Published: on 30/6/08 | Comments (0)
Hi, quick tip here for anyone looking to ensure that their RSS Feed is recognized automatically by most browsers and Google etc.
Simply add the following HTML to your <HEAD> section (Replacing the title value and href with your own.
Published: on 27/6/08 | Comments (6)
Thought I would share this handy little controller for processing PayPal IPN notifications within your cakePHP Apps.
For those new to PayPal integration, PayPal offers a system called IPN or Instant Payment Notifications whereby you can have a notification sent to your site each and every time a transaction takes place in your PayPal account.
The system is very flexible and allows you to send pass through buttons with your payment or subscription buttons that will come back in your IPN...
Published: on 25/6/08 | Comments (0)
Hi Everyone,
Quick tip for all cakePHP developers today, have you ever wanted to obtain a list within your code, of all the controllers in your application?
CakePHP makes this pretty simple with the $configure class, just use:
$controllerList = Configure::listObjects('controller');
and by the magic of cake $controllerList will now contain an array of controllers you can iterate through.
Within my own code, I tend to use it quite frequently to build a basic admin menu, by iterating...
Published: on 23/6/08 | Comments (11)
Ever needed a reliable currency converter, that you can just drop into your application and never worry about manually updating the rates for.
Well I do for a current application I have been developing and I decided that it would make an ideal example for demonstrating how easy it is to create usefull CakePHP components.
So after a little Googling, I found that the Central European Bank, rather conveniently publishes an XML feed of rates against the Euro that is updated nightly, by using...
Published: on 20/6/08 | Comments (99)
In my earlier article CakePHP Auth Component - Users, Groups & Permissions I demonstrated step by step how to create a complete Authentication & Authorization system based around cakePHPs' Auth component.
Judging from the number of visits the article has had and the great comments I have received from the article, it prooved to be a bit of a winner, and as the last couple of weeks I haven't had a chance to post, due to sheer workload, I thought today, I would sit down and refactor the code...
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CakePHP Auth Component - Users, Groups & Permissions Revisited
CakePHP Auth Component - Users, Groups & Permissions