Cakephp overide Controller constructer - oop

Question

I would to override constroller constrcuter's like this :
class XControler extends AppController {
public $attr = null;
public __construct(){
$this->attr = new YController();
}
}
But when I do that I take error ! can you explain me why and how I do that with out using requestAction just OOP !
thanks

Answer 1

Controllers are responsible for dealing with end user requests. Each controller action should have a view, and normally you would not want to access the methods from YController inside XController.
What you want to achieve can be done this way:
XController.php
App::uses('YController', 'Controller');
class XController extends AppController {
public $attr;
public $uses = array('Person');
public function __construct($request = null, $response = null) {
$this->attr = new YController();
parent::__construct($request, $response);
}
public function method1() {
// you can now call methods from YController:
$this->attr->Ymethod1();
}
}
YController.php
class YController extends AppController {
public function Ymethod1() {
// ....
}
}
However, the business logic should be inside Models or Components. This is the proper way to share methods between more controllers.
So your XController should look like:
class XController extends AppController {
public $uses = array('Model1');
public function action1() {
$this->Model1->method1();
// ....
}
}