Actions guide

When using Actions, all the modules who will be receiving requests should map their actions in the Module::mapActions method, by calling Actions::mapAction.

​Actions is the default base core module because it is what you'll need in most cases. If you're experimenting with different ways of using Cherrycake, you can specify a different set of base modules in Engine::init​

When a request is received, Actions will look through all the mapped actions. If any of them matches the current request, it will load the associated module and run the mapped method.

​Actions calls mapActions methods on all available modules during its initialization, using the Engine::callMethodOnAllModules​

For example, the following module maps a simple action named home that will call the viewHome method when the root page / is requested:

<?php
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namespace CherrycakeApp\Modules;
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class Home extends \Cherrycake\Module {
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    public static function mapActions() {
        global $e;
        
        $e->Actions->mapAction([
            "home",
            new \Cherrycake\ActionHtml([
                "moduleType" => \Cherrycake\ACTION_MODULE_TYPE_APP,
                "moduleName" => "Home",
                "methodName" => "viewHome",
                "request" => new \Cherrycake\Request([
                    "pathComponents" => false
                ])
            ])
        ]);
        
    }
    
    function viewHome() {
        // Show the home page
    }
​
}