CakePHP - How to return string (like JSON) from controller action to Ajax request

Question

So I have my JavaScript making an Ajax call to /my_controller/ajax_action but then in the controller I don\'t know what to do to output something back to the Ja

Answer 1

try this:

within your view folder for the corresponding controller(my_controller) make a folder named json and place a file named index.ctp and within that ctp file write this code:

within your my_controller in index() wrote this code:

$this->set('yourVariableNameReturnedFromController', $this->YOURMODEL->find('all'));

within your app_controller.php(if not exist you have to made it) write this code

function beforeFilter(){
  if ($this->RequestHandler->ext == 'json') {
     Configure::write('debug', 0);
  }
}