Class App
App is responsible for resource location, and path management.
Adding paths
Additional paths for Templates and Plugins are configured with Configure now. See config/app.php for an example. The App.paths.plugins
and App.paths.templates
variables are used to configure paths for plugins and templates respectively. All class based resources should be mapped using your application's autoloader.
Inspecting loaded paths
You can inspect the currently loaded paths using App::path('Controller')
for example to see loaded controller paths.
It is also possible to inspect paths for plugin classes, for instance, to get the path to a plugin's helpers you would call App::path('View/Helper', 'MyPlugin')
Locating plugins
Plugins can be located with App as well. Using Plugin::path('DebugKit') for example, will give you the full path to the DebugKit plugin.
Method Summary
- className() public static
Return the class name namespaced. This method checks if the class is defined on the application/plugin, otherwise try to load from the CakePHP core
Method Detail
_classExistsInBase() protected static
_classExistsInBase(mixed $name, mixed $namespace)
_classExistsInBase
Test isolation wrapper
Parameters
-
string
$name Class name.
-
string
$namespace Namespace.
Returns
bool
className() public static
className(mixed $class, mixed $type, mixed $suffix)
Return the class name namespaced. This method checks if the class is defined on the application/plugin, otherwise try to load from the CakePHP core
Parameters
-
string
$class Class name
-
string
$type optional Type of class
-
string
$suffix optional Class name suffix
Returns
string|false
False if the class is not found or namespaced class name
core() public static
core(mixed $type)
Returns the full path to a package inside the CakePHP core
Usage:
App::core('Cache/Engine');
Will return the full path to the cache engines package.
Parameters
-
string
$type Package type.
Returns
string[]
Full path to package
path() public static
path(mixed $type, mixed $plugin)
Used to read information stored path
Usage:
App::path('Plugin');
Will return the configured paths for plugins. This is a simpler way to access the App.paths.plugins
configure variable.
App::path('Model/Datasource', 'MyPlugin');
Will return the path for datasources under the 'MyPlugin' plugin.
Parameters
-
string
$type type of path
-
string|null
$plugin optional name of plugin
Returns
string[]
Links
shortName() public static
shortName(mixed $class, mixed $type, mixed $suffix)
Returns the plugin split name of a class
Examples:
App::shortName( 'SomeVendor\SomePlugin\Controller\Component\TestComponent', 'Controller/Component', 'Component' )
Returns: SomeVendor/SomePlugin.Test
App::shortName( 'SomeVendor\SomePlugin\Controller\Component\Subfolder\TestComponent', 'Controller/Component', 'Component' )
Returns: SomeVendor/SomePlugin.Subfolder/Test
App::shortName( 'Cake\Controller\Component\AuthComponent', 'Controller/Component', 'Component' )
Returns: Auth
Parameters
-
string
$class Class name
-
string
$type Type of class
-
string
$suffix optional Class name suffix
Returns
string
Plugin split name of class
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