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fg/cakephp-essence
==================

A plugin to use the essence library in a CakePHP 2 project.

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Since Mar 8Pushed 12y ago2 watchersCompare

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Essence for CakePHP
===================

[](#essence-for-cakephp)

A plugin to use the [essence library](https://github.com/felixgirault/essence "Essence on github") within controllers.

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

[](#installation)

Just use composer from the app folder of your CakePHP installation:

```
{
	"minimum-stability": "dev",
	"require": {
		"fg/cakephp-essence": "dev-master"
	},
	"config": {
		"vendor-dir": "Vendor"
	}
}
```

The plugin will be installed into `Plugins/`, thanks to composer's CakePHP installer, and the Essence library will be installed into `Vendor/`.

You should then load the plugin in `Config/bootstrap.php`:

```
CakePlugin::load([
	'Essence' => [
		'bootstrap' => true
	]
]);
```

Component
---------

[](#component)

```
class MyController extends AppController {

	public $components = [ 'Essence.Essence' ];

	/**
	 *	All methods of the Essence class are available through the Essence component.
	 *
	 *	@see https://github.com/felixgirault/essence/blob/master/lib/fg/Essence/Essence.php
	 */

	public function embed( $url ) {

		$this->set( 'media', $this->Essence->embed( $url ));
	}
}
```

Behavior
--------

[](#behavior)

```
class MyModel extends AppModel {

	public $actsAs = [ 'Essence.Embeddable' ];

}
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 17% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2738851?v=4)[Fatih GÜRSOY](/maintainers/fg)[@fg](https://github.com/fg)

---

Top Contributors

[![felixgirault](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1544510?v=4)](https://github.com/felixgirault "felixgirault (28 commits)")

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