Uploader v2.5

An all around general purpose file uploader for CakePHP. Packaged as a stand alone plugin with file validation, file scanning and support for a wide range of basic mime types.

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Blog entries with the tag "Form"

Aug
31

New scripts galore

Topics: Scripts, PHP & MySQL // 0 comments, 691 views
It has been quite a while since I posted a real entry, I just haven't worked in CakePHP for the past few weeks. Hopefully these two new scripts and the new script versions will make up for it. Continue reading...
Jun
13

Protecting your forms with the Security Component

Topics: Tutorials, CakePHP // 3 comments, 912 views
Many users are unaware of this feature as it is not stated within the Cookbook, but the Security Component by default will secure and protect your forms (if you have added Security to the $components array). What does that mean you ask, well it's simple. The Security will add hidden token fields within all your forms that will protect you against many types of robots and bots. Continue reading...
Mar
4

Pre-populating form values

Topics: Tutorials, CakePHP // 1 comments, 2,453 views
When I first started using CakePHP, I couldn't find a way to pre-populate a form with data. Why would I need this you ask? Well its simple, it would be used to edit something already existent. So what I need to do is grab the data from the database, and then populate the form. Took me a few hours to figure out how to do it, the guide really didn't explain how it should be done (or I just overlooked it). To have the data populate, all you need to do is to set $this->data to the database result. Continue reading...