Symfony: set cookie from model?

Question

Is it possible to set (or retrieve) cookies from the model layer?

Granted that the model layer is intended for 'business logic', the logic I need requires a little interaction with the request and response.

Answer 1

I suggest you process and store your cookie value in your model:

class ModelTable
{
  protected $cookie = null;

  public function getCookie()
  {
    return $this->cookie;
  }

  public function setCookie($value)
  {
    $this->cookie = $value;
  }
}

And use postExecute of your action to set cookie:

class yourActions extends sfActions
{
  public function executeIndex(sfWebRequest $request)
  {
    ModelTable::getInstance()->setCookie('bla');
  }

  public function postExecute()
  {
    $cookie = ModelTable::getInstance()->getCookie();
    $this->getResponse()->setCookie('name', $cookie, time() + 24 * 3600);
  }
}

It's always better to stick to MVC model: controller calls model for info and build the response, not the other way around.