I’m looking to develop a notification system - to check for unread messages etc - the notification would run a couple of different controllers. Where is the best place to run the checks from?
I was thinking of breaking into the authentication side, and running it there somewhere (would obviously only run if logged in) This feels like a bit of a hack though! I’m wondering if there is somewhere more appropriate.
Thanks
I would recommend using Yii’s event system:
Put this in main configuration file:
'behaviors' => array(
'onBeginRequest' => array(
'class' => 'application.components.CheckNotification',
),
),
And put this into components:
class CheckNotification extends CBehavior
{
public function attach($owner)
{
$owner->attachEventHandler('onBeginRequest', array($this, 'handleBeginRequest'));
}
public function handleBeginRequest($event)
{
//here comes actual code
}
}
This way you will have a piece of code executed before each and every page request.
I hope this may be of any help.
Just to say that this worked perfectly Ziggi! but alas I got lost on the next problem and forgot to say!
Cheers 
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