CakePHP

The examples below are from a working cakeblog tutorial: http://manual.cakephp.org/appendix/blog_tutorial

• singlar: post.php in app/models/ for database table posts
• example:

  <?php
   
  class Post extends AppModel
  {
      var $name = 'Post';
   
  	var $validate = array(
   
  		'title' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
  		'body'	=> VALID_NOT_EMPTY
   
  	);
  }
   
  ?>

• plural: posts_controller.php in app/controllers for model post.php
• functions created here are locations the user can visit
• example:

  <?php
   
  class PostsController extends AppController
  {
      var $name = 'Posts';
   
      function index()
      {
          $this->set('posts', $this->Post->findAll());
      }
   
      function view($id = null)
      {
          $this->Post->id = $id;
          $this->set('post', $this->Post->read());
      }
   
  	function add()
  	{
  		if(!empty($this->data))
  		{
  			if($this->Post->save($this->data))
  			{
  				$this->flash('Your post has been saved.','/posts');
  			}
  		}
  	}
   
  	function delete($id)
  	{
  		$this->Post->del($id);
  		$this->flash('The post with id: '.$id.' has been deleted.', '/posts');
  	}
   
  	function edit($id = null)
  	{
  		if(empty($this->data))
  		{
  			$this->Post->id = $id;
  			$this->data = $this->Post->read();
  		}
  		else
  		{
  			if($this->Post->save($this->data['Post']))
  			{
  				$this->flash('Your post has been updated.','/posts');
  			}
  		}
   
  	}
  }
   
  ?>

• create a folder in app/views as a plural of model: app/views/posts
• create views for each function in posts_controller.php
• files have exact name as function, with a .thtml extension
• examples:

  // add.thtml
  <h1>Add Post</h1>
  <form method="post" action="<?php echo $html->url('/posts/add')?>">
  	<p>
  		Title:
  		<?php echo $html->input('Post/title', array('size' => '40'))?>
  		<?php echo $html->tagErrorMsg('Post/title', 'Title is requried.')?>
  	</p>
  	<p>
  		Body:
  		<?php echo $html->textarea('Post/body', array('rows'=>'10')) ?>
  		<?php echo $html->tagErrorMsg('Post/body', 'Body is required.') ?>
  	</p>
  	<p>
  		<?php echo $html->submit('Save') ?>
  	</p>
  </form>
   
  // edit.thtml
  <h1>Edit Post</h1>
  <form method="post" action="<?php echo $html->url('/posts/edit')?>">
  	<?php echo $html->hidden('Post/id'); ?>
  	<p>
  		Title:
  		<?php echo $html->input('Post/title', array('size' => '40'))?>
  		<?php echo $html->tagErrorMsg('Post/title', 'Title is requried.')?>
  	</p>
  	<p>
  		Body:
  		<?php echo $html->textarea('Post/body', array('rows'=>'10')) ?>
  		<?php echo $html->tagErrorMsg('Post/body', 'Body is required.') ?>
  	</p>
  	<p>
  		<?php echo $html->submit('Save') ?>
  	</p>
  </form>
   
  // index.thtml
  <h1>Blog posts</h1>
  <p><?php echo $html->link("Add Post", "/posts/add") ?></p>
  <table>
      <tr>
          <th>Id</th>
          <th>Title</th>
          <th>Created</th>
      </tr>
   
      <?php foreach ($posts as $post): ?>
      <tr>
          <td><?php echo $post['Post']['id']; ?>
  			<?php echo $html->link(
  				'Delete',
  				"/posts/delete/{$post['Post']['id']}",
  				null,
  				'Are you sure?'
  			)?>
  			<?php echo $html->link('Edit', "/posts/edit/".$post['Post']['id']); ?>
  		</td>
          <td>
              <?php echo $html->link($post['Post']['title'], "/posts/view/".$post['Post']['id']); ?>
   
          </td>
          <td><?php echo $post['Post']['created']; ?></td>
      </tr>
      <?php endforeach; ?>
   
  </table>
   
  // view.thtml
  <h1><?php echo $post['Post']['title']?></h1>
   
  <p><small>Created: <?php echo $post['Post']['created']?></small></p>
   
  <p><?php echo $post['Post']['body']?></p>

• http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/57

• download and extract the most current release: http://www.cakephp.org
• create a directory “cakephp” and place it in your /User/yourusername/Sites directory
• move every file and folder except “app” from the extracted archive into the “cakephp”
• move “app” to /Users/yourusername/Sites, and rename it to whatever you want your application to be titled (newApp)
• modify newApp/.htaccess
  • after “RewriteEngine on”, add a new line: “RewriteBase /~yourusername/newApp/”
• modify newApp/webroot/.htaccess
  • after “RewriteEngine on”, add a new line: “RewriteBase /~yourusername/newApp/”
• copy newApp/config/database.php.default to database.php
• modify database.php
  • in the default section, set your appropriate database connection parameters
  • for the initial setup, a tutorial for creating a blog was followed, and a basic table structure SQL statement was given
• modify newApp/webroot/index.php
  • uncomment and modify the line: define('ROOT', DS.'Users'.DS.'yourusername'.DS.'Sites');
  • comment out the default definition for ROOT
  • uncomment and modify the line: define('APP_DIR', 'newApp');
  • comment out the default definition for APP_DIR
  • uncomment and modify the line: define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', DS.'Users'.DS.'yourusername'.DS.'Sites'.DS.'cakephp');
  • comment out the default definition for CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH
• verify that newApp/tmp is writable by your web server

• make the default index page for the application start at a different location
  • edit config → routes.php

    ...
     
    //	$Route->connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'home'));
    	$Route->connect('/', array('controller' => 'newlocation', 'action' => 'index'));
     
    ...

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