my question is give it a way to parse a view file (.ctp) into a variable ? I want to create a ajax function that gives a ctp file or better says the content of this back. The call from the javascript to cakephp's controller work but now i doesnt now how i can get my specified ctp file in the template folder parse it into a variable and send it back to the javascript function.
Lets say, you are using the controller sites
and the view is index
.
app/Controller/SitesController.php:
public function index() {
if($this->request->is('ajax') {
// prepare output for ajax. best way to do is to prevent styled output
$this->render('TestView/index');
}
}
In your TestView/index.ctp
you can now prepare your output for ajax and just call the controller/action URL by AJAX:
$.ajax({
url: "/sites/index",
success: function(reponse) {
console.log(response); // here comes the output from /sites/index
}
});