Comments on: Why are there two “vendors” folders in CakePHP?

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:37:30 +0000

@Ken: The vendors folders are thought for third-party classes. You can name folders inside of vendors in any way you like.

I think it depends on where you want to use the functions. If you use the functions only in views, make a helper. If you use the functions only in controllers, create a component. Otherwise put them in the vendors folder.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:23:05 +0000

What exactly are these folders for? Am I supposed to put third-party classes here? For example: ezsql, paginator, smarty, xajax, etc.

Would these be considered appropriate names for “vendors”? The name is a little confusing to me. Wouldn’t “classes” have been a better name then?

How about files with purely functions in them (stuff like capFirstLetter, doSomethingWithString, etc)? Should I make helpers/components of those or can I simply throw the files into a single vendor folder as well?

By: nate

nate — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:31:55 +0000

Try addressing your questions to the mailing list.

By: nao

nao — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:42:52 +0000

I have make a file “test.js” in root vendors folder but file are not loaded :

link(‘test’); ?>

By: nao

nao — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:23:37 +0000

And for embed PHP code in them ?

By: nate

nate — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:22:03 +0000

The feature has been there for a couple months. Loading JS and CSS files from vendors is seamless. It’s the exact same as loading JS or CSS files from webroot.

By: nao

nao — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:18:59 +0000

Hello Nate,

Since what version of CakePhp for this improvements ?

Can you give me some examples how to embed PHP code in CSS files and how to call css or js from vendors folders ?

Thanks,

Nao

By: nate

nate — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:32:33 +0000

Also, the root vendors folder has js/ and css/ folders that allow you to store JavaScript and CSS files that are globally available to all applications, just as if they were in webroot/js or webroot/css. And since the files are served through PHP, you can embed PHP code in them.