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Aug 8, 2008

Code Drive-By: Edit Anywhere Component for CakePHP

I call this a code drive-by because I’m just going to dump the code without much explanation. When I have time I’ll come back and walk through it and turn it into a useful article on the CakePHP bakery.

This component allows you to manage content (primarily text blocks) on a site if you’re logged in. The editor pops up in a thickbox.

Some requirements off the top of my head:

CakePHP, duh.
jquery
thickbox
Auth Component

Again, sorry for the drive-by but hopefully someone will get use out of this.

<?php
class ContentComponent extends Object
{
var $controller;
var $Setting;
function initialize(&$controller)
{
$this->controller =& $controller;
App::import(‘Model’, ‘Setting’);
$this->Setting = new Setting();
}
function read($field = null) {
return $this->render($field);
}
function render($field = null)
{
$content = $this->Setting->findByField($field);
if(!empty($content)) {
return $this->output($field, $content[‘Setting’][‘value’]);
} else {
return $this->output($field, ”);
}
}
function output($field, $str)
{
$output = $str;
if($this->controller->u[‘User’][‘role’] == ‘admin’) {
$output .= $this->editButton($field);
}
return nl2br($output);
}
function editButton($field) {
return ‘<a href="/settings/edit/’.$field.‘/?r=’.$_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’].‘" class="thickbox edit-button"><img src="/img/edit.png" width="10" height="10" /></a>’;
}
}
?>