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A CakePHP Component that will automatically login the Auth session for a duration if the user requested to (saves data to cookies).

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Apr
24

Naming your cache keys

Programming, PHP // 2 comments
Everyone caches, that's a pretty well known fact. However, the problem I always seemed to have was how to properly name my cache keys. After much trial and tribulation, I believe I have found a great way to properly name cache keys. Continue reading...
Jan
30

Pitfalls within Cake's Cache engine

Tutorials, CakePHP // 2 comments
For the past week I have been working on a DataSource for the WeGame API. Everything was working fine until I added some logic to cache the results. From there I ran into a few problems, here is how I resolved it. Continue reading...
Sep
19

Calling functions within your CSS files

Code, PHP // 0 comments
I always thought CSS should have a little bit more power, like the use of inline programming functions and dynamic variables. That's exactly why I set out to write my Compression class. On top of compressing the CSS files, saving cached versions and assigning dynamic variables, the class can now call PHP functions that have been written inline within the CSS itself. Continue reading...
May
7

Fixing a weird cache issue in Firefox

Resources, Other // 2 comments
About two weeks ago my Firefox started acting up and would not cache pages correctly. Actually, the content would cache, but any image on the actual page would load 1 by 1 and I can watch it go in sequence. This was extremely annoying, especially working in PhpMyAdmin, watching each image icon load 1 by 1 until the page was complete. This process would take nearly 5x what it usually did, so it got quite annoying real fast. I wasn't sure what caused this to happen as all my settings were normal and untouched. Continue reading...
Apr
16

Caching each query individually

Tutorials, CakePHP // 8 comments
So lately I have been delving into the cacheing capabilities of CakePHP. Most, if not all of its capabilities work wonderfully; although I personally can't get into $cacheAction (within the controllers). The $cacheAction property only works for static and non-user generated pages, in other terms, any content that changes depending on a logged in user wont work correctly with $cacheAction (unless you want thousands and thousands of cache files). So I stopped using $cacheAction all together in my latest application, and instead built a method that caches individual queries, instead of the whole page. Continue reading...