http://www.thinkingphp.org/2006/05/04/using-cakephp-in-external-php-systems-cmss-weblogs-etc/
On 15 май, 20:48, Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rocky..thanks for the reply. I am worried most about the > authentication/sessions issue...Any idea if Cake and PHP sessions can > work together. I can't have the users reauthenticate themselves as > they go between the regular PHP site and Cake site. > > -Chandra > > On May 15, 1:09 pm, rockit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Chandra i'm new as well to cake but i don't see any huge roadblocks > > in using cake to extend your application. > > > if you notice in the bakery, there is a good resource on how to use > > smarty for your presentation logic. > > > the business logic and classes can be placed in as components with a > > few minor tweaks. > > > as far as accessing the db schema, you can do it the cake way or your > > own way. > > > there's a bit of tweaking that would need to be done to your app i > > imagine, but i wouldn't say it would have to go as far as refactoring > > the code. Most OO-PHP code in my experience has worked great with > > cake. > > > On May 15, 11:56 am, Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The company I work for has a PHP/MySQL (and the Smarty Template > > > Framework as a front end) based website that been running for a little > > > while....the time has come to add more functionality to the site. I'd > > > like to use use CakePHP to add these new features on...and I need to > > > see if it's even possible (I'm a Cake newbie) and then need to sell it > > > to my boss. I was hoping somone could answer a few simple questions > > > for me: > > > > 1. Site Authentication is done using PHP sessions stored in a > > > database...Can Cake use the same session methods or will the users > > > have to re-authenticate as they pass between the old and new > > > functionality (and vice-versa) > > > > 2. There is some business logic and classes from the old site I need > > > to use - anything to watch out for? > > > > 3. In accessing the existing MySQL database schema...I can use Cake's > > > CRUD capabilities...or is there a alternate way I should be accessing > > > the data? > > > > Thanks for all your help, > > > > Chandra- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
