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To Use a PHP Framework or Not? [closed]

I've started writing a few applications in PHP, and I'm becoming more familiar with the language. Someone told me about CakePHP, and CodeIgniter. I wanted to get a better understanding of how these could help me, and whether it's worthwhile spending the time to learn a framework?

CakePHP 2.0 - How to make custom error pages?

I read that the AppError class is now for backwards compatibility and that Exceptions should be used instead. How does one go about creating custom error pages for things like 404 errors, or completely custom errors?

Cakephp and Yii: similarities/differences/speed?

I am a CakePhp programmer. I have decided to try out the Yii framework. I would like to find out in what ways is CakePhp is similar to and different from Yii. Also, is Yii measurably faster than CakePhp as they claim?

Unit testing in CakePHP? [closed]

I'm wondering, how do you guys unit-test in CakePHP? How do you incorporate tests in projects? What parts of a project do you test? How do you decide which parts gets to be unit-tested? Do you guys still get to finish the job before the deadline?

CakePHP - get last query run

I want to get the last query CakePHP ran. I can't turn debug on in core.php and I can't run the code locally. I need a way to get the last sql query and log it to the error log without effecting the live site. This query is failing but is being run.

something like this would be great:

$this->log($this->ModelName->lastQuery);

Thanks in advance.

Is PHP Object-oriented?

Is PHP an object-oriented language? If not, then what about the framework CakePHP? Is it an object-oriented MVC implementation of PHP?

Also, can a PHP application wholly built using classes be called object-oriented?

CentOS: Enabling GD Support in PHP Installation

How do I go about enabling GD Support in a CentOS Installation?

php e() and h() functions?

I and lately I'm seeing h() and e() functions in php... I have googled them, but they are so short that results doesn't give any idea of what they are. I got results like exponential, or math related functions.

for example:

<td><?php echo h($room['Room']['message']) ?></td>

Does any one has an idea? or maybe they are not called functions? (I think I read about that very long ago, but I can remember its real name)

ADDED: Thanks, for the replies. I am using cakephp and also found an e() example:

<?php e($time->niceShort($question['Question'] ['created'])) ?>

If they were escaping somehow strings I think it would make sense, since I always see them right next the "echo"

I still don't know what they are ;(

Loading Vendor Files in CakePHP 2.0

I'm currently upgrading one of our projects to CakePHP 2.0. Unfortunately the "first line" of code makes problems, and I can't find a solution to that problem.

In CakePHP 1.3 I had an App::import("Vendor", "facebook"); statement right before the AppController class gets defined. The referenced file is located under /app/vendors/facebook/facebook.php (and includes itself the base_facebook.php file).

I tried many different ways to include the file now in CakePHP 2.0 according to the File naming and class loading described here: File naming and class loading changes in CakePHP 2.0

I renamed the path to app/Vendor/Facebook/Facebook.php, or app/Vendor/Facebook/facebook.php, and tried following methods:

App::uses("Facebook", "Vendor/Facebook");
App::uses("Facebook", "Facebook");
App::uses("Facebook", "Vendor/Facebook/Facebook.php");
App::uses("Facebook", "Vendor");

Has anyone find a way to reference a vendor file yet? Because of the lazy loading the methods above do not fire an error/warning, so it's kind of annoying to debug this...

CakePHP: best way to call an action of another controller with array as parameter?

In a controller, what is the most appropriate way to call the action of another controller and also pass an array as parameter?

I know that you can use requestAction to call actions within other controllers. But is it possible to pass arrays as parameters using request action?

And no, I do not want to put the action in the App Controller. So that is not a solution for me.

The only other way I know is to load the other controller as explained in: http://book.cakephp.org/1.3/en/The-Manual/Developing-with-CakePHP/Configuration.html#importing-controllers-models-components-behaviors-views-and-helpers

But is there an easier way to just call the other controllers action while passing an array as parameter?

I am new to cakePHP so any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks.

Using CakePHP FormHelper with Bootstrap Forms

CakePHP's FormHelper is how you generate forms when making CakePHP applications. As one might assume, this includes generating input elements, like so:

$this->Form->input('abc');

Which will produce HTML something like this:

<div class="input text">
  <label for="ModelAbc">Abc</label>
  <input name="data[Model][Abc]" class="" maxlength="250" type="text" id="ModelAbc">
</div>

Now, sadly, Bootstrap wants something like the following:

<div class="control-group">
  <label for="ModelAbc" class="control-label">Abc</label>
  <div class="controls">
    <input name="data[Model][Abc]" class="" maxlength="250" type="text" id="ModelAbc">
  </div>
</div>

How do I make CakePHP produce this output?

CakePHP find method with JOIN

Hi,

I need to do the following query using the CakePHP find method:

SELECT *
FROM `messages`
INNER JOIN users ON messages.from = users.id
WHERE messages.to = 4
ORDER BY messages.datetime DESC

Basically I have:

• messages table with a Message model
• users table with User model

and want to retrieve information from both tables in one query. The users.id field is the same as the messages.from field, so that's what the join is on.

I am doing it in my MessagesController so it would need to be something like:

$this->Message->find();

Thanks

What new features and improvements does Lithium provide over CakePHP?

I've used CakePHP on several projects in the past, and have more recently started using Ruby on Rails, but there's a new project I'm about to start that will require PHP. While refreshing myself on CakePHP I learned that there is a new framework called Lithium that is essentially what CakePHP 3 was going to be. It's being developed by a group of former core CakePHP devs.

I haven't found a whole lot of information about it since it's still under development status, but I was wondering if anyone knows (or has a link to) some information on what benefits it provides over CakePHP. Hopefully something a bit beyond the quick overview shown on the official site. I'm trying to decide whether to use CakePHP for my upcoming PHP project or to wait a bit for Lithium to release a non-development version and try that out.

How do you make strings XML"safe"?

I am responding to an AJAX call by sending it an XML document through PHP echos. In order to form this XML document, I loop through the records of a database. The problem is that the database includes records that have '<' symbols in them. So naturally, the browser throws an error at that particular spot. How can this be fixed?

CakePHP: Call to a member function setFlash() on a non-object

I get the following error when trying to logout of my CakePHP app:

Notice (8): Undefined property: UsersController::$Session [APP/controllers/users_controller.php, line 75]
Fatal error: Call to a member function setFlash() on a non-object in /Users/cameron/Sites/cakeapp/app/controllers/users_controller.php on line 75

This is the code for lines 74, 75 and 76:

function logout() {
    $this->Session->setFlash('Good-Bye');
    $this->redirect($this->Auth->logout());
}