Re: Looking for Help with Cakephp basics .. aka looking for a mentor
When I get back from my Christmas break, I'll have a look at a bit of code I usually stick in my AppController or AppModel (it's been that long, I cant quite remember where it sits), but basically, it uses convention to recognise a file upload, and will save the file contents to a database field. For a Search tool, I'd recommend Lucene for indexing, and do local HTTP calls to get the search results. I think Zend may even have a PHP lib to assist with Lucene, but at some point, you're going to have to get your hands dirty and actually set it up (it's Java based). Actually, scratch that.. use Apache SOLR. It sits on top of Lucene, and provides the HTTP API. Pagination is pretty simple. The Pagination component assist with defining the query, and getting the data. The Pagination Helper assist with display of numbers and first, last, next, previous options. I usually do an element to roll all those things into one call from the view. Breadcrumbs are easy if a page is only available from one menu option. They can get a bit trickier if a page can exist at two menu options, and you don't know which one ( I give you the mess that is Joomla's ItemID, used to identify a page displayed on a particular menu). Anyway, you have a good Christmas, too. On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 2:12 AM, Silver Troy educatedr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Reuben, I want to thank you for that well thought reply, the answers and pointers you have given me. I really do try and find the answers through google, the cook book, youtube and irc. I just know that sometimes people can answer your question in a couple minutes that will save you hours of wasting your time. I have read through the cook book a few times already and though it does give some basic examples it lacks answering common problems. I have done the blog tutorial, expanded it with Andrew Perkins youtube tutorials to add in authorization. I have built a basic administration section and a user account section with routing (that took way too much time messing around). I have been able to create form dropdowns that get populated from other models, and I recognize the data['User']['purchased']['year'] from the examples. I have built a number of different sections like products, manufacturers, dealers, deals, users using the basic scaffolding. I do need to get into the Category Tree Structure, which I have looked into a number of examples, going to need to implement Pagination, Breadcrumbs and a proper Search tool (that works with multi-word searches). Not to mention uploading multiple images for a product with a main (or default) image set. I have been looking into using a plugin to do the image upload but that has been challenging to get one installed and working properly. The next time I post .. I will keep it to one problem and try and layout what I have done. Have a good Christmas. -- 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 a topic in the Google Groups CakePHP group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/cake-php/OsnN5POIi3w/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. -- 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.
Re: Looking for Help with Cakephp basics .. aka looking for a mentor
Hello Reuben, I want to thank you for that well thought reply, the answers and pointers you have given me. I really do try and find the answers through google, the cook book, youtube and irc. I just know that sometimes people can answer your question in a couple minutes that will save you hours of wasting your time. I have read through the cook book a few times already and though it does give some basic examples it lacks answering common problems. I have done the blog tutorial, expanded it with Andrew Perkins youtube tutorials to add in authorization. I have built a basic administration section and a user account section with routing (that took way too much time messing around). I have been able to create form dropdowns that get populated from other models, and I recognize the data['User']['purchased']['year'] from the examples. I have built a number of different sections like products, manufacturers, dealers, deals, users using the basic scaffolding. I do need to get into the Category Tree Structure, which I have looked into a number of examples, going to need to implement Pagination, Breadcrumbs and a proper Search tool (that works with multi-word searches). Not to mention uploading multiple images for a product with a main (or default) image set. I have been looking into using a plugin to do the image upload but that has been challenging to get one installed and working properly. The next time I post .. I will keep it to one problem and try and layout what I have done. Have a good Christmas. -- 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.
Re: Looking for Help with Cakephp basics .. aka looking for a mentor
There's this list, the irc channel and sometimes, stackoverflow, but your
mileage may vary on how much effort you put into solving the problem
yourself vs how much help you may receive.
For example, you may experience a bit of radio silence when asking
questions that are covered in the documentation
at http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/
For example, uploading a file is partially covered
by
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html#options-for-create,
by specifying that your form is going to be for a file, and then adding an
input field that has the type of file. When the form is submitted, the
$this-request-data will have a file descriptor, as described
here:
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html#FormHelper::file
Saving data to multiple models is covered by Model::saveAssociated :
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/saving-your-data.html#model-saveassociated-array-data-null-array-options-array.
Though you may need to add some special processing in the controller to
read the file upload descriptor into a database field on the model, in the
appropriate format (some databases require special encoding before storing
binary files).
With regards to the year issue, take note of the sample code
at
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/helpers/form.html#FormHelper::year.
Notice the input name is data[User][purchased][year]. This means that the
FormHelper displays the year component of a whole date field, so when you
inspect $this-request-data('User.purchased'), it is likely to be an
array. Personally, I'm not much of a fan of the way the FormHelper does
date processing, so you may be better off just doing a FormHelper::select,
and specify the year entries you are interested in.
I thought the document is pretty nice for showing how to implement plugins (
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/plugins.html), helpers (
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views/helpers.html#creating-helpers) and
components (
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#creating-a-component).
CakePHP also has plenty of implemented helpers and components in it's core
to look at for initial guidelines and best practice. For plugins, you may
have to dig a little deeper, but they're really just mini apps wrapped up
for use with other applications. You just need to stick to the naming
convention. Personally, I'm looking forward to CakePHP 3.0 for plugins,
when namespaces will be implemented properly, and we won't have to be as
concerned with namespace / class name clashes.
The last one sounds like an actual application problem, rather an issue
with CakePHP. With that one line description, there are a lot of parts to
deal with. Start with the model. Maybe add a Tree Behaviour to help
represent the tree, and find neighbours and children. Set up a controller,
and find the entries, using the model. Perform a set in the controller, to
set the data for use in a view. Write the view to processing and display
the data. Perhaps you have a Javascript component in mind that will
display the data in the tree. Perhaps it takes json for the structure.
Perhaps it can load via Ajax, so then you would read up on the JsonView
class, and the $this-set('_serialize', ...) method of serializing data in
a view variable, plus looking at the RequestHandlerComponent for accepting
ajax and json requests.
The other hidden gem with CakePHP is the test suite. The test suite tests
all the core functionality in CakePHP, so you can see how the
FormHelper::select should be used to populate a dropdown list.
I'd also recommend following the Blog Tutorial. Then expand on it a bit to
add an EntryType to the Post model, and see what scaffolding adds to the
add and edit controller actions and views. This will show you how to
populate a drop down (hint: in the controller: $entityTypes =
$this-EntityType-find('list'); $this-set(compact('entityTypes')); and in
the form, $this-Form-input('entityType');)
It's been a very long time since I looked at the Zend Framework, so I'd
recommend you take a look, and see if you can get the job done there, and
see if there the same level of help there, as you expect to find here.
Last time I looked at it, the class names were more noise than useful, and
there was a lot of cruft that made the framework seem bloated. Maybe it
has slimmed down since then, and the learning curve for doing things the
Zend way isn't as steep as it used to be. Then once you've solve the
problem in Zend, come back and take another look at CakePHP, and solve the
same problem, purely as a self education exercise. I'm thinking you might
be pleasantly surprised.
I subscribe to the posts on this list, and get a daily digest. Depending
on the question, and how much effort has been put in, I'll help out when I
can, as a civic duty, to give a little back to the framework that has made
development in PHP so much easier over the
Re: Looking for Help with Cakephp basics .. aka looking for a mentor
awesome answer reuben +69 -- 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.
Looking for Help with Cakephp basics .. aka looking for a mentor
Hello Cakephp users, I am just looking for someone that is familiar with Cakephp and can help me figure out simple processes in CakePhp. I am looking for help with things like: ~ uploading a image ~ saving a form to say products table, but saving images uploaded to a product_images table. ~ how to save $this-Form-year() .. breaks my code says its an Array. ~ implementing plugins, helpers, components, etc ~ building a category tree with products showing in each level of the category tree. I probably have a number of other questions as well. I have hunted google for tutorials, video tutorials, i have read the cookbook and tried the cake irc channel (with some success). I just realize that I am wasting hours of my time looking for solutions that could be answered in a simple email or chat. I find that there is very little out there for Cakephp 2.0 tutorials and they are looking to bring out cakephp 3. Even the Cakephp Youtube channel doesn't have simple tutorials on say creating a form and dealing with filling dropdown lists. They go into advance topics, where most new cakephp users just want to get past the basic functionality learning curve. Yes I have done the blogging tutorial and found Andrew Perkins tutorials on youtube to be excellent. I actually wish he had more. So if you or someone you know can help me, that would be greatly appreciated. I am actually getting to the point of looking at Zend Framework .. because I really don't see a vibrant CakePHP community. -- 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.
