cakephp-tools/docs/Install.md

Installation

How to include

Installing the Plugin is pretty much as with every other CakePHP Plugin.

composer require dereuromark/cakephp-tools

Details @ https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-tools

This will load the plugin (within your boostrap file):

Plugin::load('Tools');

or

Plugin::loadAll(...);

In case you want the Tools bootstrap file included (recommended), you can do that in your ROOT/config/bootstrap.php with

Plugin::load('Tools', ['bootstrap' => true]);

or

Plugin::loadAll([
		'Tools' => ['bootstrap' => true]
]);

Namespacing

Using Cake3 and namespaces, don't forget to add "Tools" as namespace to new files. Also don't forget the use statements.

If you create a new behavior in the plugin, it might look like this:

namespace Tools\Model\Behavior;

use Cake\ORM\Behavior;

class CoolBehavior extends Behavior {
}

For a new APP behavior "MySlugged" that extends "Tools.Slugged" it is:

namespace App\Model\Behavior;

use Tools\Model\Behavior\SluggedBehavior;

class MySluggedBehavior extends SluggedBehavior {
}

Note that use statements should be in alphabetical order. See CakePHP coding standards for details.

Internal handling via plugin dot notation

Internally (method access), you don't use the namespace declaration. The plugin name suffices:

// In a Table
$this->addBehavior('Tools.Slugged'); // Adding SluggedBehavior

// In a View
$this->loadHelper('Tools.Foo'); // Adding FooHelper

// In a Controller (deprecated)
public $helpers = ['Tools.Foo']; // Adding FooHelper

Class Alias Shortcuts

For Configure usage especially in view files, you can add this to the bootstrap:

class_alias('Cake\Core\Configure', 'Configure');

This avoids having to add tons of use statements at the top of your view ctps. But using the helper is preferred and a bit cleaner ($this->loadHelper('Shim.Configure'));