Old post found from 2019/06/15 at 7:55 pm in Drafts. Published April 2025
private $fileTemplateName = [];
/**
* @param $cascade
*/
public function beforeDelete($cascade = true)
{
$this->fileTemplateName = $this->findById($this->id);
return true;
}
public function afterDelete()
{
$filename = $this->fileTemplateName['PrintTemplate']['file_template'];
$fileToDelete = WWW_ROOT . Configure::read('GLABELS_ROOT') . DS . $filename;
$file = new File($fileToDelete);
$file->delete();
}
This was a work-a-round because despite CakePHP 2 documentation showing use of $this->data to access record data in the above callbacks $this->data was empty in both afterDelete and beforeDelete for me.
So the answer is in beforeDelete use $this->id to find the record and save it in a class property and then from afterDelete use the record array as needed
Versions: CakePHP 2.10.8 & PHP 7.2
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