How to call a controller method from an action

Question

I'm new in CakepHP and I want to use a method (that returns a value) in an action in CakePHP 3. Sort of like this:

public function specify(){
       if(isObject1){
     // do something}
 }
private isObject1($objname){
 return true;
}

What is the right syntax?

Answer 1

CakePHP is PHP

The way to call a method from another method of the same class is the same as with any php project using objects - by using $this:

public function specify() {
    $something = 'define this';
    if($this->isObject1($something)) {
        // do something
    }
}

private function isObject1($objname) {
     return true;
}

There's more info on how to use objects in The PHP manual.