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A CakePHP Plugin that will auto convert date fields from SQL format to a chosen date format (eg: d/m/Y). Will auto convert the date before saving to database, before find (to match conditions on db), after find and after update

Requirements

• CakePHP 2
• PHP 5.2

Compatibility

• V 1.x - CakePHP 2

Usage

/**
 * Attach to AppModel to auto convert all date fields
 * or attach it to a single model
 **/
class AppModel extends Model {
    public $actsAs = array(
        'Autodate.Autodate' => array('dateformat' => 'd/m/Y')
    );
}

Available date Formats

• 'd-m-Y'
• 'd/m/Y'
• 'Y/m/d'
• 'Y-m-d'
• 'Y-d-m'
• 'Y/d/m'
• 'm-d-Y'
• 'm/d/Y'
• 'Ymd'
• 'Ydm'

Installation

Using composer

{
    "require": {
        "cakephp-tutorial/autodate": "1.0.0"
    }
}

Manually Installation

• Download from github https://github.com/cakephp-tutorial/Autodate
• copy in app/Plugin/Autodate
• enable in app/Config/bootstrap.php

CakePlugin::load('Autodate');