I'm making a main app in CakePHP 1.3.10 that has a couple of plugins. In one of them, I need to use a very big array ($array_test) populated "manually".
The way I have it now (which works perfectly) is that I declare the array in the controller of the plugin that I want to use it in (plugin1_home_controller.php for example), doing something like var $array_test = array(1,2,3,4,5...), and I can access it perfectly from the views in that controller.
The thing is that I would prefer having the array declared somewhere else in the plugin, since it's too big, and then load it when I need it.
So I'm trying to create a array_test.php file with the array declared in it, put in /app/plugins/plugin1/webroot/php/array_test.php, and then load it from the view using include "/php/array_test.php" (I also tried include "/plugin1/php/array_test.php" as the CakeBook says in the plugins assets section), but none of them work.
How can I get the right path? Or is there any good alternative to what I want to do? Thank you so much in advance!
If your plugin is in the app's directory use:
APP_PATH.'plugins'.DS.'plugin1'.DS.'webroot'.DS.'php'.DS.'array_test.php'
If your plugin is installed in the common cake directory:
CORE_PATH.'plugins'.DS.'plugin1'.DS.'webroot'.DS.'php'.DS.'array_test.php'
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I'm creating a CakePHP 2.3 advanced installation (several apps -websites- that share one same lib folder where all of cake's core files are located). This works without any problems, I just edit the core.php file in the Config folder for each app so it knows where to find cake's files. The file system looks something like:
[root]
[cake-core-files]
[websites]
[website-1]
[app]
[plugins]
[vendors]
[website-2]
...
[website-N]
These different apps are in fact different in some things (they are different websites) but at the same time there's many things that are common to all of them (for example some models, controllers, functions...). What I would like to do, if possible, is to have those apps also share a bunch of controllers, models, etc so I can put them in one place, instead of replicating them now for each app.
I've seen the concept of vendors and plugins in CakePHP (I actually use plugins in those websites, but from the /app/plugins folder), but I'm not sure if that would work in my case, or how I would set that up. I guess the idea would be to have another folder (for example [shared_objects]) at the same level of [cake-core-files] and [websites], but I don't know how I would have to configure cake to do that or how to call those objects from each app.
Any ideas?
EDIT
Based on the comments/responses below I'm trying to do this using the App:build() function in the bootstrap.php, but I can't get it to work. This is what I've done:
Added a new folder where I want to put the stuff to share between all apps:
[root]
[cake-core-files]
[shared-stuff] --> NEW FOLDER
[Model]
[Config]
[websites]
[website-1]
etc...
Placed the model User.php inside the new folder [shared-stuff/Model]
Added this line in the bootstrap:
App::build(array('Model' => array('/path/to/shared-stuff/Model')));
Deleted the model User.php from its original location [website-1/app/Model]
After this steps, it seems to work, the model User.php is loaded correctly from the [shared-stuff] folder (I've tested that printing App::objects('Model');, the User model is listed). However, it actually doesn't work, when I call that model from the UsersController in the login() function, the login doesn't work (although I don't receive any kind of error, even with debug set to 2).
This model uses a database configuration different from the default one (the users table is located in a different database than the default one). I don't know if this matters.
One thing is for sure, if I leave the same exact User.php model in its original location ( [website-1/app/Model]) it all works fine, including the login, so it's a problem with how I try to configure all this sharing stuff, not the model itself.
Any ideas what am I doing wrong?
I think it could be useful to share some controller/model between multiple websites, and do it without a plugin: Using shared controller/model lets you to overwrite it if needed. It should happen simply copying the controller/model in the website's correct folder and the system should use it instead of the shared one!
EDIT: Wonderful, it works, but i think there is a little error in cake's official documentation: All paths should be terminated with a Directory separator! In the cakephp book there aren't trailing slash. Add it to your App::build path and everything will work perfectly!
You can have plugins in the core Plugins/ dir
[root]
[lib]
[Cake]
[Plugins]
[Available]
[To]
[All]
[website-1] // the 'app' dir -> https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/tree/master/app
[plugins]
[vendors]
[website-2] // you can have many of them named anything, 'app' is just one.
...
[website-N]
This folder specifically will make the plugins available to any app using the cake lib
EG:
Look at this. Copy app to website-1, repeat till website-n.
I am using JsMinFilter & CssMinFilter to compress all my CSS and JS files into one output file. This works fine for both, however the JS filter that I found a modified copy of somewhere, lets you keep important comments, e.g. copyright notices.
I know that there is a filter option for the CssMinFilter that can set the RemoveComments to false. However I can't seem to find any information about where I set that option when I am using this with CakePHP (ver 2.2.2), any one know where? Do I put it in my AppController or is it another config file I have to make for it?
Also I do have access to SASS and I know that there should be a filter for the Asset Compress to use to build my SASS files into css and then output as one file again. The Wiki on the plugin page for the Asset Compress is not detailed about where I can get this or how to plug it into my site, like the CssMinFilter?
Many Thanks
Glenn.
OK got a answer to some of it! Still do not know about how to important a SASS filter into CakePHP, so I will keep looking at that.
I have now moved to the YUI Compressor to do my CSS, which keeps all '!' marked comments within the file.
I also know that you can use this for the JavaScript, however when I do, it processes 6 errors when you add the Jquery and Jquery UI to the build, so for now I am still using the JsMinFilter.
I will repost a new question about eh YUI Compressor issue with my Jquery build.
Many Thanks
Glenn.
I'm running into a problem with GroupsController::build_acl()- http://book.cakephp.org/view/647/An-Automated-tool-for-creating-ACOs
It's taken me a while to track down the bug and now I've found it I'm not sure how to work around it.
Symptoms:
Not all methods for NodesController (defined by me) are returned.
Probable reason:
build_acl() imports a 3rd party plugin that also has a NodesController and a subsequent App::import() doesn't overwrite it.
I'm about to try two runs of the build, one with the plugin code commented out, but a more durable solution would be preferred!
I need a way to either drop an imported controller or force a re-import while remaining in scope.
you can not do what you want to do, think about straight php for a while. once you have used include('some/file.php'); how do you un-import it? you cant.
now the reason why you cant overwrite it is once again down to php. what happens if you run
<?php
include('some/file.php');
include('some/file.php');
?>
you will get errors about the class being defined already.
Cake is stopping this from happening, so the only (and correct way) is to not have 2 controllers with the same name. you can name them what ever you like and use the router to map to nice urls.
Turns out the plugin was redundant and not called anywhere in the application and would have broken it if it was as a class redefinition error would have ensued. After removal of the files everything worked okay.
I want to add captcha in myfile.ctp. For this i found source for captcha along with some resource files includs(js, php).
I know the folder for js files & include this file using <?php echo $javascript->link(array('ajax_captcha.js'));?>. But I don't know where to place .php file &
also how to include it in myfile.ctp
Or if anybody help me to implement Captcha in Cakephp.
For your js, use $javascript->link('ajax_captcha',false); Not the omission of the extension. false will place it in the section of the HTML. This will look for the script in webroot/js
Personally, I would just use a standard php include directive for the php side of things, bearing in mind that the location will be relative to webroot, i.e. '/myPHP/captcha.php'will be webroot/myPHP/captcha.php.
Don't forget, CakePHP is PHP.
I'd use a plugin or component, http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/captcha-component-with-phpcaptcha
This works very well with PHPCaptcha for all your Human vs Computer shenanigans. Feel free to google around for your preferred plugin/component.
There is another article in the bakery - Integrate CakePHP with Kcaptcha (read the comments there too). I have successfully implemented kcaptcha in my application.
Elements are a good way to pull code that gets sprinkled over and over around various views:
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views.html#elements
I want to use OpenAds in CakePHP, how can I install it? I put the OpenAds folder in my vendors folder and tried to change the URL in the Router but it did not work.
I think you need to do a lot more than that.
You should place the OpenAds folder in /webroot to start with.
Then you probably want to create a small Helper or Element that can give you the right invocation codes for OpenAds. You should analyse the invocation codes OpenAds gives you and create a Helper that can fill in the blanks like zone ids and so on.