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Sheenam
Sheenam

Reputation: 11

How to open external URL in a new tab from cakephp?

I want to open another url, lets say : 'localhost/test.html' from the page which is in cakePHP.

I already have a view(page.ctp) and controller(PagesController.php). On this page there is a button with name Wireshark, whenever I click on this button I want to go to another URL but not want to redirect to another page within the cakePHP server.

In the page.ctp I use this:

<?php echo $this->Html->link(__('Wireshark'), array('controller' => 'tests','action' => 'wireshark'))?>

In TestsController:

<?php
App::uses('AppController', 'Controller');


class TestsController extends AppController {

    public function wireshark() {

        }
    }

In wireshark.ctp:

<?php
echo "hello"
?>

Till now when I click on button it redirects me to "http://localhost:9877/tests/wireshark" and display "hello". I think it works fine but what I need is to go to another web page(localhost/test.html).

I also tried with this in the same file:

<?php echo $this->Html->link(__('Wireshark'), 'localhost/test.html')?>

I get this when I use above code:

Error: The requested address '/pages/localhost/test.html' was not found on this server.

I am totally new and self studying cakePHP. I googled it but none of the post took me to the detailed explanation for how to do that(may be because I am so new to this).

Can anyone please help me with this. I am sorry if its not clear please ask me for clarification.

Thank You

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2262

Answers (2)

502_Geek
502_Geek

Reputation: 2126

Well, let me explain.

  1. The first keyword of Wireshark represent to the label of href
  2. The second keyword call Tests is represent your controller and
  3. The third keyword call wiresha is action of your controller

Hope this help for you.

echo $this->Html->link('Wireshark',array('controller'=>'Tests','action'=>'wireshark'), array('target'=>'_blank'));

Upvotes: 0

jbe
jbe

Reputation: 1782

prepend http:// to the url

<a href="http://localhost/test.html" target="_blank">
    Wireshark
</a>

<!-- or-->

<?= $this->Html->link(
    __('Wireshark'),
    'http://localhost/test.html',
    [
        'target' => '_blank',
    ]
) ?>

Upvotes: 1

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