Jun 21 2010
I don’t know why but it seems that cakephp does not uses the same layout logic for the scaffold view as for the rest of the pages. If you have the same problem, you can set the layout from the controller like this:
<?php class MyController extends AppController { var $scaffold; var $layout = 'mylayout'; } ?>
Jun 05 2010
Recetly I found out a nice google maps helper for Cakephp, but it is based on version 2. There is a new versione of the API, v3, which has many improvements, including faster loading time, better compatibility with mobile devices and more. Since I could not find an helper for this new version, I decided to create it on my own, and here is it!!
First, create the googlemap.php file under views / helpers, and copy/paste this:
<?php
/*
* CakeMap -- a google maps integrated application built on CakePHP framework.
* Based on initial versione from Garrett J. Woodworth : gwoo@rd11.com
* Rewritten by : http://www.small-software-utilities.com
*
* @author info@small-software-utilities.com
* @version 0.2
* @license OPPL
*
* Modified by Mahmoud Lababidi <lababidi@bearsontherun.com>
* Date Dec 16, 2006
* Rewritten by small software utilities <info@small-software-utilities.com>
* Date May, 2010
*/
class GoogleMapHelper extends Helper {
var $errors = array();
var $key = "your key here, not needed for v3";
var $url ="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false";
function map($default, $style = 'width: 400px; height: 400px' )
{
//if (empty($default)){return "error: You have not specified an address to map"; exit();}
$out = "<div id=\"map\"";
$out .= isset($style) ? "style=\"".$style."\"" : null;
$out .= " ></div>";
$out .= "
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
//<![CDATA[
var directionDisplay;
var directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();
var map;
var iconimage = \"http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/mm_20_red.png\";
var iconshadow = \"http://labs.google.com/ridefinder/images/mm_20_shadow.png\";
var myOptions = {
zoom: ".$default['zoom'].",
center: new google.maps.LatLng(".$default['lat'].", ".$default['long']."),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
streetViewControl: true
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), myOptions);
// global infowindow object
var globalInfowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
function cleardirs()
{
if(directionsDisplay)
directionsDisplay.setMap(null);
div = document.getElementById('".(isset($default['directions_div'])?$default['directions_div']:'directions_div')."');
if(div)
div.innerHTML = \"\";
}
";
if(isset($default['directions_div']))
{
$out .= "
directionsDisplay = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();
directionsDisplay.setMap(map);
directionsDisplay.setPanel(document.getElementById('".$default['directions_div']."'));
function calcRoute(fromid,tolat,tolon) {
directionsDisplay.setMap(map);
from = document.getElementById(fromid).value;
var start = from;
var end = new google.maps.LatLng(tolat,tolon);
var request = {
origin:start,
destination:end,
travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING
};
directionsService.route(request, function(result, status) {
if (status == google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) {
directionsDisplay.setDirections(result);
}
});
}
";
}
$out .="
//]]>
</script>";
return $out;
}
function addMarkers(&$data, $icon=null)
{
$out = "
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
//<![CDATA[
";
if(is_array($data))
{
$i = 0;
foreach($data as $n=>$m){
$keys = array_keys($m);
$point = $m[$keys[0]];
if(!preg_match('/[^0-9\\.\\-]+/',$point['longitude']) &&
preg_match('/^[-]?(?:180|(?:1[0-7]\\d)|(?:\\d?\\d))[.]{1,1}[0-9]{0,15}/',$point['longitude'])
&& !preg_match('/[^0-9\\.\\-]+/',$point['latitude']) &&
preg_match('/^[-]?(?:180|(?:1[0-7]\\d)|(?:\\d?\\d))[.]{1,1}[0-9]{0,15}/',$point['latitude']))
{
$out .= "
var point".$i." = new google.maps.LatLng(".$point['latitude'].",".$point['longitude'].");
var marker".$i." = new google.maps.Marker({
position: point".$i.",
map: map,
title:\"".(isset($point['title'])?$point['title']:'')."\",
shadow: iconshadow,
icon: iconimage,
});";
if(isset($point['title'])&&isset($point['html']))
{
$out .= " var infowindow$i = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: \"$point[title]$point[html]\"
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker".$i.", 'click', function() {
infowindow$i.open(map,marker".$i.");
});";
}
$data[$n][$keys[0]]['js']="marker$i.openInfoWindowHtml(marker$i.html);";
$i++;
}
}
}
$out .= "
//]]>
</script>";
return $out;
}
function addClick($var, $script=null)
{
$out = "
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
//<![CDATA[
$script
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', ".$var.", true);
//]]>
</script>";
return $out;
}
function addMarkerOnClick($innerHtml = null)
{
$mapClick = '
var mapClick = function (event) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position:event.latLng,
icon: iconimage,
map:map
});
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: \"'.$innerHtml.'\"
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, \'click\', function() {
infowindow.open(map,marker);
});
}
';
return $this->addClick('mapClick', $mapClick);
}
function moveMarkerOnClick($lngctl, $latctl, $innerHtml = null)
{
$mapClick = '
var mapClick = function (event) {
marker0.setPosition(event.latLng);
lngctl = document.getElementById(\''.$lngctl.'\');
latctl = document.getElementById(\''.$latctl.'\');
if(lngctl)
lngctl.value = event.latLng.lng();
if(latctl)
latctl.value = event.latLng.lat();
}
';
return $this->addClick('mapClick', $mapClick);
}
}
?>
To use you just need to add the helper to the controller, or to AppController if you want this in every other controller, like this:
<?php
class MyController extends AppController {
var $helpers = array( 'Googlemap');
....
}
Then, in the view, add these line:
$default = array('type'=>'0','zoom'=>13,'lat'=>'42.5846353751749',
'long'=>'11.5191650390625');
$points = array();
$points[0]['Point'] = array('longitude' =>$default['long'],'latitude' =>$default['lat']);
$key = $googlemap->key;
echo $javascript->link($googlemap->url);
echo $googlemap->map($default,'width: 600px; height: 400px');
echo $googlemap->addMarkers($points);
echo $googlemap->moveMarkerOnClick('StructureLongitudine','StructureLatitudine');
A simple explanation:
points is the array where your store, guess, points! The map methos writes out the js for the map, the addMarkers method add markers to the page. The last method, moveMarkerOnClick, was useful to me, for user placement. With this code you can create a map where the user can click to move the marker. Note that the marker which moves is always the one called marker0. The two methos parameters are the ids of two input boxes, representing latitude and longitude. This id is created automatically by CakePHP by using the usual syntax ControllernameInputname. The default variable contains map type, zoom level, center of the map respectively. You can also add directions to your map by adding a div, setting and id for it and then passing the id in the default array like this:
'directions_div'=>'directions_div'
You can also use the addMarkerOnClick function, which adds a marker when you click on the map. InfoWindows are supported, just add a title and html item to the point array, they will be used to create an infowindow to be displayed when you click on the marker icon.
Hope this helps!
PS: please not that this is a initial version of the helper, use it at your own risk! But please leave here some comments, feature request, bug, or else!
Thanks!
EDIT: According to Amjith, to use this in cakephp v1.3 you must use:
$this->GoogleMap-> instead of $googlemap->
and name the file helper as google_map.php
EDIT 2: According to Duckula, for compatibility with Cake 1.3, you should use:
var $helpers = array( ‘GoogleMap’);
with capital M.
Sorry for these, but I still did not have the chance to try out v1.3, but I will soon!
Apr 15 2008
What is 301 redirect ?
A 301 redirect is a way of telling a broswer (and a search engine spider too) that a page has moved (301 http code means permanent redirection). This is useful in case you moved a website to a new domain or if you want to hide your dynamic page extension (i.e. show mypage.htm instead of mypage.php or mypage.aspx).
When do you need 301 redirect ?
As already stated, 301 redirect can be useful for moved pages, to redirect users from yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com, to hide extensions, to redirect from for example page-1.htm to index.php?page=1 (if you want to remove long urls and let them appear as plain htm pages) and more!
How to 301 redirect in PHP ?
To redirect a single page to a new localtion:
<?php
header(’HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently’);
header(’Location: http://www.yourdomain.com/newpage.php’);
?>
If you want to add the www at the beginning of the site url
if (substr(getenv(’HTTP_HOST’),0,3) != ‘www’)
{
header(’HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently’);
header(’Location:http://www.’.$_SERVER[’HTTP_HOST’].$_SERVER[’REQUEST_URI’]);
}
?>
How to 301 redirect in .htaccess file?
To redirect pages you cal also use htaccess file, only if you’re using n Apache webserver. In this case, simply create a file namd .htaccess (note the dotat the beginning) and put it in the root directory of the website (note that your FTP client may hide this file, so check the docs and find out how to show all files, usually adding -aL to the FTP client options).
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Mar 01 2008
Is there a way to use enumerations in PHP (such as enum in JAva or C#)? Do I need a class to do it or they’re built-in? I’ll be thinking to this all Saturday night…
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