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AWS SES component for CakePHP2.0 +

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:49:54 +0000

We use Amazon services for our day today applications & we use their SDK & write normal code to required controllers, So we planned to create a component for AWS service.Amazon Simple Email Service is a very popular email SMTP service by Amazon. It has lots of advantages like, Easy to use Good documentation Good fault tolerance Easy to integrate with existing architecture Detailed reporting abo...

GoogleChart helper

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:45:31 +0000

I needed simple access to Google Chart API for generating images. Please see examples below and method comments in source file to see how it works.

This plugin is for CakePHP 2.x

Example:

// Controller:public $helpers = array;

// View:// example of bar chartecho $this-GoogleChart-create-setType)-setSize-setMargins-addData)-addMarker)-addData)-addMarker)-addAxis))-addAxis);// example of pie chartec...

Prevent render layout elements with the render of some views!

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:07:03 +0000

Consider the following example, there is an element that displays the top searched keywords and it is named top_searches.ctp. This element is placed in the layout to be rendered under the search box element.Suppose now, we have an index view that lists all searched keywords and we don't want to make the top_searches elements to be rendered while we call the index view.We should add the followin...

Fixing and improving the TextHelper

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:05:13 +0000

[b][u]General[/u][/b]I created a new helper which the following file in "/app/view/helpers/Text2Helper.php":[code]?phpApp::import;class Text2Helper extends TextHelper {public function function_name {// some code// if you want to extend functionality, maybe you want// to call the parent functionparent::function_name;}}?[/code]You can overwrite and create new functions in this file.Note that you ...

User Management Premium Plugin for cakephp 2.x

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:24:06 +0000

I have launched premium version of User Management PluginDemo at http://umpremium.ektasoftwares.comThere are lots of features and you will like them definitely......So guys don't go here and there just look these features at demo site.

CakeApp with TwitterBootstrap

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:21:53 +0000

Twitter Bootstrap appears to be a very successful CSS framework, and I must agree. There is a js library that you can include which will help you get TB setup, but I wanted to take it one step further.I created "CakeApp" Which is a CakeApp with some niceties already added in there for you. Including Jquery and a pre-configured TB, which should have everything as of 4/13/12. Also, the homepage h...

Helper TinyMCE for CakePHP 2

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:11:44 +0000

[h3]TinyMCE[/h3]1. Download TinyMCE : [url]http://www.tinymce.com/download/download.php[/url] 2. Copy [i]/tinymce/jscripts/[b]tiny_mce[/b][/i] folder to [i]/app/webroot/js[/i] .[h3]Controller[/h3][code]public $helpers = array;[/code][h3]Helper code[/h3]app/View/Helper/TinymceHelper.php[code]?php App::uses; class TinymceHelper extends AppHelper { // Take advantage of other helpers public $helper...

Custom Fields Plugin for CakePHP 2.x

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:10:16 +0000

GitHub page: https://github.com/srs81/CakePHP-CustomFields# CustomFields Plugin for CakePHPA custom fields plugin for CakePHP 2.x. Now you can add custom fields to your CakePHP app and individual models/controllers without having to worry about database changes.## How to Use### Download or checkoutYou can either download the ZIP file:https://github.com/srs81/CakePHP-CustomFields/zipball/mastero...

Auth – inline authorization the easy way

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:35:42 +0000

### Status quoWe would need to check the session manually against the roles we want to grant access to. This can get pretty hairy with more than one role allowed .### PreparationsWe first need to make the class usable by putting this in our `/Config/bootstrap.php`:// these IDs match the role_ids in the DBdefine;define;define;define;// enable the Auth classApp::uses;I like to use constants as th...

AddressFinderHelper, a widget for cakephp 2.x forms

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:04:11 +0000

The helper is based on http://tech.cibul.net/geocode-with-google-maps-api-v3/ - most of the credit goes to their script.The code and usage instructions on Github:https://github.com/stefanomanfredini/AddressFinder-Helper---Plugin-for-cakephp-2I started using cakephp 2.x quite recently - this is my first helper for cakephp 2.x.. suggestions are welcome!

Minify plugin for CakePHP 2.0+

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:09:17 +0000

### InstallationYou can clone the plugin into your project ):`cd path/to/app/Plugin or /plugins``git clone https://github.com/maurymmarques/minify-cakephp.git Minify`Bootstrap the plugin in app/Config/bootstrap.php:`CakePlugin::load));`### ConfigurationSet the configuration file in your app/Config/core.php`Configure::write;`If you do not want to use compression, set false.Create a folder called...

PhpExcel helper for generating excel files

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:36:56 +0000

PHPExcel is a great library that can create XLS files. For more information see PHPExcel project homepage.

I added method for setting font and for easy table data adding .

This plugin is for CakePHP 2.x

Short example:

// Controller:public $helpers = array;

// View:$this-PhpExcel-createWorksheet;$this-PhpExcel-setDefaultFont;// define table cells$table = array, 'width' = 'auto', 'filter' = true),ar...

Force saving with know primary key

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:58:18 +0000

At first time insert in the app_model this function:

public function beforeSave{ parent::beforeSave; if && !is_null) { if) { $this-data[$this-alias][$this-primaryKey] = $opt['id'];} } return true;}

so, when you make a save in your code use this:

$this-save, array)

replace $fields with the fields array but NOT INSERT IN IT THE PRIMARY KEY FIELD.replace $newId with the know value of the primary key.u...

Redis DataSource for cakePHP 2

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:04:53 +0000

If you need to connect your application with Redis database , I published my Connector at github. Feel free to use it and improve it as well.
Download from github

TreeLiHelper

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:24:59 +0000

No controller coloque:[PHP]public function index{$this-loadModel;$this-set);}[/PHP]na View: [PHP]echo '

';echo $this-TreeView-createTree);echo '';[/PHP]Crie um arquivo com o nome TreeLiHelper.php na pasta /app/View/Helper/ com o seguinte conteudo:[PHP]App::uses;class TreeLiHelper extends AppHelper {public $helpers = array; public $link; public function createTree{ $this-link = $link;$out = '';$c...

AjaxMultiUpload Plugin for Cake 2.0.x and 2.1

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:25:21 +0000

# AjaxMultiUpload Plugin for CakePHPA full-blown AJAX file uploader plugin for CakePHP 2.0.x and 2.1.Using this, you can add multiple file upload behaviour to any or allof your models without having to modify the database or schema.You can click on the Upload File button, or drag-and-drop files into it. You can upload multiple files at a time without having to clickon any button, and it shows y...

Report Manager Plugin for CakePHP 2

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:50:53 +0000

Changelog for version 0.4* Load and Save reports* Export to XLSChangelog for version 0.3* One to many reports* Sortable fields by drag and drop * Click to add field change background color * Click in model name check/uncheck all fields * SmartWizard validation * Datepicker for date fields * Checkbox to enable counter option * Check box for one to many reports : show items with no related record...

Sphinx Search Behavior for Cake 2.0+

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:27:22 +0000

https://github.com/nshahzad/Sphinx-CakePHP

CakePHP Big Data Behavior

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:05:24 +0000

Background

My company uses CakePHP for most of our applications. However, we were running into efficiency issues when working with large amounts of data. It’s not uncommon for us to insert hundreds of thousands of rows with a single process. Additionally, we needed an efficient way to work with those hundreds of thousands of pieces of data.

So, after some investigation I narrowed our efficiency...

reCAPTCHA Plugin for CakePHP 2

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:29:55 +0000

1. Get reCAPTCHA key.

http://www.google.com/recaptcha

2. Setting.

Download recaptchalib.php.
And put it in "Recaptcha/Vendor".
http://code.google.com/p/recaptcha/downloads/list?q=label:phplib-Latest

3. Config.

Insert keys in Recaptcha/Config/key.php .
$config = array,
);

4. Bootstrap.

if you load your plugins one by one add
CakePlugin::load;

ReCaptcha/Config/bootstrap.php only reads your key.php con...