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

AutoRender=false and Return json_encode($code)

public function returningJsonData($estado_id){
    $this->autoRender = false;

    return json_encode($this->ModelBla->find('first',array(
        'conditions'=>array('Bla.bla_child_id'=>$estado_id)
    )));
}