CakePHP Utility Classes
This library provides a range of utility classes that are used throughout the CakePHP framework
What's in the toolbox?
Hash
A Hash (as in PHP arrays) class, capable of extracting data using an intuitive DSL:
$things = [
['name' => 'Mark', 'age' => 15],
['name' => 'Susan', 'age' => 30],
['name' => 'Lucy', 'age' => 25]
];
$bigPeople = Hash::extract($things, '{n}[age>21].name');
// $bigPeople will contain ['Susan', 'Lucy']Check the official Hash class documentation
Inflector
The Inflector class takes a string and can manipulate it to handle word variations such as pluralizations or camelizing.
echo Inflector::pluralize('Apple'); // echoes Apples
echo Inflector::singularize('People'); // echoes PersonCheck the official Inflector class documentation
Text
The Text class includes convenience methods for creating and manipulating strings.
Text::insert(
'My name is :name and I am :age years old.',
['name' => 'Bob', 'age' => '65']
);
// Returns: "My name is Bob and I am 65 years old."
$text = 'This is the song that never ends.';
$result = Text::wrap($text, 22);
// Returns
This is the song
that never ends.Check the official Text class documentation
Security
The security library handles basic security measures such as providing methods for hashing and encrypting data.
$key = 'wt1U5MACWJFTXGenFoZoiLwQGrLgdbHA';
$result = Security::encrypt($value, $key);
Security::decrypt($result, $key);Check the official Security class documentation
Xml
The Xml class allows you to easily transform arrays into SimpleXMLElement or DOMDocument objects and back into arrays again
$data = [
'post' => [
'id' => 1,
'title' => 'Best post',
'body' => ' ... '
]
];
$xml = Xml::build($data);Check the official Xml class documentation