Class ControllerTask
Task class for creating and updating controller files.
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2012, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: The MIT License
Location: tasks/controller.php
Properties summary
Inherited Properties
Method Summary
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__interactive() public
Interactive -
bake() public
Assembles and writes a Controller file -
bakeActions() public
Bake scaffold actions -
bakeTest() public
Assembles and writes a unit test file -
execute() public
Execution method always used for tasks -
getName() public
Forces the user to specify the controller he wants to bake, and returns the selected controller name. -
help() public
Displays help contents -
initialize() public
Override initialize -
listAll() public
Outputs and gets the list of possible models or controllers from database
Method Detail
bake() public ¶
bake( string $controllerName , string $actions = '' , array $helpers = null , array $components = null , array $uses = null )
Assembles and writes a Controller file
Parameters
- string $controllerName
- Controller name
- string $actions optional ''
- Actions to add, or set the whole controller to use $scaffold (set $actions to 'scaffold')
- array $helpers optional null
- Helpers to use in controller
- array $components optional null
- Components to use in controller
- array $uses optional null
- Models to use in controller
Returns
Baked controller
bakeActions() public ¶
bakeActions( string $controllerName , string $admin = null , boolean $wannaUseSession = true )
Bake scaffold actions
Parameters
- string $controllerName
- Controller name
- string $admin optional null
- Admin route to use
- boolean $wannaUseSession optional true
- Set to true to use sessions, false otherwise
Returns
Baked actions
bakeTest() public ¶
bakeTest( string $className )
Assembles and writes a unit test file
Parameters
- string $className
- Controller class name
Returns
Baked test
Methods inherited from Shell
_checkArgs() public ¶
_checkArgs( integer $expectedNum , string $command = null )
Will check the number args matches otherwise throw an error
Parameters
- integer $expectedNum
- Expected number of paramters
- string $command optional null
- Command
_controllerName() public ¶
_controllerName( string $name )
Creates the proper controller plural name for the specified controller class name
Parameters
- string $name
- Controller class name
Returns
Controller plural name
_controllerPath() public ¶
_controllerPath( string $name )
Creates the proper controller path for the specified controller class name
Parameters
- string $name
- Controller class name
Returns
Path to controller
_loadDbConfig() public ¶
_loadDbConfig( )
Loads database file and constructs DATABASE_CONFIG class makes $this->DbConfig available to subclasses
Returns
_loadModels() public ¶
_loadModels( )
if var $uses = true Loads AppModel file and constructs AppModel class makes $this->AppModel available to subclasses if var $uses is an array of models will load those models
Returns
_modelKey() public ¶
_modelKey( string $name )
Creates the proper singular model key for associations
Parameters
- string $name
- Controller class name
Returns
Singular model key
_modelName() public ¶
_modelName( string $name )
Creates the proper controller camelized name (singularized) for the specified name
Parameters
- string $name
- Name
Returns
Camelized and singularized controller name
_modelNameFromKey() public ¶
_modelNameFromKey( string $key )
Creates the proper model name from a foreign key
Parameters
- string $key
- Foreign key
Returns
Model name
_pluralHumanName() public ¶
_pluralHumanName( string $name )
Creates the plural human name used in views
Parameters
- string $name
- Controller name
Returns
Plural human name
_pluralName() public ¶
_pluralName( string $name )
Creates the plural name for views
Parameters
- string $name
- Name to use
Returns
Plural name for views
_singularHumanName() public ¶
_singularHumanName( string $name )
Creates the singular human name used in views
Parameters
- string $name
- Controller name
Returns
Singular human name
_singularName() public ¶
_singularName( string $name )
creates the singular name for use in views.
Parameters
- string $name
Returns
$name
createFile() public ¶
createFile( string $path , string $contents )
Creates a file at given path
Parameters
- string $path
- Where to put the file.
- string $contents
- Content to put in the file.
Returns
Success
err() public ¶
err( string $string )
Outputs to the stderr filehandle.
Parameters
- string $string
- Error text to output.
error() public ¶
error( string $title , string $msg )
Displays a formatted error message and exits the application
Parameters
- string $title
- Title of the error message
- string $msg
- Error message
getAdmin() public ¶
getAdmin( )
Checks for Configure::read('Routing.admin') and forces user to input it if not enabled
Returns
Admin route to use
hr() public ¶
hr( boolean $newline = false )
Outputs a series of minus characters to the standard output, acts as a visual separator.
Parameters
- boolean $newline optional false
- If true, the outputs gets an added newline.
in() public ¶
in( string $prompt , mixed $options = null , string $default = null )
Prompts the user for input, and returns it.
Parameters
- string $prompt
- Prompt text.
- mixed $options optional null
- Array or string of options.
- string $default optional null
- Default input value.
Returns
the default value, or the user-provided input.
out() public ¶
out( string $string , boolean $newline = true )
Outputs to the stdout filehandle.
Parameters
- string $string
- String to output.
- boolean $newline optional true
- If true, the outputs gets an added newline.
shortPath() public ¶
shortPath( string $file )
Makes absolute file path easier to read
Parameters
- string $file
- Absolute file path
Returns
short path
Methods inherited from Object
Object() public ¶
Object( )
A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()
Returns
__openPersistent() public ¶
__openPersistent( string $name , string $type = null )
Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()
Parameters
- string $name
- Name of persisted class
- string $type optional null
- Type of persistance (e.g: registry)
_persist() public ¶
_persist( string $name , string $return , $object , $type = null )
Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples
Parameters
- string $name
- name of the class to persist
- string $return
- $object the object to persist
- $object
- $type optional null
Returns
Success
_savePersistent() public ¶
_savePersistent( string $name , object $object )
You should choose a unique name for the persistent file
There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples
Parameters
- string $name
- name used for object to cache
- object $object
- the object to persist
Returns
true on save, throws error if file can not be created
_set() public ¶
_set( array $properties = array() )
Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code.
Parameters
- array $properties optional array()
- An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.
_stop() public ¶
_stop( $status = 0 )
Stop execution of the current script
Parameters
- $status optional 0
- http://php.net/exit for values
cakeError() public ¶
cakeError( string $method , array $messages = array() )
Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.
Parameters
- string $method
- Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)
- array $messages optional array()
- Message that is to be displayed by the error class
Returns
message
dispatchMethod() public ¶
dispatchMethod( string $method , array $params = array() )
Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array, and improves performance by using straight method calls in most cases.
Parameters
- string $method
- Name of the method to call
- array $params optional array()
- Parameter list to use when calling $method
Returns
Returns the result of the method call
log() public ¶
log( string $msg , integer $type = LOG_ERROR )
API for logging events.
Parameters
- string $msg
- Log message
- integer $type optional LOG_ERROR
- Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.
Returns
Success of log write
requestAction() public ¶
requestAction( mixed $url , array $extra = array() )
Calls a controller's method from any location.
Parameters
- mixed $url
- String or array-based url.
- array $extra optional array()
- if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.
Returns
Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.
toString() public ¶
toString( )
Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.
Returns
The name of this class