Posts Tagged ‘CakePHP

Here is a new component that will generate random strings for you. You can pass it a set of characters to pick from and how long your random string should be. I use it to generate passwords but you can do just about anything with it.
To use it, create a file called random_helper.php in app/controllers/components …
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If you use service like Twitter where you only get a limited number of characters to post or if you are just sick of dealing with unruly long urls you might be familliar with url shortening services such as Bit.ly.
I personally like them because of they offer a nice API and statistics all for free. …
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MagpieRSS is a PHP based RSS parser that can be downloaded here http://magpierss.sourceforge.net/
What good is it you ask? You can use it to pull in information from any RSS feed and do what ever you want with the data. For example I use it to pull the RSS feed from my blog and display links …
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This simple CakePHP helper class will create thumbnails of images for you. Most of this code was actually taken from an other website (here) so I can’t claim all the credit but I did make it a little smarter.
I added checking for the thumbnail so its not re generated every time. This will save you …
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After I upgraded from CakePHP 1.2 to the new CakePHP 1.2 RC1 my emails started to show all the header information instead of just the relevant message.
After a LONG time of searching the web, I have not found an answer so I started to investigate my self.
I started to look at the Email component and …
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This is a component I put together for CakePHP 1.2 RC1 that will generate a random password. All you have to pass it is the length of the password.
To use it, make this file app/controllers/components/password_helper.php
You can use it in a controller by adding ‘PasswordHelper’ to the $components array.
You can adjust the $possible set with your …
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As far as I can tell CakePHP 1.2 does not have a good navigation menu helper at the moment. That is probably because they have a good link builder that is very flexible so you can just throw some css togeather and make ome very decent looking menus. You can make them look good but …
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Anyone who has a website knows how important organic traffic is. You can get a larger share of this traffic if your website is search engine optimized. One way to SEO your site is to make relevant information part of your urls.
If you are using CakePHP for your web development you may find this view …
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