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arodu/util-cake
===============

CakePHP Plugin, collection of utilities for cakephp 3.x

v0.0.5(6y ago)014MITPHP

Since Aug 9Pushed 6y agoCompare

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UtilCake plugin for CakePHP
===========================

[](#utilcake-plugin-for-cakephp)

CakePHP Plugin, collection of utilities for CakePHP 3.x

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](https://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require arodu/util-cake
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

You can load the plugin using the shell command:

```
bin/cake plugin load UtilCake
```

Or you can manually add the loading statement in the **src/Application.php** file of your application:

```
public function bootstrap(){
    parent::bootstrap();
    $this->addPlugin('UtilCake');
}
```

Prior to 3.6.0

```
Plugin::load('UtilCake');
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

### Permit

[](#permit)

> Under construction

### reCaptcha V3

[](#recaptcha-v3)

In the controller file

```
public function initialize(){
  parent::initialize();
  $this->loadComponent('UtilCake.reCaptcha', [
    'public_key' => 'RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY',
    'secret_key' => 'RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY',
  ]);
}

public function action(){
  // ...
  if ($this->request->is('post')) {
    if($this->reCaptcha->verify($this->request)){
      // when the verification is successful
    }else{
      // when the verification is not successful
      $this->Flash->error(__('reCaptcha failed, try again'));
    }
  }
  // ...
}
```

In the template `Template/ControllerName/action.ctp`

```
echo $this->Form->create();
echo $this->element('UtilCake.reCaptcha/input');
echo $this->Form->end();

echo $this->element('UtilCake.reCaptcha/script', ['action'=>'IdName']);
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~56 days

Total

5

Last Release

2291d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0617260c837f5cbcc776bf9944d8e3ac6b40bc7ec566ee986c99f4693e7674fa?d=identicon)[arodu](/maintainers/arodu)

---

Top Contributors

[![arodu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12447690?v=4)](https://github.com/arodu "arodu (22 commits)")

---

Tags

cakephppermitutil-cake

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