Add fck editor in cakephp

Installation

1) Copy fckeditor folder to app/webroot/js/
2) Copy fckeditor.php, fckeditor_php4.php, fckeditor_php5.php to app/vendors/

Setup

Create a file in helpers called fck.php in view

<?php

App::import('Vendor', 'fckeditor');

class FckHelper extends AppHelper {

    /**

    * creates an fckeditor textarea

    *

    * @param array $namepair - used to build textarea name for views, array('Model', 'fieldname')

    * @param stirng $basepath - base path of project/system

    * @param string $content

    */

    function fckeditor($namepair = array(), $basepath = '', $content = ''){

        $editor_name = 'data';

        foreach ($namepair as $name){

            $editor_name .= "[" . $name . "]";

        }

        $oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor($editor_name) ;

        $oFCKeditor->BasePath = $basepath . '/js/fckeditor/' ;

        $oFCKeditor->Height="400px";

        $oFCKeditor->Value = $content ;

        $oFCKeditor->Create() ;

    }

}

?>

Usage

1) Add the fck helper to your controller

var $helpers = array('Html','Form','Javascript','Ajax','Fck','Time'); 

2) Use the following line in your views to display the fckeditor

echo $fck->fckeditor(array('Model', 'field'), $html->base, $yourContentVariable); 

Example

<?php echo $fck->fckeditor(array('Page','static_page_description'), $html->base,$this->data['Page']['static_page_description']);?>

*if any type of help is needed regarding prog or concept contact me on dadhich.priyank@gmail.com