Jan 3, 2009 Posted by Kjell

CakePHP Logging and the MacOSX dashboard

Here’s a hint for all you mac bakers: If you use the debug and error log files in your “tmp” directory or not. There is a very handy widget that helps you to keep track of their contents. It’s called tailDash and basicly shows a black tinted window containing the last X lines of a file. Hence the name “tail” which is probably known to linux console users. You can have... read more

Jan 2, 2009 Posted by Kjell

How to use THIS in THAT and then some

Some common questions on IRC: How to use a model in a component $model = ClassRegistry::init('ModelName'); $result = $model->find('...'); How to extend a core helper App::import('Helper', 'Text'); class AppTextHelper extends TextHelper { // ... your code } How to extend a core component App::import('Component', 'Auth'); class AppAuthComponent extends AuthComponent { // ... your code } How to get... read more