Adds the given class to the element options

After layout callback. afterLayout is called after the layout has rendered.

Overridden in subclasses.

After render callback. afterRender is called after the view file is rendered but before the layout has been rendered.

Overridden in subclasses.

After render file callback. Called after any view fragment is rendered.

Overridden in subclasses.

Adds a timestamp to a file based resource based on the value of Asset.timestamp in Configure. If Asset.timestamp is true and debug > 0, or Asset.timestamp == 'force' a timestamp will be added.

Generate url for given asset file. Depending on options passed provides full url with domain name. Also calls Helper::assetTimestamp() to add timestamp to local files

Before layout callback. beforeLayout is called before the layout is rendered.

Overridden in subclasses.

Before render callback. beforeRender is called before the view file is rendered.

Overridden in subclasses.

Before render file callback. Called before any view fragment is rendered.

Overridden in subclasses.

Removes harmful content from output

Used to remove harmful tags from content. Removes a number of well known XSS attacks from content. However, is not guaranteed to remove all possibilities. Escaping content is the best way to prevent all possible attacks.

Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Generates a DOM ID for the selected element, if one is not set. Uses the current View::entity() settings to generate a CamelCased id attribute.

Returns the entity reference of the current context as an array of identity parts

Gets the currently-used model field of the rendering context. Strips off field suffixes such as year, month, day, hour, min, meridian when the current entity is longer than 2 elements.

Formats an individual attribute, and returns the string value of the composed attribute. Works with minimized attributes that have the same value as their name such as 'disabled' and 'checked'

Sets the defaults for an input tag. Will set the name, value, and id attributes for an array of html attributes. Will also add a 'form-error' class if the field contains validation errors.

Convenience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Merges this objects $property with the property in $class' definition. This classes value for the property will be merged on top of $class'

This provides some of the DRY magic CakePHP provides. If you want to shut it off, redefine this method as an empty function.

Gets the currently-used model of the rendering context.

Gets the input field name for the current tag. Creates input name attributes using CakePHP's data[Model][field] formatting.

Returns a string generated by a helper method

This method can be overridden in subclasses to do generalized output post-processing

Returns a space-delimited string with items of the $options array. If a key of $options array happens to be one of:

• 'compact'
• 'checked'
• 'declare'
• 'readonly'
• 'disabled'
• 'selected'
• 'defer'
• 'ismap'
• 'nohref'
• 'noshade'
• 'nowrap'
• 'multiple'
• 'noresize'

And its value is one of:

• '1' (string)
• 1 (integer)
• true (boolean)
• 'true' (string)

Then the value will be reset to be identical with key's name. If the value is not one of these 3, the parameter is not output.

'escape' is a special option in that it controls the conversion of attributes to their html-entity encoded equivalents. Set to false to disable html-encoding.

If value for any option key is set to null or false, that option will be excluded from output.

Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Under the hood this method uses Router::reverse() to convert the $url parameter into a string URL. You should use URL formats that are compatible with Router::reverse()

Passing POST and GET data

POST and GET data can be simulated in requestAction. Use $extra['url'] for GET data. The $extra['data'] parameter allows POST data simulation.

Resets the vars used by Helper::clean() to null

Transforms a recordset from a hasAndBelongsToMany association to a list of selected options for a multiple select element

Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Sets this helper's model and field properties to the dot-separated value-pair in $entity.

Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Finds URL for specified action.

Returns a URL pointing at the provided parameters.

Gets the data for the current tag

Checks if a file exists when theme is used, if no file is found default location is returned