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.
Link: https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/core-libraries/app.html
Location: Core/App.php
Method Summary
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_classExistsInBase() protected static
_classExistsInBase -
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
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core() public static
Returns the full path to a package inside the CakePHP core -
path() public static
Used to read information stored path -
shortName() public static
Returns the plugin split name of a class
Method Detail
_classExistsInBase() protected static ¶
_classExistsInBase( string $name , string $namespace )
_classExistsInBase
Test isolation wrapper
Parameters
- string $name
- Class name.
- string $namespace
- Namespace.
Returns
className() public static ¶
className( string $class , string $type '' , string $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
False if the class is not found or namespaced class name
core() public static ¶
core( string $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
Full path to package
path() public static ¶
path( string $type , string|null $plugin null )
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 null
- name of plugin
Returns
Link
shortName() public static ¶
shortName( string $class , string $type , string $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
Plugin split name of class