HtmlHelper

class HtmlHelper(View $view, array $settings = array())

The role of the HtmlHelper in CakePHP is to make HTML-related options easier, faster, and more resilient to change. Using this helper will enable your application to be more light on its feet, and more flexible on where it is placed in relation to the root of a domain.

Many HtmlHelper methods include a $options parameter, that allow you to tack on any extra attributes on your tags. Here are a few examples of how to use the $options parameter:

Desired attributes: <tag class="someClass" />
Array parameter: array('class' => 'someClass')

Desired attributes: <tag name="foo" value="bar" />
Array parameter:  array('name' => 'foo', 'value' => 'bar')

NOTE

The HtmlHelper is available in all views by default. If you're getting an error informing you that it isn't there, it's usually due to its name being missing from a manually configured $helpers controller variable.

Inserting Well-Formatted elements

The most important task the HtmlHelper accomplishes is creating well formed markup. Don't be afraid to use it often - you can cache views in CakePHP in order to save some CPU cycles when views are being rendered and delivered. This section will cover some of the methods of the HtmlHelper and how to use them.

method HtmlHelper::charset($charset=null)

method HtmlHelper::css(mixed $path, array $options = array())

method HtmlHelper::meta(string $type, string $url = null, array $options = array())

method HtmlHelper::docType(string $type = 'xhtml-strict')

method HtmlHelper::style(array $data, boolean $oneline = true)

method HtmlHelper::image(string $path, array $options = array())

method HtmlHelper::link(string $title, mixed $url = null, array $options = array())

method HtmlHelper::media(string|array $path, array $options)

method HtmlHelper::tag(string $tag, string $text, array $options)

method HtmlHelper::div(string $class, string $text, array $options)

method HtmlHelper:😗* para(string $class, string $text, array $options)**()

method HtmlHelper::script(mixed $url, mixed $options)

method HtmlHelper:😗* scriptBlock($code, $options = array())**()

method HtmlHelper::scriptStart($options = array())

method HtmlHelper::scriptEnd()

method HtmlHelper::nestedList(array $list, array $options = array(), array $itemOptions = array(), string $tag = 'ul')

method HtmlHelper::tableHeaders(array $names, array $trOptions = null, array $thOptions = null)

method HtmlHelper::tableCells(array $data, array $oddTrOptions = null, array $evenTrOptions = null, $useCount = false, $continueOddEven = true)

method HtmlHelper::url(mixed $url = NULL, boolean $full = false)

method HtmlHelper::useTag(string $tag)

Changing the tags output by HtmlHelper

method HtmlHelper::loadConfig(mixed $configFile, string $path = null)

Creating breadcrumb trails with HtmlHelper

method HtmlHelper::getCrumbs(string $separator = '»', string|array|bool $startText = false)

method HtmlHelper::addCrumb(string $name, string $link = null, mixed $options = null)

method HtmlHelper::getCrumbList(array $options = array(), mixed $startText)