Class App
App is responsible for resource location, and path management.
Adding paths
Additional paths for Templates and Plugins are configured with Configure now. See config/app.php for an
example. The App.paths.plugins and App.paths.templates variables are used to configure paths for plugins
and templates respectively. All class based resources should be mapped using your application's autoloader.
Inspecting loaded paths
You can inspect the currently loaded paths using App::path('Controller') for example to see loaded
controller paths.
It is also possible to inspect paths for plugin classes, for instance, to get
the path to a plugin's helpers you would call App::path('View/Helper', 'MyPlugin')
Locating plugins
Plugins can be located with App as well. Using Plugin::path('DebugKit') for example, will give you the full path to the DebugKit plugin.
Method Summary
-
_classExistsInBase() protected static
_classExistsInBase
-
className() public static
Return the class name namespaced. This method checks if the class is defined on the application/plugin, otherwise try to load from the CakePHP core
-
core() public static
Returns the full path to a package inside the CakePHP core
-
path() public static
Used to read information stored path
Method Detail
_classExistsInBase() ¶ protected static
_classExistsInBase(string $name, string $namespace): bool_classExistsInBase
Test isolation wrapper
Parameters
-
string$name Class name.
-
string$namespace Namespace.
Returns
boolclassName() ¶ public static
className(string $class, string $type = '', string $suffix = ''): bool|stringReturn the class name namespaced. This method checks if the class is defined on the application/plugin, otherwise try to load from the CakePHP core
Parameters
-
string$class Class name
-
string$type optional Type of class
-
string$suffix optional Class name suffix
Returns
bool|stringcore() ¶ public static
core(string $type): arrayReturns the full path to a package inside the CakePHP core
Usage:
App::core('Cache/Engine');Will return the full path to the cache engines package.
Parameters
-
string$type Package type.
Returns
arraypath() ¶ public static
path(string $type, string $plugin = null): arrayUsed to read information stored path
Usage:
App::path('Plugin');Will return the configured paths for plugins. This is a simpler way to access
the App.paths.plugins configure variable.
App::path('Model/Datasource', 'MyPlugin');Will return the path for datasources under the 'MyPlugin' plugin.
Parameters
-
string$type type of path
-
string$plugin optional name of plugin
Returns
array