I’ve just installed the SyntaxHighlighter plus plugin for Wordpress! I think it looks pretty cool…

      /**
	 * Handles a soft delete of a record i.e. one that sets the Model.status field to 0
	 *
	 * @param string $id The id of the record to delete
	 * @return bool success or not
	 * @author George Edwards
	 */
	function __delete($id) {
		$model = $this->name;

		$record = $this->find('first', array('conditions' => array($model.'.status' => 1, $model.'.id' => $id), 'recursive' => -1));

		if ($record) {
			// we have a result from the find

			// set the id to work with
			$this->id = $id;

			// try to save the info
			if ($this->saveField('status', 0)) {
				return true;
			}
		}
		return false;
	}

Also, watch this space, as I hope to publish a couple (or at least a mini-series) of CakePHP tutorials soon. I thought it’s about time I gave something back to the Cake community and to those people who are struggling to get to grips with the framework.

Well it’s been a while… a very long while.

First things first – you will have noticed a theme change. Previously I was using a custom WordPress theme that I’ve grown bored of. So recently I’ve decided to change it in order to inspire me to blog a bit more. This seems to have worked well so far, as I’m writing this!

Secondly, one interesting thing I’ve been meaning to share. I use TextMate a lot, and recently went on the hunt for a decent new theme that works well in highlighting different types of syntax. Then I discovered Monokai. Put simply, it is pure syntax highlighting beauty and works a treat when I’m coding in the usual (x)HTML, CSS and PHP. I particularly find it works well with OO PHP and more specifically, CakePHP, which I am now using pretty much everyday.

So go download it, you won’t be disappointed!

A preview of some CakePHP client work using Monokai TextMate highlighting