aschelch/cakephp-readable-behavior

CakePHP ReadableBehavior provides a simple behavior to make a 'Mark as Read/Unread' feature for your models

CakePHP Readable Behavior

CakePHP ReadableBehavior provides a simple behavior to make a "Mark as Read/Unread" feature for your models, _(*1)

Installation

Download the plugin, _(*2)

cd app/Plugin
git clone git://github.com/aschelch/cakephp-readable-behavior.git Readable

Attach the Readable behavior to the model, _(*3)

public Post extends AppModel{
    $actsAs = array('Readable.Readable');
}

Add a 'read' boolean column in your table or change the default field name, _(*4)

public Post extends AppModel{
    $actsAs = array('Readable.Readable' => array(
        'field' => 'displayed'
    ));
}

Usage

Mark a post as read using id, _(*5)

$this->Post->markAsRead(1);

Mark multiple posts as read using a array of id, _(*6)

$this->Post->markAsRead(array(1,2,3));

Mark a post as unread using id, _(*7)

$this->Post->markAsUnread(1);

Mark multiple posts as unread using a array of id, _(*8)

$this->Post->markAsUnread(array(1,2,3));

Mark all posts using a condition as read, _(*9)

$this->Post->markAllAsRead(array('Post.user_id'=>1));

Mark all posts using a condition as unread, _(*10)

$this->Post->markAllAsUnread(array('Post.user_id'=>1));