Find all in CakePHP is dumping a semicolon in my view - cakephp

Question

I don't know what exactly is happening with my CakePHP app. It worked last week and I have literally changed nothing with that particular file.
When I use find 'all' in my controller it dumps a semi-colon in my view even if there is nothing in the view file.
Here is my code
$evts = $this->Event->find('all');
There is nothing in my view file. I don't know if it makes a difference but I'm using a json view.
As requested here is the complete code for the action
public function search(){
$this->Event->recursive = 2;
$conditions = array();
if(!empty($this->request->query['name'])){
$conditions = array('Event.name LIKE ' => "%" . str_replace(" ","%", $this->request->query['name']) . "%");
}
if(!empty($this->request->query['home'])){
$conditions = array('Event.home_team_id' => $this->request->query['home']);
}
if(!empty($this->request->query['away'])){
$conditions = array('Event.away_team_id' => $this->request->query['away']);
}
$limit = 25;
if(!empty($this->request->query['limit'])){
$limit = $this->request->query['limit'];
}
//$evts = $this->Event->find('all',array('conditions'=>array($conditions),'order' => array('Event.start_time'),'limit'=>$limit));
$evts = $this->Event->find('all');
$this->set('events',$evts);
}
Everything in the view has been commented out ... but here is the code anyway
$results = array();
$i = 0;
foreach ($events as $event) {
$results[$i]['id'] = $event['Event']['id'];
$results[$i]['label'] = $event['Event']['name'] . "(" . date_format(date_create($event['Event']['start_time']), 'D, jS M Y') . ")";
$results[$i]['value'] = $event['Event']['name'];
$results[$i]['home_team_name'] = $event['HomeTeam']['name'];
$results[$i]['away_team_name'] = $event['AwayTeam']['name'];
$results[$i]['sport_name'] = $event['Sport']['name'];
$results[$i]['tournament_name'] = $event['Tournament']['name'];
$results[$i]['start_time'] = $event['Event']['start_time'];
$results[$i]['img'] = $event['Event']['img_path'];
$results[$i]['listener_count'] = 0; //TODO Get the follower count
$i++;
}
echo json_encode($results);
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Answer 1

If you changed nothing with that particular file then perhaps you have installed callbacks (either in the controller or in the model) that echo that ";". Look for 'afterFind' calls...
Search your model and your controller folders for "echo statement". In fact you should search your entire app folder except for the Views folder.