WHere to save a custom class and how to load it in a CakePHP Component?
cakephp, components, php
Solution
If you wrote the custom class, you put it in `app\libs` for cake 1.x and in `app\Lib` for cake 2.x, if not it goes inside the app\vendors or app\Vendor.
To load it in a component for cake 2.x you would add before your component class declaration:
App::uses('MathLib', 'Lib');
The class name and file name should be the same.
For 1.x you would load it by:
App::import('Lib', 'MathLib');
More info for 1.x here http://book.cakephp.org/1.3/view/1579/Library-classes
If it's a vendor, same idea, but read these docs: http://book.cakephp.org/1.3/view/944/Vendor-examples.
It's the file naming that's important.
Problem
I have a custom class named MathLib.php and I need to use some login inside this class in all the controllers. Reading CakePHP documentations I found that components are the best way to do this. But Now, I have a problem, I would like to know where do I have to save the MathLib.php class (in what Folder do i have to put custom class), and How can I load it in a component. Thank you!