Cake has a great theme system which falls back on default views if a certain view is not present in the theme. What you are asking is definitely possible, I don't believe there is anything in the core that does exactly what you need but it wont take too much work to get it working.
Have a read about themes: http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/views/themes.html This is just something from the top of my head and have not tried it but i think you could just do something like the following in AppController.php public function beforeRender(){ if($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == 'domain1'){ $this->theme = "theme1"; } else { $this->theme = "default"; } } On Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:55:29 PM UTC+1, Elliot wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > I am a new addition to the world of CakePHP, and have only created / > followed the blog tutorial, and extended it with users. I have been reading > the 2.0 book to become more familiar with the framework. > > Before I commit to moving to CakePHP, I have a couple of questions. > > Currently, I develop a multi domain / multi theme CMS system which is > procedural PHP. By doing this I have been able to create a single system on > a single database with multiple domains and themes. > > I take the $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] and look it up in a table of "brands" > and then return a brand_id and theme directory. I then suffix all my SQL > queries with "and brand_id = X". > > I am looking to move over to Cake as the current platform has become > overwhelming in size and complexity. > > So in short... > > Can I create an application with One Core, One App, One Database that can > serve Multiple Domains and Themes? > > Would I use $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] to look up the domain and return back > a brand_id and theme? > > I don't really want to have multiple databases, as if we had a large > number of customers making changes across all databases could prove time > consuming. > > I certainly don't want to have multiple controllers and multiple models, > but in some cases we would want a bespoke view if a customer had a specific > requirement. > > Any guidance on a basic configuration to get me started would be great. > Would each Model "belong to" a "brand"? How would you "serve" up a brand? > > Name: Brand1 Domain: www.brand1.com ThemeDir: Brand1 > Name: Brand2 Domain: www.brand2.com ThemeDir: Brand2 > > Thanks > > Elliot > > > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
