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[CakePHP] Pagination options persistence

By on June 9, 2011 in CakePHP, HowTo, PHP

TweetEditing a record and redirecting to a paginated list is a very common workflow pattern in CakePHP. However there is a small problem with this pattern if used with default pagination. after editing the user is always returned to to the first page with the default order and default limit. This is not very user [...]

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[CakePHP] Organizing themes in sub-folders

By on May 10, 2011 in CakePHP, HowTo

TweetCakePHP offers a wonderful built-in theming solution. However, the only shortfall is that all themes are to be kept in a single folder and there is no direct way to organize them in sub-folders. This post assumes that you are familiar with CakePHP Theming concepts. If not, then head on to the book before reading [...]

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Geo-distance search in Sphinx

By on May 2, 2011 in HowTo, Sphinx

TweetA common scenario in many search applications is geo-distance based searches. Geo-distance search means finding geographic locations nearby to the specified point on earth. Geo distance search is a very common feature in applications involving set of entities each having a specific geographic coordinate associated with it. Some examples are real estate portals, property listings, [...]

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[How To] Create a component in Joomla – Part II

By on April 25, 2011 in HowTo, Joomla, PHP

TweetIn my last blog post I wrote about How To Create a component in Joomla. The output text was hardcoded into the view. This doesn't follow the MVC pattern exactly because the view is intended to only display the data, and not contain it. In this second part of the tutorial we will demonstrate how [...]

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