CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpcakephpcakephp-1.3html-helper
Fabio Montezuma
Fabio Montezuma

Reputation: 75

Cakephp Override HtmlHelper::link

I want to setup HtmlHelper::link() method so the default options array have escape = false.

How can I achieve this without changing the core class?

OBS: I already sanitized form input, so I guess this will have no problem.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6564

Answers (7)

numerical25
numerical25

Reputation: 10790

another good practice that I think cakephp should implement that you also can implement is a simple Factory Pattern Helper. The following should be consider just psuedo not real code.

$this->Factory->getHelper('Html')->link();

instead of

$this->Html->link();

take the following for example

class FactoryHelper extends  Helper {
    public function getHelper($name) {
        if(Configure::read('Overrides.{$name}')) {
            return $this->{Configure::read('Overrides.{$name}')};
        }
        return (isset($this->{$name})?$this->{$name}:false);
    }

}

//Bootstrap is where you will set all your overrides
Configure::write('Overrides',array(
    'Html'=>'NewHtml'
));

//so now when you want to override any helper you can

So now in the bootstrap that you set to override Html Helper. Throughout your entire site, your new 'NewHtml' helper will be called instead of the traditional helper.

Upvotes: 0

brownpl
brownpl

Reputation: 73

Cake 2.1.5

I just implemented this and I wanted to point out a few things:

Your custom html helper should extend HTML helper (and don't forget to include the HTML helper class)

App::uses('HtmlHelper', 'View/Helper');
class CustomHtmlHelper extends HtmlHelper {
   //yadda yadda
}

Additionally, your call in AppController should not include the word Helper: 

'Html'=> array('className' =>'CustomHtml'),

Upvotes: 4

powtac
powtac

Reputation: 41040

In Cake 2.0

Create your OwnHelper class containing a link method, which extends HtmlHelper, in AppController specify: 

$helpers = array('Html' => array('className' => 'OwnHelper'));

via ADmad

Upvotes: 3

dhofstet
dhofstet

Reputation: 9964

You could copy the original HTMLHelper from cake/libs/view/helpers to app/views/helpers and modify the link() method there.

Upvotes: 0

contrebis
contrebis

Reputation: 1318

I'm never comfortable overriding methods higher up in the hierarchy (ie in AppHelper) because there is always a good chance you break other helpers that are dependent.

Hoping to be able to comment soon, instead of giving rubbish half answers!

Also relevant: I heard that CakePHP 2.0 will allow helpers, components etc to be aliased. Eg you want to change the output from HtmlHelper, you can replace it with your own version without changing all your view templates.

Upvotes: 2

dogmatic69
dogmatic69

Reputation: 7575

you can overwrite any helper method from AppHelper, so

class AppHelper extends Helper{
    function link($params, $go, $here){ ... code ...}
}

Upvotes: -3

dianovich
dianovich

Reputation: 2287

Why don't you create your own custom helper and create a method that returns the HTMLHelper's link with the options set?

http://book.cakephp.org/view/102/Including-other-Helpers

class MyHelper extends AppHelper {
  var $helpers = array('html');

  function linkNoEscape($title, $url)
    $options = array(); //set custom options, e.g. no escape 

    return $this->Html->link($title, $url, $options);
  }
}

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions