First add this repository as git submodule in your CakePHP project:, (*1)
git submodule add https://github.com/adrianoluis/CakePHP-YOURLS-Plugin.git APP/Plugin/Yourls git submodule update --init
Once installed you'll need to create a file /APP/Config/yourls.php
. You can find an example of what you'll need and how it is laid out in /Yourls/Config/yourls.php.example
., (*2)
//app/Config/yourls.php $config = array( 'Yourls' => array( 'url' => 'YOURLS_URL', 'username' => 'YOURLS_USERNAME', 'password' => 'YOURLS_PASSWORD', ) );
You can call the component from any action in a controller or automate url shortening just using the follow code in your /APP/Controller/AppController.php
:, (*3)
public function beforeRender() { $this->shortIt = true; $this->pageTitle = 'your url title goes here' }
PS: is necessary to provide a title for shorter method otherwise it will go in a infinite loop trying to resolve URL's title using YOURLS internal libs., (*4)
Than from yout view, access the shorted url using:, (*5)
<?php echo $shorturl['url']; ?>
To get statistics from all your links you need to choose between json or xml. This new setup changes the return from shorturl method., (*6)
public $components = array( 'Yourls.Yourls' => array( 'format' => 'xml' ) );