CakePHP Notification Plugin provide an notification system
Download the plugin
cd app/Plugin
git clone git://github.com/aschelch/cakephp-notification-plugin.git Notification
Attach the Notifiable behavior to the user model
public User extends AppModel{
$actsAs = array(
'Notification.Notifiable' => array(
'subjects' => array('User', 'Post', 'Comment')
)
);
}
Notify the user #1 that the user #2 posted a comment (#123) on user #1's post (#456)
$this->User->notify(1, 'post_comment', array('User'=>2,'Post'=>456,'Comment'=>123));
Create an element in Elements/Notification/post_comment.ctp
<a href="<?php echo $this->Html->url(array('controller'=>'post','action'=>'view',$data['Post']['id'])) ?>">
<?php echo __("%s comment your post %s", '<strong>'.$data['User']['username'].'</strong>', '<strong>'.$data['Post']['title'].'</strong>'); ?><br/>
<small><?php echo $this->Time->niceShort($data['Notification']['created']); ?></small>
</a>
In your layout, display the notifications
<ul class="nav pull-right">
<?php $notifications = ClassRegistry::init('User')->getUnreadNotification(AuthComponent::user('id')); ?>
<li class="dropdown">
<a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
<?php echo __('Notifications') ?>
<?php if (!empty($notifications)): ?>
<span class="badge badge-success">
<?php echo count($notifications); ?>
</span>
<?php endif ?>
</a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<?php foreach ($notifications as $notification): ?>
<li><?php echo $this->Notification->display($notification); ?></li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<?php endforeach ?>
<li class="text-center"><?= $this->Html->link(__('Display all'), '#'); ?></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>