If you are using an Ajax Framework with CakePHP and receive the error message “Missing View”, then you need to add the following to your controller method:

function someMethod() {
     $this->autoRender = false;
}

Also, if you have debug turned on, you will receive a Parse error when JSON data is returned back. CakePHP set the debug level to 2 by default. You can turn it off in the app/config/core.php file by setting the debug level to 0. YOu probably don’t want to do this in the development environment. A better solution is to add the following to your controller method:

function someMethod() {
     $this->autoRender = false;
     if ( $this->RequestHandler->isAjax() ) {
          Configure::write ( 'debug', 0 );
     }
}

This let’s CakePHP know that it is an Ajax request. If you use this method, make sure that you add the RequestHandler Component to your controller.

class MyController extends AppController {
        var $components = array('RequestHandler');
}