While it's true that submissions to trac *do* help extend the
functionality of the core code, I do see ProFire's point.
There is no way that a helper can perform everything that you'd want,
even if it was totally bloated with code. It would be nice to be able
to extend the core helpers without replacing them entirely, but also
without changing the name.
One possible way would be helper aliases. For example, in your
controller you could do:
var $helpers = array('Html' => 'MyHtml');
which would load the 'MyHtml' helper but alias it as Html. Assuming
your MyHtmlHelper extends HtmlHelper, this would work smoothly. You
could just override the methods you need, and bob's your uncle.
One problem with this would be keeping track of the whole helper chain
- for example if you've aliased MyHtml to Html, and another helper
(Ajax?) uses the HtmlHelper, which one does it load? The original or
the overloaded one?
What are your thoughts on this? Does anyone else think this is a good
idea?
On Feb 5, 2:56 pm, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why not submit your modification to trac, perhaps it's good enough to
> be accepted!
>
> On Feb 5, 1:22 pm, ProFire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Bakers!
>
> > Been using CakePHP for some time already and I'm getting the hang of
> > it. I'm loving it too.
>
> > However, as CakePHP is still young, I noticed a few missing features.
> > More specifically, AjaxHelper! I have modified the core file,
> > ajax.php. So far it works fine for now.
>
> > I would like to ask, is there a way to modify/extend the features of
> > the core helpers without modifying the core files? The way I know of
> > is to create an entirely different helper, but I won't be able to
> > reuse the name.
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