total_payed = $total_payed + $cashflow['Cashflow']['qty'];
}
}
$this->set('total_gross', $total_gross);
$this->set('total_taxes', $total_taxes);
$this->set('total_equity', $total_equity);
$this->set('total_fees_gross', $total_fees_gross);
$this->set('total_bill_tax', $total_bill_tax);
$this->set('total_payed', $total_payed);
$this->set('edossiers3', $edossiers3);
$this->set('edossiers2', $edossiers2);
$this->set('edossiers', $edossiers);
$this->set('agent', $agent);
$this->set('dossier_ids', $dossier_ids);
$this->set('edossier_ids', $edossier_ids);
$this->set('month', $month);
$this->set('year', $year);
$this->set('debug_dossier', $debug_dossier);
}

Answer 1

I solved the issue just inserting an array return in the function create_remittance and in the function viewpdf0 i fixed in this way:
$remittance = $this->create_remittance($agent_id, $month, $year);
Thank you.