Dynamic layouts in CakePHP

Question

Sorry for the title of the question, but I could not find a more suitable way to formulate this.

I am currently creating a CakePHP-based website, and I'm not quite sure how to solve the following problem. The website looks something like this:

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Shaded areas are part of the layout because their contents do not change between views. In the sidebar, I have a collection of ads that are associated with several models. I need controller logic to determine the picture associated with the advertisement. In addition, the list of ads must be dynamic. Where can I put the logic for building the sidebar?

I'm thinking of:

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Answer 1

- , . AppController::beforeRender . , , . :

$menus = $this->NavMenuItem->groupByMenu();
$this->set( compact( 'menus' ) );

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<?php echo $this->element( 'navigation', array( 'id' => 'secondary', 'menu' => $menus['SECONDARY'] ) ) ?>

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Answer 2

, requestAction , cachable:

http://book.cakephp.org/view/434/requestAction

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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SQL, build() , . , $user = array ( " " ); :

$Sidebar = ClassRegistry::init('Sidebar');, $Sidebar->find();, $Sidebar->build(); ..

, build() , :

  $sidebar = ClassRegistry::init('Sidebar')->build();
  $this->set('sidebar', $sidebar);

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