Holy necro post, Batman. __*() functions are related to translations.
__d() is a domain specific translation. Specifically, it will look in the translation file cake_dev.po for a translation for "what is cake_dev?". You can read a bit more about Internationalization and Localizations here : http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/internationalization-and-localization.html On Thursday, 10 October 2013 23:57:43 UTC+10, Code Monkey wrote: > > what is echo __d('cake_dev', 'what is cake_dev?') > > On Friday, 13 January 2012 02:13:17 UTC+7, burntcake wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Sorry if this is another dumb post, but I get the feeling that the >> tutorials and docs are written with experienced Cake people in mind, >> rather than Cake novices. >> >> For example, after completing the Blog tutorial, it suggests reading >> up on Layouts, which I did next. >> >> At http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views.html#view-layouts it says, >> "When you create a layout, you need to tell CakePHP where to place the >> code for your views. To do so, make sure your layout includes a place >> for $this->fetch('content')". So I replace my /app/View/Layouts/ >> default.ctp (that I copied from the /lib/Cake/View/Layouts) with the >> suggested layout shown on that page, and now my Blog app craps out. >> Then I revert to the good version and it works again. Ok, not to >> worry, I'll go on. >> >> So, I take a look at /app/View/Layouts/default.ctp (that I copied from >> the /lib/Cake/View/Layouts) and search for the essential part, $this- >> >fetch('content'). But, it's nowhere to be seen. In fact, fetch() >> does not seem to be defined anywhere at all in the whole bundle, and I >> can't find a definition for fetch() in the PHP docs either? So, now >> I'm wondering if the docs are BS as default.ctp that comes bundled >> with Cake doesn't even have any mention of this seemingly essential >> line? >> >> Then I take another look at /app/View/Layouts/default.ctp to see if I >> can figure it out what it does. The very first line is >> $cakeDescription = __d('cake_dev', 'CakePHP: the rapid development php >> framework'); >> There are no comments at all to go with it. So I try to look up what >> __d() does and I get this from the docs: >> __d Allows you to override the current domain for a single message >> lookup. Clear as mud. >> >> No explanation of what's meant by domain or message. Are we talking >> about dotcoms here, or a set of values? The latter, I assume, but I >> can only imagine how many non-English speakers scratch their head til >> it bleeds after reading that. And still I'm really not sure what >> __d() does. >> >> I'm sorry if this reads very negatively, and I greatly appreciate the >> work done by the CakePHP teams and volunteers, but I'm sure Cake would >> be adopted a lot more widely if it was friendlier to novices (I'm >> certainly not a PHP novice, but I'm new to Cake). >> >> 99% of the tutorials out there are written for the last version of >> Cake, and don't work for Cake 2 (no doubt they can easily be adapted >> for Cake 2, but for a novice, they should work 100% when copying and >> pasting... A novice can't be expected to adapt someone else's code, >> just when they're learning it). I think I would advise noobs to start >> off with Cake 1, as there's a lot more stuff out there for it, and >> it's very hard to figure out what's going on in Cake 2, especially if >> you wander astray for a moment, and Google won't help much either. I >> know no one buys a book to learn this stuff anymore, but even if you >> wanted to, you couldn't. >> >> Just some initial thoughts, I hope it starts to get better... >> >> Glen. > > -- 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
