Re: Date Format output
Can the time helper apply a mask in the view (for example MM/DD/)? If not, is the best way to do it to modify the time helper itself in the helpers directory? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Cake PHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Re: Date Format output
make a new helper for yourself that uses the above (in hindsight I
should of called mine dateWithMask )
in the definition of the helper use $helper = array('Time); then you
can use the existing time helper
I would strongly recommend against changing the existing time helper!
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Can the time helper apply a mask in the view (for example MM/DD/)?
If not, is the best way to do it to modify the time helper itself in
the helpers directory?
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Re: Date Format output
Right, that's what I was sort of thinking. I think getting more into helpers is going to interesting. Thanks, again. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Cake PHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Date Format output
here is my general rule of thumb, if I do something more then twice in views, rather then do it a third time I add it to one of my common helpers, if there is something close already in an existing helper, I try to leverage that work. Every once in a while I revisit and try to refactor my helpers. I have a set of helpers that I share among many projects (they are external checkout of my svn so they are all kept in sync, then there are project specific helpers which I do not keep synced. (I have the same thing for components, and am sure that when 1.2 roles around I'll have them for behaviors)Sam DOn 8/23/06, c_doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Right, that's what I was sort of thinking. I think getting more into helpers is going to interesting. Thanks, again. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Cake PHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Date Format output
Thanks for the added advice. That worked really well. I made a new slightly modified function in the time helper and used: echo $html-link($time-niceMonth($a['Post']['created']), /posts/)? So simple once you get the basic idea. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Cake PHP group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Date Format output
have you looked at the php date function? http://php.net/date or you
can do what I did and make a custom helper function that allows one to
custom format dates. like
function niceShort($date_string, $format='l j F Y', $return = false) {
$timestamp = $this-Time-toUnix($date_string);
return($this-output(date($format,$timestamp),$return));
//code here
} // END function
this is 'my' version of the niceShort helper that is in the Time
helper (notice I use some functions from that helper. I found that I
was doing this enough that I extended the function for my own use.
This should give you a starting point ;)
Sam D (the resident old fart)
On 8/21/06, c_doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can someone give me an idea of how to output a date in a certain
format? In this case I am trying to only output the month in the view.
Can I add a simple function to:
$a['Post']['created']
to make it output just a month or various date formats?
I have searched but haven't been able to apply what I have found.
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Re: Date Format output
Thanks, I'll have to try that once I get a little more advanced.
I am trying to apply different variations of PHP date functions to it.
I am hoping to put a simple function around the 'created' variable
above. Something like:
date('mask', created).
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Re: Re: Date Format output
you need to convert the date string to a unix timestamp before you can
use it in date() you can use the Time helper function toUnix to
accomplish this or look at
http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php for the string to
time function.
the unix timestamp is probably your sticker on this
date('mask' $this-Time-toUnix($a['Post']['created']))
should get you closer (it's all the helper function is doing)
On 8/21/06, c_doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, I'll have to try that once I get a little more advanced.
I am trying to apply different variations of PHP date functions to it.
I am hoping to put a simple function around the 'created' variable
above. Something like:
date('mask', created).
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Re: Date Format output
don't forget the Time helper
http://manual.cakephp.org/chapter/helpers
http://api.cakephp.org/class_time_helper.html
On 22/08/06, c_doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, I'll have to try that once I get a little more advanced.
I am trying to apply different variations of PHP date functions to it.
I am hoping to put a simple function around the 'created' variable
above. Something like:
date('mask', created).
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