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CakePHP 2 Application Cookbook

CakePHP 2 Application Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Watts
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CakePHP 2 Application Cookbook

CakePHP 2 Application Cookbook

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By: Watts
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Overview of this book

If you are a CakePHP developer looking to ease the burden of development, then this book is for you. As a headfirst dive into the framework, this collection of recipes will help you get the most out of CakePHP, and get your applications baked in no time. Even if you're not familiar with the framework, we'll take you from basic CRUD building to useful solutions that will aid in getting the job done quickly and efficiently.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. Lightning Introduction
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1. Lightning Introduction
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Introduction
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Listing and viewing records
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Adding and editing records
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Deleting records
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Adding a login
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Including a plugin
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2. Advanced Routing
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2. Advanced Routing
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Introduction
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Adding a prefix
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Handling languages
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Custom route class
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Dispatch filter
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3. HTTP Negotiation
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3. HTTP Negotiation
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Introduction
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Parsing extensions
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Processing Ajax requests
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Building a response
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Uploading a file
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Using a detector
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Working with cookies
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Cache control
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Error handling
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4. API Strategies
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4. API Strategies
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Introduction
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RESTful resources
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Exposing a web service
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Consuming a service
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Authentication API
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API versioning
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5. Using Authentication
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5. Using Authentication
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Introduction
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The HTTP authentication
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Custom authorize class
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Facebook authentication
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Custom RBAC
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Working with ACL
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6. Model Layer
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6. Model Layer
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Introduction
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Has and belongs to many (HABTM)
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Joining through
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Containing models
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Custom finders
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On-the-fly associations
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Using transactions
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7. Search and Pagination
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7. Search and Pagination
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Introduction
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Pagination
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Basic search and filter
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The Search plugin
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Advanced search
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8. Events System
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8. Events System
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Introduction
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Listeners and subscribers
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Event-driven process
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Event stacking
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Managing event priorities
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9. Creating Shells
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9. Creating Shells
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Introduction
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Console API
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Import parser
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Running cron shells
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Using the I18n shell
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10. View Templates
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10. View Templates
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Introduction
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Using blocks
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Building an XML view
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Generating a PDF
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Writing some PDF content to a file
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Translations
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View caching
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The AssetCompress plugin
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11. Unit Tests
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11. Unit Tests
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Introduction
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Dependency Injection
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Creating a fixture
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Mock objects
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Stub method configuration
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Model unit testing
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12. Migrations
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12. Migrations
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Introduction
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Schema handling
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Syncing changes
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The Migrations plugin
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Injecting data
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Index
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Processing Ajax requests

It's no secret that Ajax has revolutionized web development and helped developers build and deliver engaging applications which have a real-time feel to them.

In this recipe, we'll look at how easy it is to handle Ajax requests in CakePHP and give you an introduction to the possibilities at your fingertips.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we'll reuse the books database table from the previous chapter. We'll also need a view for our inventory_index(). action, so create a file named inventory_index.ctp in app/View/Books/.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps:

  1. Add the following beforeFilter() method to the BooksController class:

    public function beforeFilter() {
  parent::beforeFilter();
  if ($this->request->is('ajax')) {
    $this->response->disableCache();
  }
}

  2. In the same class, add the following inventory_index() method (we will utilize the inventory prefix added in the previous chapter):

    public function inventory_index() {
  $this->set('books', $this...
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