cakephp 2.5.1: catching misspelled function calls -

i have api wirtten , gave out instructions how it. example test login can call /api/login

now see in logs, keeps calling /api/login , gets error 500.

is there somehow way, catch such errors when calling /api/ controller functions? in case, send response error. wrong function call. not want send in general when error 500 happens. when /api/ related.

the error gets reported belongs fact calling in appcontroller::beforefilter() function

$this->api->check($username) 

and error when debug=2

call member function check() on non-object  

when call /api/login/ functions works perfect.

i forward tips! thanks!

the problem facing isn't casing of action (in php method names case insensitive), casing of controller. won't find apicontroller , therefore throw missing controller exception. appcontroller being invoked being extended cakeerrorcontroller used on errors.

i can assume $this->api refers model, , since actual controller cakeerrorcontroller, model of course isn't being loaded, hence non-object error.

there various ways solve problem, i'd hook in dispatcher.beforedispatch event , throw exception or define appropriate response if necessary, this:

// app/config/bootstrap.php  app::uses('cakeevent', 'event'); app::uses('cakeeventmanager', 'event');  cakeeventmanager::instance()->attach(     function(cakeevent $event) {         $controller = $event->data['request']->params['controller'];         $action = $event->data['request']->params['action'];          if(strtolower($controller) === 'api') {             $response = $event->data['response'];              if($controller !== 'api') {                 $response->statuscode('403');                 $response->body('invalid controller message');                 return $response;             }              if(strtolower($action) !== $action) {                 $response->statuscode('403');                 $response->body('invalid action method');                 return $response;             }         }     },     'dispatcher.beforedispatch',     array('priority' => 11) ); 

this enforce using lowercase controller , action in case api controller being targeted.

however mentioned, method names case insensitive, forcing lowercase actions isn't necessary technical point of view. anyways, it's example...