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An all around general purpose file uploader for CakePHP. Packaged as a stand alone plugin with file validation, file scanning and support for a wide range of basic mime types.

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Jan
25

Minimalistic approach to class getters and setters

Tutorials, PHP // 5 comments
Getters and Setters are the backbone of many PHP classes (or any programming language class), as they allow you to alter and retrieve class properties during runtime. Many well thought and powerful scripts and frameworks make use of Getters and Setters, but is there a thing as too much? Or are there better and easier alternatives? Continue reading...
Aug
14

Custom method for grabbing a row based on its id

Tutorials, CakePHP // 1 comments
More times then none when working with a database, you need a general purpose method for grabbing fields from a row that matches an id. Cake has built in magic methods based on the table column that do just that, for example findById() or findBySlug(), but sometimes it grabs associated data that you do not want. Below is a basic method that you can place in your AppModel to grab a row based on its id, with optional parameters for restricting what fields to grab or what associations to contain. Continue reading...