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CakePHP: Reorder lft rght columns in Tree models

webmaster — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:57:02 +0000

If you are using the Tree Behavior sometimes the lft and rght columns get out of sync, especially if you are adding and deleting records during development. Add the following action function to your app/app_controller.php or controller of your choice.

    /**
    * This is a maint function to recover/reorder the
    * lft/rght columns of a tree model.
    *
    */
    public function recover_tree( ) {
        $modelClass = $this->modelClass;
        if ( property_exists( $this->$modelClass->Behaviors, 'Tree' ) ) {
            if ( !$this->$modelClass->recover() ) {
                echo 'Error recovering acl tree';
            } else {
                echo $modelClass . ' reordered.';
            }
        } else {
            echo $modelClass . ' is not a tree model';
        }
        exit;
    }

CakePHP’s Acls implementation also uses this same Tree table structure. Since Acos and Aros often don’t have their own controllers the following function will allow you to reorder the lft rght columns in one shot. Again, add this to your AppController or controller of choice.

    /**
    * This is a maint function to recover/reorder the
    *  lft/rght columns of the aco and aro models.
    *
    */
    public function recover_acl_tree( ) {
        App::Import('Model', 'Aco' );
        App::Import('Model', 'Aro' );
        $Aco = new Aco;
        $Aro = new Aro;
        if ( !$Aco->recover() || !$Aro->recover() ) {
            echo 'Error recovering acl tree';
        } else {
            echo 'Aros and Acos reordered.';
        }
        exit;
    }

These methods/actions are meant to be called manually as you feel needed. If you would rather call them from other controller actions I would suggest prepending ‘_’ to the method names making them methods rather than url accessible actions.

Starting a CakePHP 2.0 Project with cakeinit

webmaster — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:11:46 +0000

The latest version of cakeinit (0.8.5) now includes support to create CakePHP 2.0 projects. To create a new project you only need two commands. This is an alternative to downloading the zip or tar.gz file and extracting.

# download cakeinit
curl http://cakeinit.pronique.com/cakeinit.php -o cakeinit.php
# Create an app called mycakeapp based on the cakephp-2.0 bundle
php ./cakeinit.php cakephp-2.0 mycakeapp

The cakephp-1.3 bundle has also been updated to pull the recently released CakePHP 1.3.11 version of the framework. If you get some ugly permission errors don’t forget to prepend sudo to the above commands.

How to Import CSV Data into MediaWiki as pages

webmaster — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:11:10 +0000

1.) Create a FREE account for the Mediawiki CSV Import tool.

2.) Upload your CSV file, making sure you have column names in the first row, ie.

State, Abbreviation, Population
Texas, TX, 24782302
California, CA, 36961664
Florida, FL, 18801310

3.) Define a Page Template by clicking on Add Template. The template can contain mediawiki mark and variable from your csv data file. The template you are defining represents one row of data per page.

Variables for the CSV example above would be {$State}, {$Abbreviation}, and {$Population}.

4.) Click Generate Merge File to build a Mediawiki XML Import file

5.) Download this xml file to your computer.

6.) Login to your Mediawiki site and goto Special Pages.

7.) Click on the Import Pages link and upload the XML file.

8.) That’s it, Mediawiki will show you a summary of imported pages that you can click and view.

Check out the Mediawiki CSV Import tool from PRONIQUE Software

Guide to CakePHP 2.0 Conventions

webmaster — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:34:29 +0000

With the release of CakePHP 2.0 you will see some big changes. With the release of 2.0 alpha I decided it was time to start tinkering and getting ready for 1.x migrations and will start new development with 2.x. This page serves as a quick intro and reference to these changes. If you are familiar with 1.x I’ve provided some side-by-side comparison of code.

Using git to clone CakePHP 2.0 alpha

prompt> git clone https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp.git myapp
prompt> cd myapp
prompt> git checkout 2.0.0-alpha

CamelCase directories and filenames

A late decision to 2.x is to use CamelCase class names and filenames. This is a welcome change as the CakePHP 1.x convention did not feel very natural. Also notice directories are not plural any more, ie controllers is now Controller, views is now View.

CakePHP 1.x

File: app/controllers/users_controller.php

class UsersController {
    var $name = 'Users';

}

CakePHP 2.x

File: app/Controller/UsersController.php

class UsersController {
    var $name = 'Users';

}

Views will follow the same convention for directories but not the actual .ctp view files.

Location of AppController.php (app_controller.php)

AppController now lives in app/Controller with all of your other controllers.

CakePHP 1.x

app/app_controller.php

CakePHP 2.x

app/Controller/AppController.php

Note: AppModel and AppController files do not exist in a new installation but it’s best practice to create and use these files.

Location of AppModel.php (app_model.php)

Like AppController, AppModel now lives in app/Model with all of your other models.

CakePHP 1.x

app/app_model.php

CakePHP 2.x

app/Model/AppModel.php

Note: AppModel and AppController files do not exist in a new installation but it’s best practice to create and use these files.

CakePHP 2.x Themes

Themes are enabled by setting two attributes on controllers. If you want to enable an application wide theme then you will apply this code to your AppController.

CakePHP 2.x

File: app/Controller/AppController.php

class AppController extends Controller {
    public function beforeRender() {
        $this->viewClass = 'Theme';
        $this->theme = 'MyTheme';
    }
}

The theme files as specified will need to be located in app/View/Themed/MyTheme/ and this directory will mirror the structure of View directory. Example, the default layout will be app/View/Themed/MyTheme/Layouts/default.ctp

app/Config/email.php

CakePHP 2.x introduces a new email.php configuration file. The syntax of this file will feel like database.php but deals with email specific configurations. You can specifiy multiple configurations for production, development, and testing.

File: app/Config/email.php.default

 The name of a supported transport; valid options are as follows:
 *		mail 		- Send using PHP mail function
 *		smtp		- Send using SMTP
 *
 * You can add custom transports (or override existing transports) by adding the
 * appropriate file to app/Network/Email.  Transports should be named 'YourTransport.php',
 * where 'Your' is the name of the transport.
 *
 * from =>
 * The origin email. See CakeEmail::from() about the valid values
 *
 */
class EmailConfig {

	public $default = array(
		'transport' => 'mail',
		'from' => 'you@localhost'
	);

	public $smtp = array(
		'transport' => 'smtp',
		'from' => array('My Site', 'site@localhost'),
		'host' => 'localhost',
		'port' => 25,
		'timeout' => 30,
		'username' => 'user',
		'password' => 'secret',
		'client' => null
	);

	public $fast = array(
		'from' => 'you@localhost',
		'sender' => null,
		'to' => null,
		'cc' => null,
		'bcc' => null,
		'replyTo' => null,
		'readReceipt' => null,
		'returnPath' => null,
		'messageId' => true,
		'subject' => null,
		'message' => null,
		'headers' => null,
		'viewRender' => null,
		'template' => false,
		'layout' => false,
		'viewVars' => null,
		'attachments' => null,
		'emailFormat' => null,
		'transport' => 'smtp',
		'host' => 'localhost',
		'port' => 25,
		'timeout' => 30,
		'username' => 'user',
		'password' => 'secret',
		'client' => null
	);

}

I will add more as I explore and begin developing apps with CakePHP 2.0. As always, your comments are welcome below.

Mediawiki CSV Import 2.1.0 Release

webmaster — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:42:22 +0000

We have released a new version of Mediawiki CSV Import (mwcsvimport). The latest version is now a web app rather than a download/install. You must register and login to use the latest version of the tool.

You can upgrade to a paid account with a one-time payment of $7.99. This will remove a 15 page export limit of free accounts. The latest version is available at http://mwcsvimport.pronique.com/. Give it a go and don’t forget to send us your feedback and comments.

The latest version is available in multiple languages but we need your help translating. Read more: Translators Needed

Read the release notes for more info about the 2.1.0 release.

netotools.com launched

webmaster — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:40:17 +0000

I have launched a new collection of web-based networking, the site and tools based are powered by CakePHP. Check itRead the Rest...

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gearmandAdmin – A PHP class to query gearmand

webmaster — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:49:26 +0000

This is a php class that connects to a running gearmand process and gets the ‘status’ and and list of ‘workers’. The response can be had as the raw response $gmAdmin->getStatusRaw() or as a structured array $gmAdmin->getStatus().

Usage and Examples

The gearmandAdmin.php class

host = $host;}
        if ( $port ) { $this->port = $port;}
        if ( $timeout ) { $this->timeout = $timeout;}
        $this->connect();
  }

  /**
   * returns array of status
   *
   */
  function getStatus() {

    $response = $this->getStatusRaw();
    //TODO build $response in a structured array
    $count = 0;
    $lines = explode("\n", $response );
    foreach( $lines as $line ) {
        if ( $line =='.' ) { break; }
        $parts = explode("\t", $line);
        $status[$count]['function'] = $parts[0];
        $status[$count]['total'] = $parts[1];
        $status[$count]['running'] = $parts[2];
        $status[$count]['workers'] = $parts[3];
        $count++;
    }
    return $status;

  }

  /**
   * send the 'status' command to the server and return the raw response
   *
   */
  function getStatusRaw() {

    return $this->send('status');

  }

  /**
   * return array of workers
   *
   */
  function getWorkers() {

    $response = $this->getWorkersRaw();
    $lines = explode("\n", $response );
    //TODO build $response in a structured array
    $count = 0;
    foreach( $lines as $line ) {
        if ( $line =='.' ) { break; }
        $parts = explode(" ", $line);
        $workers[$count]['descriptor'] = $parts[0];
        $workers[$count]['ip'] = $parts[1];
        $workers[$count]['clientid'] = $parts[2];
        $func_marker = false;
        foreach( $parts as $part) {
            if ( $func_marker == true ) {
              $workers[$count]['functions'][] = $part;
            }
          if ($part == ':') { $func_marker = 1; }
        }
        $count++;
    }
    return $workers;

  }

  /**
   * send the 'workers' command to the server and return the raw response
   *
   */
  function getWorkersRaw() {

    return $this->send('workers');

  }

  /**
   * connect to gearmand using tcp
   *
   */
  function connect() {
    try {
      $this->socketHandle = fsockopen( $this->host, $this->port, $errno, $errstr, $this->timeout);
    } catch (Exception $e) {
      echo "Could not connect to gearmand server\n";
      echo "$errstr ($errno)\n";
    }
  }

  /**
   * disconnect from gearmand
   *
   */
  function disconnect() {
    fclose( $this->socketHandle );
  }

  /**
   * send a command to the socket
   *
   */
  function send( $cmd ) {
    $data = '';
    fwrite($this->socketHandle, $cmd . "\r\n");
    while (!feof($this->socketHandle)) {
         $data .= fgets($this->socketHandle, 1024);
         if ( preg_match("/\n\.$/i", $data ) ) { break; }
    }
    return $data;
  }
}
?>

gearman is a distributed job server consisting of a manager, workers, and clients. Learn more about it at http://gearman.org/. This code is released under the GPLv3 license, feel free to use it in your application. Drop me a line and tell me how and where you are using it.

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CakePHP Developer Links

webmaster — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:57:18 +0000

This page was started to store and organize a collective of CakePHP tutorials and useful links for PHP developers. Currently there are 122 articles and counting

Have you written or discovered a useful CakePHP Article, Tutorial or Blog Post? Add a CakePHP link using this form.

Configure Plugin provides a simple web interface to add new Configure values and override existing values.

http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/configure-plugin

CakePHP : Change view file from controller

http://www.lost-in-code.com/…/cakephp-change-view-file-from-controller/

Using Configure in CakePHP applications

http://cricava.com/…configure_on_your_cakephp_applicat…

Page Breadcrumb Links in CakePHP

http://mrphp.com.au/…/page-breadcrumb-links-cakephp

Paypal IPN plugin and PaypalHelper

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…plugin-complete-with-paypalhelper

CakePHP Pagination With A HABTM Relationship

http://www.littlehart.net/…pagination-with-a-habtm-relationship/

Automagically setting user ID of record creator and modifier in CakePHP 1.2

http://blog.loadsys.com/…creator-and-modifier-in-cakephp-12/

CakePHP RSS Feed Datasource

http://blog.loadsys.com/…19/cakephp-rss-feed-datasource/

CakePHP jQuery Ajax Helper (Easy Scriptaculous Replacement)

http://blog.loadsys.com/…easy-scriptaculous-replacement

CakePHP Sequence Behavior

http://www.neilcrookes.com/2009/02/09/cakephp-sequence-behavior/

Multiple Admin Levels in CakePHP

http://www.jamesfairhurst.co.uk/…in_levels_in_cakephp/

navigationhelper

http://github.com/…r/blob/master/navigation.php

SoapSource, a SOAP Client Datasource for CakePHP

http://www.pagebakers.nl/…t-datasource-for-cakephp/

cakephp-eav

http://github.com/morrislaptop/cakephp-eav/tree/master

CakePHP EAV Model using Expandable Behavior

http://debuggable.com/…expandable-behavior:48428c2e-9a88-47ec-ae8e-77a64834cda3

Debugging with FirePHP

http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/debugging-with-firephp

How do I inplement Sub-Domains and DNS CNAMES in CakePHP?

http://stackoverflow.com/…sub-domains-and-dns-cnames-in-cakephp

Sphinx Behavior

http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/sphinx-behavior

Secrets of Admin Routing by Nate (nate)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…-of-admin-routing

AJAX star rating plugin by Michael Schneidt (schneimi)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…star-rating-plugin-1

Paypal Payments Component Using cURL by Parris Khachi (parris)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…paypal-payments-component-using-curl

Get Twitter RSS Feeds with CakePHP by Darren Moore (zeen)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…/get-twitter-rss-feeds-with-cakephp

Serving up actions as AJAX with jQuery in a few simple steps by Dean Sofer (Proloser)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…ajax-with-jquery-in-a-few-simple-steps

AutoLogin Component – An Auth remember me feature by Miles Johnson (milesj)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…auth-remember-me-feature

Flex remoting with cakePHP – CpAmf plugin by Daniel Verner (vernerd)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…cakephp-cpamf-plugin-1

PluginHandler to load configuration and callbacks for plugins by Gediminas (sky_l3ppard)

http://bakery.cakephp.org/…configuration-and-callbacks-for-plugins

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Adding a Google Map to your App | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

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API for CakePHP : The PHP Rapid Development Framework :: version 1.1.x.x

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Cache Elements Individually For Each User. | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

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CakePHP : A Rapid Development Framework :: Apas10

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CakePHP tutorial no. 1 from IBM

The first tutorial about CakePHP from IBM PHP cakephp

CakePHP tutorial no. 3 from IBM

The 3. tutorial about CakePHP from IBM PHP cakephp

CakePHP: Storing settings into database | Dev weblog

Today I would like to show you how I am storing and fetching the settings for my applications in CakePHP.

Calling controller actions from cron and the command line | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

Checking for duplicate records (unique record) | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

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Easy Syntax Highlighting in UltraEdit | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

Flashing with CakePHP | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

Getting CakePHP to work with Flex through AMFPHP

Hosting Admin URLs on a Subdomain | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

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Integrating Zend Framework Lucene with your Cake Application | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

LDAP Models in CakePHP | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

LightTPD and CakePHP setup in subdirectories | The Bakery, Everything CakePHP : Articles

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