In CakePhp 2.0, using CakeEmail new Component seems to not output flash message:
In my controller I put:
$email = new CakeEmail(array('log'=>true));
$email->transport('Debug');
and in my view
echo $this->Session->flash('email');
But nothing is printed out.
Has that function (flash) been removed in 2.0?
none of the cake email libs or components or transport classes touch the session or write any such flash content. they never did as far is I know.
but they return the email content as array for the DebugTransport.
so you would want to fetch the returned array and log it away:
$res = $this->Email->send();
$this->Session->setFlash($res ? 'Email sent' : 'Email not sent');
or sth like that.
Of course there is flash function in cakephp 2.0 for details check it here: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/components/sessions.html
If you want to get ur flash message in your view you have to first set it in your Controller action.
//controller
$this->Session->setFlash('email');
//view
echo $this->Session->flash();
// The above will output.
<div id="flashMessage" class="message">
'email'.
</div>
In Cake 2.x the debug transport doesn't set the email content in session. Just check the return value, $contents = $email->send();. $contents will contain the headers and message so use them as required.
$response = $Email->send();
$response['headers']; // headers as string
$response['message']; // message body with attachments
$this->Session->setFlash($response['headers'].$response['message']);
Make sure you have the following in your layout file.
echo $this->Session->flash();
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I use html2pdf, which is based on TCPDF, in CakePhp to render Views in PDF.
However, sometimes the generation hangs, I mean the browser freezes and never receives data.
There is a way to debug such a behavior? In apache logs I do not see any kind of error...
$this->set(compact('quotation','company','user'));
$view = new View(null, false);
$view->set(compact('quotation','company','user'));
$view->viewPath = 'Quotations';
$view->layout = 'preventivo';
if ($quotation['Quotation']['quotation_type'] == SERVICE)
{
$content = $view->render('print_s_template');
$this->set(compact('content'));
$this->response->type('pdf');
$this->render('print');
the print.ctp has
App::import('Vendor', 'HTML2PDF', array('file' => 'html2pdf'.DS.'html2pdf.class.php'));
$html2pdf = new HTML2PDF('P','A4','it');
$html2pdf->WriteHTML($content);
$html2pdf->Output('exemple.pdf');
and the html is in print_s_template.ctp.
I found a solution myself. The problem is that I forgot to pass some variables to the View $view. And I suppose cake throw an error which, next, html2pdf cannot "render".
So: double check that all the variables in the view do exist!
To confirm a purchase I must send an e-mail to the customer with her shopping cart details. I'd like to test the HTML template to use the appropiate CSS, and of course to check the data that arrives to it.
What code should I use instead of setting the Email parameters, to watch how the template will render on the Email?
I'm all new on CakePHP, so your help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
~José
This is CakePHP 1.3, but I have a feeling it may work well with 2.0 as well. While there may be other ways to do it, I do by creating a test action in any controller, then return a render call of the email template. Check this out:
function email_test()
{
$this->layout = 'email/html/default';
$user = $this->User->findById(1);
$this->set('name', $user['User']['firstname']);
$this->set('email_heading', 'Welcome to My App');
return $this->render('/elements/email/html/welcome');
}
This action will now render out your email in the browser.
Use the debug transport for testing.
If you want to make it more comfortable write your own transport that creates a new html file in for example APP/tmp/email/.html See the debug transport class as a reference, it's dead easy to do this http://api20.cakephp.org/view_source/debug-transport#l-34
See also the book -> http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/email.html#using-transports
Here is the simple method I use to show html/plain text content of email in browser that I want to send using cakephp email class i.e. App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');.
Just do an exit at the end of email template file or (email layout file) and then try to send email. it will render the email content.
HTH.
$this->Email->to = $user_id_array[0]['User']['email'];
$this->Email->subject = $arrTemplate[0]['EmailTemplate']['subject'];
$this->Email->replyTo = 'Admin<admin#indianic.com>';
$this->Email->from = 'Admin<admin#indianic.com>';
$this->Email->sendAs = 'html';
$this->Email->template = '/elements/email/html/warning_message';
$this->set('email_message',$arrTemplate[0]['EmailTemplate']['body']);
$this->Email->send();
in this way you can set template for email
If you want to print your email template on localhost for testing then you can use this code.
$this->Email->send();
print_r($this->Email->htmlMessage);
I try to update ads group with batch request. Everything is going fine if not add image_file param but when add it return an error.
My ad_specs;
Array
(
[method] => post
[relative_url] => 6003452316521?name=ReklamGrubu915&max_bid=50&bid_type=1&targeting={"gender":["1","2"],"age_min":"30","age_max":"40","countries":["TR"],"keywords":["#Nike, Inc."],"cities":[{"name":"Istanbul"},{"name":"Ankara"},{"name":"Izmir"}]}&creative={"title":"Ev Yemekleri","body":"Evde harika lezzetler!","link_url":"http://www.xxxxx.com/dealer.php?kat=334","image_file":"img17.jpg"}
)
And also add image to batch_params
$batch_params['img17.jpg'] = '/var/www/images/img17.jpg'
i send it but its return this error;
Error 1487242 - Image Resize Failed - the getimagesize function returned false
If i remove image_file param every update is going fine so batch request true. Image file exist in right directory. i try to change image_file params to 'attached_files'. Then there is no errors looking everything went right, return data is true but i see facebook ads manage page there is no image change?
Any ideas ? May its a bug please help ? I am using PHP SDK.
When you specify the file name of image in your creative, you have to add the image file as multi-part MIME POST. You are currently giving the image path. ($batch_params['img17.jpg'] = '/var/www/images/img17.jpg'). Effectively you need to upload the image to facebook with request.
Alternatively, you can first create a image in library using Fb Ad Image Api and then use the image_hash in creative.
$image = new AdImage(null, 'act_<ACCOUNT_ID>');
$image->{AdImageFields::FILENAME} = '<IMAGE_PATH>';
$image->create();
echo 'Image Hash: '.$image->{AdImageFields::HASH}.PHP_EOL;
and then
$creative = new AdCreative(null, 'act_<ACCOUNT_ID>');
$creative->setData(array(
AdCreativeFields::TITLE => 'My Test Creative',
AdCreativeFields::BODY => 'My Test Ad Creative Body',
AdCreativeFields::OBJECT_URL => 'https://www.facebook.com/facebook',
AdCreativeFields::IMAGE_HASH => '<IMAGE_HASH>',
));
What is the best way to spit out XML for webservice in CakePHP?
I have it like the following but it's displaying an empty page.
Sample call /service/config.xml
In Controller
var $helpers = array('Xml');
function config() {
$this->autoRender = false;
$obj = array("response" => array("config" => array(...)));
$objXmlHelper = new XmlHelper();
$objXml = $objXmlHelper->header();
$objXml .= $objXmlHelper->serilize($obj);
echo $objXml;
}
That gives empty page. However, if I echo json_encode($obj); that actually prints out json.
Thanks,
Tee
You probably have an error in your code. My guess is you are not including the XML helper.
Check you CakePHP (app/tmp/logs/) and PHP logs. In addition you may need to set the DEBUG flag to a higher level ( i.e. > 0).
I'd also recommend considering moving such things to a model. Web Services are typically data access layers and that belongs in the Model.
I'm just getting started with cakePHP, and things aren't going so well so far.
I have a controller that handles confirming user emails. On registration the user is sent an email with a confirmcode in a link. Depending on the confirm code they give, the controller gives different text responses. One of these responses includes a hyperlink in order to log in.
I'm trying to use the Html helper, but although I've loaded it in $helpers at the top of the class, I an only make it work if I then use App::import, and then instantiate it.
It all seems overkill to simply make a hyperlink! How many times do I have to load the same class?
Wherever I look on the web it keeps telling me it's a bad idea to use a helper in a controller, but how else am I supposed to get the link made?
So I have
var $helpers = array('Html');
at the top of the controller, and:
if (isset($this->User->id)) { // Check the user's entered it right
// Do some stuff to remember the user has confirmed
// This is to load the html helper - supposedly bad form, but how else do I make the link?
App::import('Helper', 'Html');
$html = new HtmlHelper();
$this->set('message', __("Your email address has been confirmed.", TRUE)." ".$html->link(__("Please log in", TRUE), array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" )));
} else {
$this->set('message', __("Please check your mail for the correct URL to confirm your account", TRUE));
}
in the controller's confirm method and
<div>
<?php echo $message;?>
</div>
in the view to output the resulting message
Surely I'm going wrong somewhere - can anyone explain how?
You're not supposed to use Helpers in the Controller. As #Lincoln pointed out, you should construct the link in the View. You may construct the URL in the Controller, since a URL is basically data, but a link is a very medium-specific (HTML) implementation of a URL.
Either way, you'll need to create a full URL (including host) if you want to send it in an Email. The most universal way is to use Router::url:
$fullUrl = Router::url(array('controller' => ...), true); // 'true' for full URL
Do this in either the Controller or the View. For creating a link, use this in the View:
echo $html->link('Title', $fullUrl);
The idea is that all the data you need to render the page is sent to the view with set, then any conditional logic or formatting is done in the view with helpers, so send whole query results when appropriate (suppose you need to alter a link to include the user's screen name, you'll have it handy).
in controller action
$this->set('user', $this->User);
in view (this is slightly different depending on if your in <= 1.2 or 1.3
if ($user->id) //available because of Controller->set
{
//1.2
$link = $html->link(__("Please log in", TRUE), array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" ));
//1.3
$link = $this->Html->link(__("Please log in", TRUE), array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" ));
echo __("Your email address has been confirmed.", TRUE)." $link";
}
else
{
$this->set('message', __("Please check your mail for the correct URL to confirm your account", TRUE));
}
What you are trying to do should be done with the SessionComponent. $this->Session->setFlash('your message here');
and in your layout with the session helper put $this->Session->flash();
About your wanting urls in the controller, Router::url is correct as deceze said, but there is no use for it there as you should not be building html in a controller.
what you want to do it use the session::setFlash() method above and then redirect them using
$this->redirect(array('controller' => "users", 'action' => "login" ));