Cakephp Html Helper

Meta Tag

<?php echo $this->Html->charset(); ?>

Will output:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

Link Tag

<?php echo $this->Html->link(

    'Delete',

    array('controller' => 'recipes', 'action' => 'delete', 6),

    array(),

    "Are you sure you wish to delete this recipe?"

);?>

Will output:

<a href="/recipes/delete/6" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you wish to delete this recipe?');">Delete</a>

Creating Table header

<?php echo $this->Html->tableHeaders(

    array('Date','Title','Active'),

    array('class' => 'status'),

    array('class' => 'product_table')

);?>

//Output

<tr class="status">

     <th class="product_table">Date</th>

     <th class="product_table">Title</th>

     <th class="product_table">Active</th></tr>

<?php echo $this->Html->tableCells(array(

    array('Jul 7th, 2007', 'Best Brownies', 'Yes'),

    array('Jun 21st, 2007', 'Smart Cookies', 'Yes'),

    array('Aug 1st, 2006', 'Anti-Java Cake', 'No'),

));

?>

//Output

<tr><td>Jul 7th, 2007</td><td>Best Brownies</td><td>Yes</td></tr>

<tr><td>Jun 21st, 2007</td><td>Smart Cookies</td><td>Yes</td></tr>

<tr><td>Aug 1st, 2006</td><td>Anti-Java Cake</td><td>No</td></tr>

Breadcrumb.

echo $this->Html->getCrumbs(' > ','Home');

$this->Html->addCrumb('Users', '/users');

$this->Html->addCrumb('Add User', '/users/add');

This will add the output of “Home > Users > Add User” in your layout where

Image with link

<?php echo $this->Html->image("recipes/6.jpg", array(

    "alt" => "Brownies",

    'url' => array('controller' => 'recipes', 'action' => 'view', 6)

)); ?>

Will output:

<a href="/recipes/view/6">

    <img src="/img/recipes/6.jpg" alt="Brownies" />

</a>

Image Tag

<?php echo $this->Html->image('cake_logo.png', array('alt' => 'CakePHP'))?>

Will output:

<img src="/img/cake_logo.png" alt="CakePHP" />

CSS in the header.

<?php    $this->Html->css(array('forms','myplugin/css/forms'),'stylesheet', array('inline' => false ) ); ?>

<?php echo $this->Html->css(array('forms','tables','menu')); ?>

Output

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/forms.css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/tables.css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/menu.css" />

Meta keywords and Descriptions.

<?php echo $this->Html->meta(

    'keywords',

    'enter any meta keyword here'

);?>

//Output <meta name="keywords" content="enter any meta keyword here"/>

//

<?php echo $this->Html->meta(

    'description',

    'enter any meta description here'

   );?>

//Output <meta name="description" content="enter any meta description here"/>