For anyone that is trying to do this, to resolve this, I essentially created a custom helper that extended the html helper, and then aliased it. Works like a charm.
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views/helpers.html "scroll to aliasing" On Friday, December 21, 2012 3:06:29 PM UTC-5, Devario Johnson wrote: > > Hi Cricket, that was just an example. Not the actual code I was using. > > On Friday, December 21, 2012 2:43:57 PM UTC-5, cricket wrote: >> >> Maybe unrelated, but you don't need the single quotes around $label. >> >> On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Devario Johnson <devar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi bakers, >> > >> > so piggy backing off of this >> > >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/cake-php/utf$208/cake-php/ERyfps6CRyQ/oBr_ngD600kJ >> >> > >> > I noticed something weird in my encoding for a cake 2.2.2 app. >> > >> > Basically in the database config it is set to utf-8 >> > in the header of the default layout it is set to utf-8 with the >> > $this->html->charset(); and in view source it comes as utf 8 >> > at the top of bootstrap I added header('Content-Type: text/html; >> > charset=utf-8'); as per another problem another user had which fixed >> theirs >> > but still no luck >> > >> > But here is the issue... >> > >> > when there are special characters being placed on the screen THEY ARE >> FINE! >> > when using all methods of the html helper, THEY ARE >> FINE...EXCEPT...when I >> > use $this->Html->link('$label', array('controller' => '#', 'action' => >> > '#')); >> > >> > when using the link method ONLY special characters come out exactly as >> they >> > are and not encoded as how I have the screen set. Even when I take the >> exact >> > same thing from the $label and post it on the page it renders fine...it >> only >> > happens on that one method in the link helper. >> > >> > so I used the option modifier array(escape = false) at the end of the >> html >> > helper call and it worked fine, but this would mean I have to do this >> for >> > every link that was made on the entire application. >> > >> > Is there another way to do this that I am overlooking? can cake just >> detect >> > that the charset / encoding setting is and use that instead of having >> to >> > make escape false on all the links? >> > >> > (and without modifying the core helper, if we can help it) >> > >> > Thanks. >> > >> > -- >> > Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP >> > Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "CakePHP" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to cake...@googlegroups.com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > cake-php+u...@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. >> > >> > >> > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en.
