Cakephp-CounterBehavior

A Cakephp 3 Behavior to use for increment a field (counter : visits, views, ...).

Version

0.1

Compatibility

Cakephp 3.2.12

Installation

• Copy the file .php into src/Model/Behavior/ directory.

• Add behavior in Table initialize method; example :

Code to put in a model :

class MyTable extends Table
{

	public function initialize(array $config)
	{
		$this->addBehavior('Counter', ['field' => 'visits']);
	}
}

You can specify like in this example a another field name ('visits' in this example). If you don't specify a field name, 'views' will be the name field (by default).

If you want to use this behavior in a component you must declare the behavior on the fly like this :

$myTableEntity = TableRegistry::get('my_table');
$myTableEntity->addBehavior('Counter', ['field' => 'visits']);

• Use behavior (increment a field) :

Code to put in a component or a controller :

$myTableEntity->incField($row->id, ['field' => 'visits']); // increment visits (+1)

Author

Nicolas HENRY

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