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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. dereuromark/cakephp-tools ActiveCakephp-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) dereuromark/cakephp-tools ========================= A CakePHP plugin containing lots of useful and reusable tools 3.12.6(2mo ago)338920.1k—9.1%139[2 issues](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools/issues)20MITPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing Since Sep 17Pushed 2mo ago33 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-tools)[ Docs](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools)[ RSS](/packages/dereuromark-cakephp-tools/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (14)Versions (146)Used By (20) CakePHP Tools Plugin ==================== [](#cakephp-tools-plugin) [![CI](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/178b7422450c70a272d90f9ad663ba789c158b80b92dea49a88db358cec12936/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465636f762f632f6769746875622f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d746f6f6c732f6d61737465722e737667)](https://codecov.io/gh/dereuromark/cakephp-tools)[![PHPStan](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f60d96f7c2579690ab6dfa8918f777fe93a02a92301c661eb38a85861a92b780/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048505374616e2d6c6576656c253230382d627269676874677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c6174)](https://phpstan.org/)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f8ad0ef3499ec390d12440dba639a3127ba3786c8c95347fe381d9c5883251cb/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d746f6f6c732f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-tools)[![Minimum PHP Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ec21f169d70b69344c67d6f18fa1a24d20476d2f0cd680e8c4a1534c22f34e5f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f7068702d253345253344253230382e322d3838393242462e737667)](https://php.net/)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6a68ca2570369bb9c956c8383a083b62954967b94de5ece943e58595b7ac5376/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d746f6f6c732f6c6963656e73652e737667)](LICENSE)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fbdc3c236012fbaf085342ca286bd2833810575f6bd0fe49d25a0edd595fbe6a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6465726575726f6d61726b2f63616b657068702d746f6f6c732f642f746f74616c2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-tools)[![Coding Standards](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dbabe22710e675cb88cd0b12196f1477e2376dea497332775692cf1359a75918/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f63732d5053522d2d322d2d522d79656c6c6f772e737667)](https://github.com/php-fig-rectified/fig-rectified-standards) A CakePHP plugin containing several useful tools that can be used in many projects. Version notice -------------- [](#version-notice) This master branch only works for **CakePHP 5.1+**. See [version map](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-tools/wiki#cakephp-version-map) for details. What is this plugin for? ------------------------ [](#what-is-this-plugin-for) ### Enhancing the core [](#enhancing-the-core) - Auto-trim on POST (to make - especially notEmpty/notBlank - validation working properly). - Disable cache also works for older IE versions. - Provide enum support as "static enums" - Default settings for Paginator, ... can be set using Configure. - Provided a less error-prone inArray() method via Utility class and other usefulness. - TestSuite enhancements - A few more Database Type classes ### Additional features [](#additional-features) - Passwordable behavior allows easy to use password functionality for frontend and backend. - Slugged, Reset and other behaviors - Tree helper for working with (complex) trees and their output. - Progress and Meter helper for progress bar and meter bar elements (HTML5 and textual). - Text, Time, Number libs and helpers etc provide extended functionality if desired. - Gravatar and other useful small helpers - Timeline, Typography, etc provide additional helper functionality. - Email as a wrapper for core's Email adding some more usefulness and making debugging/testing easier. - I18n language detection and switching ### Providing 4.x shims [](#providing-4x-shims) This plugin for CakePHP 5 also contains some 4.x shims to ease migration of existing applications from 4.x to 5.x: - See [Shim](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-shim) plugin for details on most of the provided shims. Installation & Docs ----------------------- [](#installation--docs) - [Documentation](docs/README.md) ### Health Score 75 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance88 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity60 Solid adoption and visibility Community44 Growing community involvement Maturity94 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 88.4% 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 ~33 days Recently: every ~9 days Total 138 Last Release 60d ago Major Versions 1.9.12 → 2.1.12020-08-17 2.5.4 → 3.0.0-RC2023-10-03 2.6.1 → 3.0.02023-10-26 2.6.2 → 3.7.02024-09-04 2.7.0 → 3.8.02024-09-09 PHP version history (9 changes)0.1PHP >=5.3 0.9.3PHP >=5.4 1.1.0PHP >=5.5 1.3.0PHP >=5.6 2.0.0-betaPHP >=7.2 2.4.0PHP >=7.3 2.5.3PHP >=7.4 3.0.0-RCPHP >=8.1 3.12.1PHP >=8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39854?v=4)[Mark Scherer](/maintainers/dereuromark)[@dereuromark](https://github.com/dereuromark) --- Top Contributors [![dereuromark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39854?v=4)](https://github.com/dereuromark "dereuromark (767 commits)")[![ishan-biztech](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61005017?v=4)](https://github.com/ishan-biztech "ishan-biztech (28 commits)")[![inoas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20972207?v=4)](https://github.com/inoas "inoas (17 commits)")[![challgren](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/88909?v=4)](https://github.com/challgren "challgren (15 commits)")[![LordSimal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9105243?v=4)](https://github.com/LordSimal "LordSimal (12 commits)")[![sdevore](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12218?v=4)](https://github.com/sdevore "sdevore (3 commits)")[![repher](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2478563?v=4)](https://github.com/repher "repher (3 commits)")[![mp-network-development](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26116742?v=4)](https://github.com/mp-network-development "mp-network-development (3 commits)")[![jadb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/33527?v=4)](https://github.com/jadb "jadb (3 commits)")[![vankizmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1328173?v=4)](https://github.com/vankizmann "vankizmann (2 commits)")[![bancer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3830106?v=4)](https://github.com/bancer "bancer (2 commits)")[![eymen-elkum](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2862528?v=4)](https://github.com/eymen-elkum "eymen-elkum (2 commits)")[![lorro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/977617?v=4)](https://github.com/lorro "lorro (2 commits)")[![sandra88vr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35308230?v=4)](https://github.com/sandra88vr "sandra88vr (2 commits)")[![pavel-dovgoshiya](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48513593?v=4)](https://github.com/pavel-dovgoshiya "pavel-dovgoshiya (1 commits)")[![saeideng](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8215801?v=4)](https://github.com/saeideng "saeideng (1 commits)")[![ADmad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142658?v=4)](https://github.com/ADmad "ADmad (1 commits)")[![frandss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96826175?v=4)](https://github.com/frandss "frandss (1 commits)")[![steinkel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/151761?v=4)](https://github.com/steinkel "steinkel (1 commits)")[![tobse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/459507?v=4)](https://github.com/tobse "tobse (1 commits)") --- Tags cakephpcakephp-pluginenumphptoolspluginhelperscomponentscakephpbehaviorstoolsutilsdatasources ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dereuromark-cakephp-tools/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dereuromark-cakephp-tools/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dereuromark-cakephp-tools) ``` ### Alternatives [vaimo/composer-patches Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. 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