Phalcon Initialize() is not working

Question

I have 2 Controllers, TEST1Controller and TEST2Controller

In TEST2Controller I have a initialize() function setting value of a property.

If I try to access TEST2Controller directly from the browser, everything works perfectly.

But when I call a TEST2Controller method from TEST1Controller, it seems that initialize() function is not being called in TEST2Controller.

TEST1Controller:

namespace Modcont\Controller;

use Modcont\Controller\Test2Controller;

class Test1Controller extends BaseController
{

    function gettestAction()
    {
       $t = new Test2Controller(); // calling TEST2 Controller Method Within TEST1 Controller
       echo $t->dotestAction(" MYAPP ");
    }    
}

TEST2Controller:

namespace Modcont\Controller;

class Test2Controller extends BaseController
{   
    public $prefix;
    function initialize()
    {
        $this->prefix = 'your name is';
    }

    function dotestAction($name)
    {
        return $this->prefix.' : '.$name; 
    } 

}

Answer 1

Phalcon offers two ways for controller initialization, thy are the initialize and onContruct methods. The basic difference between these two methods is that initialize is called only when a controller is created by the framework to proceed with the execution of an action. Since you instantiating a controller object ad-hoc, initialize will not be called, only onConstruct will. So you'll need to put your initialization logic there:

function onConstruct()
{
    $this->prefix = 'your name is';
}

Also, implementing native constructors in controller is discouraged, but if you do so, make sure to call the parent constructor in your own constructor: parent::__construct();.

All this information can be found in the Docs.