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cakecms at github
12.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I was kinda exploring things and I am very curious how to upload something at github.com so, there it is! You can go to github and get my cakecms there. http://github.com/phpcurious/cakecms/tree/master please don’t be too harsh on your comments about my code. I have not perfected cakephp yet and on using Git either! Please don’t [...]
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Important things to take note of about AuthComponent and AclBehavior
12.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I thought to blog about some important things to take note of when building a web application using CakePHP Framework that is ACL-controlled. Some of these I have experienced and learned as valuable lessons.
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Confusing cakephp validation rule ‘required’=>true
11.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I want to clarify the usage of ‘required’=>true in cakephp as a validation rule to your forms. When using this rule, you must not confuse yourself with the other validation rule ‘notEmpty’ as told by teknoid. And from the cookbook it says, This key should be assigned to a boolean value. If ‘required’ is true, [...]
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my workaround: Cakephp model associations not in primary keys
10.23.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

I was just asked by another filipino cakephp developer about how to make model associations but the associations are not in primary keys. I already had been into this situation before, but I didn’t pursue a work around because, I felt it was not following good convention with regards to cakephp. Well anyway, his db [...]
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User Complaint: “I was used to the old version”
10.20.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Last week, I just finished upgrading the old version of one of the online sales reports and I informed them about our changes. But just this monday, one of our users provided us a feedback regarding the sales report. “I was more used to the old version”, she said. This person is one of our [...]
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Benefits of continuous upgrading (updating)
10.13.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

I decided to upgrade our company’s web application made in cakephp 1.1 to cakephp 1.2 RC3. I also found out that my code really needs to be refactored anyway, so it is really a good decision. I also realized that there are really good benefits for doing this. Let me cite them one by one. [...]