milesjohnson

So over the years I have written many small code snippets, functions and what have you, and thought it would be a good idea to release them to you guys. I use most of these snippets on my own projects and applications and are great to be re-usable everywhere. Most, if not all the snippets, will deal with PHP and Javascript, however I have thrown in some CakePHP and jQuery ones. Continue reading...

I recently needed the ability to display a list of feed items, but the catch was I needed them to be combined from multiple feeds, a feed aggregator. Its really simple, the script is a CakePHP Component that will take a list of feeds and aggregate them into a single array based on their timestamp. It works with RSS 1.0 (RDF), RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 and has the ability to cache its results. Continue reading...

Many users are unaware of this feature as it is not stated within the Cookbook, but the Security Component by default will secure and protect your forms (if you have added Security to the $components array). What does that mean you ask, well it's simple. The Security will add hidden token fields within all your forms that will protect you against many types of robots and bots. Continue reading...

Many of you have heard me mention a component that keeps your Auth session active, even after the browser is closed. Well I think its time to officially announce it, my AutoLogin component. This component ties into the Auth component and allows a user to "remember me" to keep them constantly logged in. Continue reading...

After diving into CakePHP, I thought it best to learn the AuthComponent (a user login and authentication system). In this tutorial I will teach you how to write the code and to use it accordingly. Continue reading...