Is there any other PHP components like PHPExcel?
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Vendors cannot be loaded using App::uses() in CakePHP, this is because CakePHP cannot expect external libraries to follow the same standards regarding folder and file naming. You can still use App::import('Vendor', ...) as you did in version 1.3 of the framework.
Now, using App::import() for vendors is kind of silly, if you think about it. It is just an expensive, verbose and very silly wrapper for require_once().
In 2.0, we actually encourage people to use require or require_once for their Vendor libraries. You can get the location of the Vendor folder using App::path('Vendor') or just APP . 'Vendor' . DS.
Thursday, September 1, 2022
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Definition of which is the best is very subjective... I have a vested interest when I say that PHPExcel is the best, because I'm the main developer. However:
- very few of the packages listed in this thread are still actively supported
- work only with one or other format of Excel files (BIFF .xls or Office Open XML .xlsx)
- can only read, or only write
- or require third-party plug-ins, or specific operating platforms
Best is a very subjective term, and it really depends on your exact requirements including
- whether you are able to use (for example) COM to interact directly with MS Excel on the server
- or need to both read and write Excel
- or need to work with xls, or xlsx or both formats
- or care about ongoing development/support
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Do you mean like Kohana 2.x's flash session variables?
The latest Kohana supports get_once() which is pretty similar to the old flash session variables.
$session = Session::instance();
$session->set('test', 'Hello, World!');
// The session variable is returned and removed.
$test = $session->get_once('test');
Thursday, September 29, 2022
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After asking some CakePHP developers I came out with the conclusion that it is not possible to use an Oracle Database with CakePHP 2.3 if you want to make a proper use of CakePHP Models and their query syntax. There's no yet available any driver for Oracle in CakePHP which is completely functional.
Therefore, the solution I found was to use the OCI8 Functions of PHP.
Like this i could use oci_parse to directly query against the DB or rather call a PL-SQL procedure which is what I finally decided to do. (because of the sql functions complexity and the division of task inside my work group)
Now, I can not make use of many of the advantages of using CakePHP models, but It was the only way.
Friday, September 9, 2022
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There is some class that generates PHP Excel files (real excel files, not that .csv thing). I use (DEPRICATED) See edit 2:
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPExcel
BUT: I have had a problem when trying to read these generated excel files with the java excel READER, so there might be bugs in this PHP script.
EDIT: Nice one: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/2037-PHP-Generate-spreadsheet-files-Excel-xls-XML-format.html