Note to self: If $this->set('_serialize', [ 'content' ]); then a request for content type of 'application/json' or 'application/xml' will automagically return the correct data without needing a view file. But if $this->set('_serialize', false); isn't set then a...
DebugKit not Loading Toolbar in CakePHP 3
Problem: debug set to true in config/app.php, vendor/cakephp/debug_kit exists but debug kit toolbar not appearing in browser, debug_kit/js/toolbar.js shows a 404 when viewing page load in Developer Tools in browser. Cause: symlink from vendor/cakephp/debug_kit/webroot...
CakePHP 3 AJAX Modelless & Database backed Forms
Standing on the shoulders of giants. I have converted the code from the below mentioned sites to work with CakePHP 3. Normal database backed Form with AJAX JQuery code Inspired by: http://jamnite.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/cakephp-form-validation-with-ajax-using.html...
CakePHP 3 – Modelless Forms replace $useTable = false
I wanted to learn about using AJAX to submit a form by following http://miftyisbored.com/a-complete-tutorial-on-cakephp-and-ajax-forms-using-jquery/ and I couldn't get the examples to work because CakePHP 3 has some significant (and better) changes. Below is my...
Globally Change Date Display in CakePHP 3
By default the Locale for CakePHP 3 is en_US so dates display as m/d/y # config/app.php 'App' => [ 'namespace' => 'App', 'encoding' => env('APP_ENCODING', 'UTF-8'), 'defaultLocale' => env('APP_DEFAULT_LOCALE', 'en_US'), 'base' => false, Which makes...
How to use log() in Model/Entity/Bookmark.php CakePHP 3
In CakePHP 2.x I could insert $this->log() just about anywhere and it worked. Was just trying to do the same in CakePHP 3 from inside the file src/Model/Entity/Bookmark.php I received an error message "Call to undefined method App\Model\Entity\Bookmark::log()" To...
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