CakePHP: HTML Link

July 19 2010 by Ryan Carter in CakePHP, HTML 4, HTML 5 |No Comments

The HTML helper is pretty useful, here’s how you write a link in a view file: <?php echo $html->link(’click me’, array( ‘controller’=>’users’, ‘action’=>’index’ ) ); ?> The parameters in this are: title (what you actually click on) link location array(controller, action, id (if needed for edit)) (optional) attributes array

CakePHP: find all records

July 15 2010 by Ryan Carter in CakePHP, PHP |No Comments

$this->set(’posts’,$this->Post->find(’all’)); Typically for an index action, like this (in the controller context): Location: /app/controllers/posts_controller.php <?php class PostsController extends AppController{ var $name = ‘Posts’;   function index(){ $this->set(’posts’,$this->Post->find(’all’)); } } ?>