“21 things I learned about CakePHP”
This is the title of an article Matt Inman has written about his experiences with CakePHP. I think the article will help especially newbies to avoid some of the common problems.
baking cakes with cakephp
Can you explain the issue he points out with multiple inserts? (or @ least more specifically how/why it works) …
$items = array(’Item 1′,’Item 2′,’Item 3′);
foreach ($items as $item) {
$this->Post->id = false; // why?
$this->Post->save(array(’Post’ => array(’title’ => $item)));
}
I never knew about this + always ending up calling a new Model() when I needed to do a multiple insert (going back to refactor my stuff now), but knowing this part from the beginning would have saved me some time ..
It has to do with the fact that the id property of the model identifies it as being assigned to a particular record. Thus, if the id is null, false, or otherwise empty, it is treated as a new record when saved.
Technically, the proper way to do this is to call $this->Post->create() to fully initialize the model for writing a new record.
Nate -
Thank you for the clarification! Much appreciated ..
- Jon
Yes, the article is very interesting. I´m baking cakes since three months and I am very surprised what´s possible with cakephp.
Until reading this article I´ve never understood the define of CAKE_ADMIN! I spent many time implementing the admin section and design controller and friendly urls. The CAKE_ADMIN is great.
But I don´t understand how protecting the admin folder. I test to make a admin/ folder in the app/ folder and protect it via htaccess. But when I call example.com/admin/controller/action I got a endless loop of the login message box… :(
Any one can help me?
@Daniel: There is an idea described in the manual: http://manual.cakephp.org/appendix/simple_user_auth
@cakebaker: Thank you! I´ve already found a solution. :o)
It´s like the one in the manual.