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I have no idea what the problem is PHP CLI
Trying to do some PHP tutorials using vim and running php from the command line and I get.... nothing back. If it's a syntax error (e.g. a missing line ending ; ) then no reply at all. If the syntax is correct and it's something else then the error isn't displayed...
CakePHP POST Failing
I was just trying to submit about 10 x 15 records... and found that cakephp was failing with a validation error. Found out it was due to the following in the php error log. [09-Jun-2016 19:16:22 Australia/Melbourne] PHP Warning: Unknown: Input variables exceeded...
Adding new fonts to TCPDF
Less agony way of doing it. Download your fonts and then run the following cd /Users/jmcd/Sites/clam/vendor/tecnickcom/tcpdf tools/tcpdf_addfont.php -i /Users/jmcd/Downloads/liberation-sans/LiberationSans-BoldItalic.ttf cd fonts/ Bulk Load Multiple TTF's for i in ls...
CakePHP – Call to a member function format() on array!
// failing validator rule $validator ->date('date') ->add('date', 'unique', [ 'rule' => 'validateUnique', 'provider' => 'table', 'message' => "One of the dates you submitted already exists!" ]); // working buildRules public function buildRules(...){...
CakePHP “public $paginate =” overwritten by action “$this->paginate =” Gotcha
If you have a the following code class PartsController extends AppController { /** * Index method * * @return \Cake\Network\Response|null */ public function index() { $this->paginate = [ 'contain' => ['Sections'] ]; $parts = $this->paginate($this->Parts);...
CakePHP 3 – TCPDF Install and Usage
In your CakePHP top level folder (the one that has composer.json, src/, vendors/, config/, webroot/) run: composer require tecnickcom/tcpdf You should now have vendor/tecnickcom/tcpdf Now in a controller src/Controller/<ControllerName>Controller.php create an...