Thank you Mark, very good answer... I will try this night ;)
Il giorno lunedì 19 marzo 2012 12:23:17 UTC+1, euromark ha scritto:
>
> For starters
> App::import() is the right way to include vendor files
>
> App::uses() should mainly be used with cake and app stuff
>
> The main difference:
> import() usually works like include/require and will load this file right
> away
> uses() will only store the information where to find that file and the
> lazy loading will fetch this file only if needed
>
> I always try to avoid App::import() and vendor loading directly inside the
> application.
> Wrapping those third party classes in a Lib layer has several advantages.
> a) you can easily work with App::uses() internally in the app
> b) you can override some methods/settings if they don't make sense
> c) changes in how those foreign classes are used/called on updates doesn't
> have to effect your app
> d) makes use of the lazyloading from above
> e) it is much easier to test
>
> example: simle_html_dom
>
> in /Lib/Utility/HtmlDomLib.php:
>
> class HtmlDomLib {
> public function __construct() {
> $res = App::import('Vendor', 'SimpleHtmlDom',
> array('file'=>'simple_html_dom/simple_html_dom.php'));
> if ($res === false) {
> trigger_error('simplehtmldom lib not found');
> }
> }
>
> /**
> * @param url or path to file content
> * @return object Dom
> * 2010-11-06 ms
> */
> public static function domFromFile($url) {
> return file_get_html($url);
> }
> }
>
> anywhere in your application:
>
> App::uses('HtmlDomLib', 'Utility');
> $DomObject = HtmlDomLib::domFromFile($url);
>
> happy coding
> mark
>
>
> Am Sonntag, 18. März 2012 18:58:01 UTC+1 schrieb dariob:
>>
>> App:import / App:uses ??
>>
>>
>>
>> Il giorno domenica 18 marzo 2012 10:36:55 UTC+1, dariob ha scritto:
>>>
>>> What is for you the best way to implement any external php class to be
>>> avaible trough controllers or models?
>>> We truly need to package any php class in a plugin?? And how? (cake 2.1)
>>
>>
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