After digging through the code and debugging. I did the following to
make the code work with multiple projects with project specific
layouts and views.
Defined a configuration array which contains settings for each project
group.config.php
<?php
$application_config =
array(
'project1.site.com' => array(
'db' => 'local_prj1',
'group_name' => 'Project1',
'group_title' => 'Project1,
'html_meta_description' => 'Metadata',
'rss_feed_url' => '/messages.rss',
'rss_feed_url_title' => 'Project 1 (Dev) RSS',
'analytics_tracking_code' => 'UA-99999'',
'webmaster_email' => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
'page_size' => 15,
'index_threshold' => 10
),
'project2.site.com' => array(
'db' => 'local_prj2',
'group_name' => 'Project2',
'group_title' => 'Project2,
'html_meta_description' => 'Metadata',
'rss_feed_url' => '/messages.rss',
'rss_feed_url_title' => 'Project 2 RSS',
'analytics_tracking_code' => 'UA-99999'',
'webmaster_email' => '[EMAIL PROTECTED]',
'page_size' => 15,
'index_threshold' => 10
)
);
?>
Implemented beforeFilter in project wide app_controller.php
function beforeFilter() {
parent::beforeFilter();
$this->project = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
require(APP.DS.'config'.DS.'groups-config.php');
$project_settings = $application_config[$this->project];
foreach($project_settings as $key => $value) {
$this->$key = $value; // object variables
$this->set($key, $value); //available for views as well
}
// common view
$common_view_path = VIEWS."common" .DS;
// group specific views
$group_view_path = VIEWS.$this->group_name.DS;
// group specific views takes precedence
$viewPaths = array($group_view_path, $common_view_path);
// common helper folder
$common_helper_path = $common_view_path. 'helpers'.DS;
// group helper folder
$group_helper_path = $group_view_path.$this->group_name.'helpers'.DS;
// group specific folder takes precedence
$helperPaths = array($group_helper_path, $common_helper_path);
$configure =& Configure::getInstance();
// order of precedence group, common and general
$configure->viewPaths = array_merge($viewPaths,
$configure->viewPaths);
$configure->helperPaths = array_merge($helperPaths,
$configure->helperPaths);
// use plugin option to have project specific cache as well
$this->set("scache",
array('cache' => '+365 days', 'plugin' => $this->group_name));
}
}
Implemented setDataSource method in app_model.php to set the database
name specific to projects
function setDataSource($dataSource = null) {
require(APP.DS.'config'.DS.'groups-config.php');
$project = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$project_settings = $application_config[$project];
$db_conn = $project_settings['db'];
parent::setDataSource($db_conn);
}
On 8/30/07, Humble Groups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a requirement where I would like to have single
> codebase/project but maintain multiple clients. In this case I would
> like to have default for everything (views, layouts, webroot css, js,
> etc.,). But if there is anything specific to client, then I should be
> able to override.
>
> I saw how to have same cakephp code, but different project code, but
> couldn't find anything on the above topic.
>
> Was this discussed already?
>
> Typically I would like to have a structure like this.
>
> app/tmp/<client-specific>
> app/webroot - css, js, sitemap.xml files, etc.,
>
> app/views/<client-specific-folder> - High Precedence
> app/views/default/
>
> What are all the places/variables I have to modify to make this work?
>
> How to I define the settings for each project using global
> variable? I tried bootstrap.php, didn't work. As of now, I have it in
> app_controller. It is actually an array of projects and their settings
> in sub array.
>
> TIA
>
> Regards
> Humble
>
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