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CakePHP RSS + XML + Time

RSS Helper

• The RSS helper makes generating XML for RSS feeds easy.

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Time Helper

It allows for the quick processing of time related information. The Time Helper has two main tasks that it can perform:

• It can format time strings.
• It can test time.

• Uses "CakePHP i18n + l10n" component by Diogo ResendeDiogo Resende with some modifications

Functions

• fromString( $date_string )
• toQuarter( $date_string, $range = false )
• toUnix( $date_string )
• toAtom( $date_string )
• toRSS( $date_string )
• nice( $date_string = null )
• niceShort( $date_string = null )
• daysAsSql( $begin, $end, $fieldName, $userOffset = NULL )
• dayAsSql( $date_string, $field_name )
• timeAgoInWords( $datetime_string, $options = array(), $backwards = null )
• gmt( $date_string = null )
• format( $format = 'd-m-Y', $date_string)

How to use Time Helper

XML Helper

The XML Helper simplifies the output of XML documents.

• serialize($data, $options = array())

• string elem (string $name, $attrib = array(), mixed $content = null, $endTag = true)

• header(): This method is used to output the XML declaration