CakePHP 2.x Notification plugin

Sending E-mail from CakePHP using task queues and sending a notification to the user using WEB Notifications API

This plugin provides next features:

• Sending E-mail from CakePHP using task queues;
• Using Inline CSS style with Twitter Bootstrap;
• Notification to the user by ID or role using WEB Notifications API.

Installation

1. Install the Plugin using composer: composer require anklimsk/cakephp-notify

2. Add the next line to the end of the file app/Config/bootstrap.php:

   CakePlugin::load('CakeNotify', ['bootstrap' => true, 'routes' => true]);
   

3. Copy configuration file from app/Plugin/CakeNotify/Config/email.php.defaultё to ёapp/Config/email.php

4. Add JavaScript files in your layout:

   echo $this->Html->script('CakeNotify.WebNotifications.min.js');
   
   // Add jQuery plugin Server-Sent Events
   echo $this->Html->script('CakeNotify.jquery.sse.min.js');
   
   // If need use store configuration of plugin in storages, include file:
   echo $this->Html->script('CakeNotify.js.storage.min.js');
   

5. Get the name of the user that is running the web server, run the command: ps aux | grep -E '[a]pache|[h]ttpd|[_]www|[w]ww-data|[n]ginx' | grep -v root | head -1 | cut -d\ -f1.
6. Configure scripts to run schedule, run the command crontab -u www-data -e where www-data - user name for web server.

7. Add the following line to the list of cron jobs:

   #
   # In this example, run the cleanup script expired notifications 
   #  will be made every day on 6:00 AM 
   0 6 * * * cd /var/www/paht_to_app/app && Console/cake CakeNotify.cron clear -q
   

Using

Using this plugin