Hello, > I find myself repeating myself with some simple code snippets i have > functions for simple tasks that i tend to repeat often (like finding a > unique filename from a directory and grabbing a files extension etc > etc), I put these functions inside components that i have written as > well as controllers, i realise i could write a general component for > these functions and have components include that component in the > component array (phew) same with controllers, however this seems a bit > long winded. I was wondering if cakephp allows for similar > functionality to the ZendFramework where you can drop in libraries and > then just call the function directly? This would be very useful for > this general set of 'utilities' which dont really fall under the > component category imo. > > actually one thing just did occur to me - i could perhaps include this > 'utilities' component at the app_controller level?
If you only need these functions at the C tier, you could make a utility controller. If you need some of these functions at all 3 tiers (M, V, C), you can create custom library and include it using App::import() in app/config/bootstrap.php. Regards, Piotr --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
