Andras Awesome!!!!
Thanks for this, easy when you know how. On Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:50:40 PM UTC+1, Andras Kende wrote: > > app/View/Layouts/default.ctp: > <meta name=“description” content="<?php echo empty($meta_description) ? > ‘default meta description here’ : $meta_description ; ?>” /> > > and add this to your controllers actions or views: > $meta_description = $house[‘House’][‘meta_description']; > $this->set(compact(‘meta_description')); > > Andras Kende > > On Jul 1, 2014, at 2:33 AM, vbpupil <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi Guys > > Im trying to generate dynamic facebook meta tags for a share button > > eg: > > <meta property="og:description" content="description text"/> <meta > property="og:image" content="http://www.myurl.co.uk/img/icon.png"/> > > > im guessing that the best way to do this is by setting the values in the > beforeFilter of my controller. > > ie controller: > > public function beforeFilter(){ > $desc = 'test description text'; > $this->set('meta_desc', $desc ); > > } > > and then calling it in my layout file. > > <!DOCTYPE html> > > <?php > if(!isset($meta_desc)) { > $meta_desc = 'House For Sale'; > } > ?> > > which works for static text, but how can i get database values which are > used to build the body of the page? > > I hope this makes sense > > > Thanks > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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/d/optout.
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