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Angad
Angad

Reputation: 2823

Meta tags in CakePHP

My scenario is such:

In my /views/layout/default.ctp

<head>
      <!-- other stuff -->
      <?php echo $scripts_for_layout; ?>
</head>
<body>
      <!-- more stuff -->
      <?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>

In my /views/pages/home.ctp

<?php $this->Html->meta('keywords', 'my, keywords', array(), false); ?>

However, my problem is that even with $scripts_for_layout in my default.ctp, and with boolean inline = false, I still can't see the meta tag in my head, instead I just see them inline.

I am considering the scenario that it $scripts_for_layout is echoed before I make that HTML helper call, but surely there must be an elegant way to do this?

Also note that the HTML helper call is the first line to my views/pages/home.ctp

Edit - Aha I found my mistake. Here's to anybody else who's having the same problem. With CakePHP 1.3, the syntax for the HTML helper changes slightly (and there is no backwards-compatibility for the syntax).

Apparently there's a syntactical flaw in what I wrote in my view. This is the correct way to say boolean inline = false in version 1.3:

$this->Html->meta("keywords", "keywords, are, sweet", array("inline" => false));

Upvotes: 4

Views: 8395

Answers (2)

Tomas Gonzalez
Tomas Gonzalez

Reputation: 1175

For CakePHP version 3.x use this in your view:

<?php $this->Html->meta('keywords', 'keywords, are, sweet', ['block' => true]); ?>

Then in your layout's header use: 

<?= $this->fetch('meta') ?>

The output will be: 

<meta name="keywords" content="keywords, are, sweet"/>

Upvotes: 0

Angad
Angad

Reputation: 2823

Aha I found my mistake. Apparently there's a syntactical flaw in what I wrote in my view. This is the correct way to say boolean inline = false in version 1.3:

$this->Html->meta("keywords", "keywords, are, sweet", array("inline" => false));

Upvotes: 2

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