this method fetches the timesheet record based on $timesheet_id and is supposed to pass it to the element containing the bootstrap modal

gistfile1.php

 public function fetch_timesheet($id = null) { 
                
                $this->autoRender = false;  
                $this->layout = 'ajax';  
                
                if(!$this->request->is('ajax')){
                        throw new MethodNotAllowedException(__('This method is not allowed within this context!'));
                }
                        $options = array(
                            'conditions' => array('Timesheet.' . $this->Timesheet->primaryKey => $id),
                            'contain' => array(
                            'Employee' => array(
                                'fields' => array('id', 'name'),
                                'EmploymentData' => array(
                                    'fields' => array('id', 'department_id'),
                                    'Department' => array(
                                        'fields' => array('id', 'name')
                                        )
                                    )
                                )
                             )
                        );
                        $this->Timesheet->recursive = -1;
                        $timesheet = $this->Timesheet->find('first', $options);
                        
                        $view = new View($this, false);
                        
                        //debug($timesheet) ; die;
                        
                        $content = $view->element('/Timesheet/view_modal', $timesheet);

                        $view->append('modal', $content);
                        
                        $this->set(compact('content','timesheet'));
                        
                        $this->render('/Elements/Timesheet/view_modal');
   
                
                return 'This is not allowed!';
                
        }