This weekend I had to move some small to medium sized CakePHPs from one server to another. Basically, I had to switch hosting for them (web space and database). I haven’t had the time to write a lot lately. But…
Author: Mark
CakePHP Tips – Summer 2013
While CakePHP 2.4 is now just around the corner (already beta), a few tips gathered the last few days. Don’t mix controller and component pagination Currently, if you mix controller pagination setup and call the Pagination component then, it can…
CakeFest 2013
You can see that I have been quite busy by the huge amount of blog posts the last couple of weeks 🙂 Well, except for my 2 weeks of holidays right now. Currently I am in Dubai. So, before hitting…
Passed, named or query string params?
This is a question often asked. It’s also a question I had to find my own answers to – and to redefine those answers over time. So here are my five cents regarding this topic: Persistence: Passed params You use…
Interesting (CakePHP/PHP) links – 2013
PHP5.5 Try/Catch/Finally is a nice article about upcoming 5.5 features – and how to use them wisely. Enhance your select form fields Chosen is a beautiful addon for your select dropdowns, especially if you use them to filter to search…
Continuous integration with Travis and CakePHP
I must admit that I only recently started to take testing more seriously. In the past, I just created tests if too much time was available. But the larger projects get, the more just minor changes will most likely break…
CakePHP and Tree structures
Some of you might alread have worked with the TreeBehavior to generate nested categories or something like that. In most cases we just want to have two or three levels and some hierarchic structure using parent_id. But trees can do…
IRC CakePHP Channel
Introduction IRC (internet relay chat) is a text based chat system that is fast and yet powerful. Many online groups (as CakePHP) use it for semi-synchronous communication (unlike google groups, SO or asynchronous communication channels). I must admit that I…
CakePHP Tips
All new CakePHP tips collected over the last few weeks. Dispatcher execution order Tested on Cake2.3RC: APP/webroot/index.php CORE/bootstrap.php APP/Config/core.php APP/Config/bootstrap.php dispatchers defined in CORE bootstrap APP/Config/routes.php APP/Config/database.php controller and all the rest It is important to know that the dispatchers…
CakePHP and SEO
I do have to admit that in the past I never really paid too much attention on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or how search engines treat my sites in general. This can be quite a pitfall and cost you quite…