Goodies plugin for CakePHP

Various CakePHP Goodies.

• AutoJavascript Helper - Automatically include Javascript based on the current Controller / Action.
• Gravatar Helper - Use global avatars just by supplying your users email address.

Author: Graham Weldon

Repository: Goodies @ GitHub

Installation

Place the goodies directory from this package into your /app/plugins directory.

Thats all that is required. See usage instructions below.

Contents

AutoJavascript Helper

The AutoJavascript helper automatically includes javascript files based on the current Controller and Action that the user is currently visiting. This enables you to have a neat and predictable separation for javascript files for your application.

There is also support for controller-wide scripts.

Usage

Include the AutoJavascript helper on your AppController class. If you do not have an AppController, create one in /app/app_controller.php.

class AppController extends Controller {
	public $helpers = array('Goodies.AutoJavascript');
	// ...
}

Thats all you need to to for the default configuration.

The auto javascript helper will look for javascript files to include in the following location:

/app/webroot/js/autoload/<controller>/<action>.js

For example, if we have a PostsController and we're browsing to the view action on that controller, the auto javascript helper will look for the following file:

/app/webroot/js/autoload/posts/view.js

If that file exists, it will be included automatically for you.

Controller-wide javascript

Often its handy to have a javascript file included for every action on a particular controller. The location for these controller wide files is:

/app/webroot/js/autoload/<controller>.js

For the PostsController in our previous example, if you wanted some javascript loaded for every action on that controller, you would place your javascript into the following file:

/app/webroot/js/autoload/posts.js

Theme support

The AutoJavascript helper has full support for themes. If you are using the ThemeView and wish to include javascript in your theme webroot, the naming mechanism remains the same as the above examples, and the theme path is adjusted.

The location for themed automatic javascript includes is:

/app/views/themed/<theme>/webroot/js/autoload/<controller>/<action>.js

If you are using the fancy theme, your paths for previous examples would be:

/app/views/themed/fancy/webroot/js/autoload/posts/view.js

/app/views/themed/fancy/webroot/js/autoload/posts.js

Gravatar Helper

The Gravatar helper provides an easy way to integrate Gravatars into your CakePHP application.

Usage

Include the Gravatar helper on your controller (This can be your AppController, if you want to use gravatars throughout your application).

class MyController extends AppController {
	public $helpers = array('Goodies.Gravatar');
	// ...
}

Or, if you are already using some helpers, add it to your helper array:

class MyController extends AppController {
	public $helpers = array('Html', 'Session', 'Form', 'Gravatar');
	// ...
}

Now you can use the helper in any of your views:

echo $this->Gravatar->image('[email protected]');

Customising the output

There are a number of options provided by the Gravatar service. They are all available through the helper.

Altering the default image

echo $gravatar->image(
	'[email protected]',
	array(
		'default' => 'identicon'
	)
);

Altering the default gravatar with a custom image

echo $gravatar->image(
	'[email protected]',
	array(
		'default' => 'http://mysite.com/defaultavatar.png'
	)
);

Changing the gravatar size

echo $gravatar->image(
	'[email protected]',
	array(
		'size' => 120
	)
);

Limiting the gravatar rating

echo $gravatar->image(
	'[email protected]',
	array(
		'rating' => 'x'
	)
);

Including the filename extension on the generated URL

echo $gravatar->image(
	'[email protected]',
	array(
		'ext' => true
	)
);

Combining options

Any combination of the above options is possible. For example:

echo $gravatar->image(
	'[email protected]',
	array(
		'rating' => 'g',
		'default' => 'http://mysite.com/defaultavatar.png',
		'size' => 80
	)
);

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Graham Weldon (http://grahamweldon.com)

License

Licensed under the MIT License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

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Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Graham Weldon (http://grahamweldon.com)

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