Author Archives: Richard

CakePHP 2.0 change error layout for admin

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Richard

Most sites must have a separate admin area to the main site and many will be using a different layout for the admin area. CakePHP will render errors using the default template so your admin area can look inconsistent and … Continue reading →

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CakePHP 2.0 paginate on related model

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Richard

Just a quick note on this one as it took a while to discover how to it. Say you have a relationship between two tables and you want to be able to use the built in pagination helper to generate … Continue reading →

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CakePHP validation on a Search Form

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Richard

I wanted to validate the fields on a search form (e.g. date, price) like the add/edit forms work when you bake or use the scaffolding. Why is this a problem. CakePHP has great built in validation but it is tied … Continue reading →

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Dynamic select box with CakePHP 2.0

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Richard

I wanted some auto populating Select boxes in a site I was creating so that when I changed a Category the Subcategories would automatically update. CakePHP can do this pretty easily but it is let down by the documentation as … Continue reading →

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CakePHP 2.0 AJAX sortable list that updates to databases

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Richard

It is easy to create an AJAX sortable list with CakePHP 2.0, using jQuery that automatically updates the database, however it is hard to find documentation explaining how to do it. Here is my explanation – it assumes a basic … Continue reading →

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