In View(CakePHP), the proper way to get current controller?

Question

In View, I can get action by using

$this->action

But, I cannot get controller name by

$this->controller

Answer 1

All the other solutions are to get the controller name... I need the controller itself, so I did the following function in an AdminHelper.php called by $this->Admin->_getController('MyControllerName') into the view.ctp file

/******************************************************************
 * 
 ******************************************************************/
function _getController( $pControllerName ){
    if ( ! isset($this->controllersArray[$pControllerName]) ){
        $importRes = App::import('Controller', $pControllerName);// The same as require('controllers/users_controller.php');
        $strToEval = "\$controller = new ".$pControllerName."Controller;";
        $evalRes = eval($strToEval);
        if ( $evalRes === false ){
            throw new AppException("Eval returned an error into ".__FILE__." getController()");
        }
        $controller->constructClasses();// If we want the model associations, components, etc to be loaded
        $this->controllersArray[$pControllerName] = $controller;
    }

    $result = $this->controllersArray[$pControllerName];
    return $result;
}

Note: don't forget to declare it into the controller you'll use for example:

• people/view.ctp -> $this->Admin->_getController('MyControllerName')
• PeopleController.ctp -> var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form', 'Admin');
• AdminHelper.ctp -> function _getController(...