Sledgehammer as CakePHP 2.x plugin

Intergrates the Sledgehammer Framework into an CakePHP 2.x project

1. Installation with Composer

composer.phar require sledgehammer/cakephp-plugin

Manual installation

Add the plugin

Place this plugin into the "app/Plugin/Sledgehammer/" folder. git submodule add git://github.com/sledgehammer/CakePHP-Sledgehammer-Plugin.git app/Plugin/Sledgehammer

Add Sledgehammer

Place the "sledgehammer" folder in the "app/Vendor/" folder: git submodule add git://github.com/sledgehammer/core.git app/Vendor/sledgehammer/core

Your project folder should look like this:

• app/
  • composer.json
  • Plugin/
    • Sledgehammer/
      • Readme.md (this file)
      • ...
  • Vendor/
    • sledgehammer/
      • core/
• lib/
  • Cake/

2. Activate plugin

Modify your app/Config/bootstrap.php to include:

// define current environent in code or add "SetEnv APPLICATION_ENV development" to your httpd.conf or .htaccess
define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');
// Override the e-mailaddres to whom the error-reports are sent in production mode or rely on the SERVER_ADMIN in httpd.conf/.htaccess
$_SERVER['SERVER_ADMIN'] = '[email protected]';
CakePlugin::load('Sledgehammer', array('bootstrap' => true));

3. Activate goodies

Sledgehammer Database

Upgrade your datasource in APP/Config/database.php from Database/Mysql into Sledgehammer.Database/SledgehammerMysql

Default to UTF-8 encoding and reports sql warnings & notices.

Sledgehammer statusbar

Add the statusbar element just before the </body> tag in your /Layout/default.ctp.

<?php echo $this->element('statusbar', array(), array('plugin' => 'Sledgehammer')); ?>