cakephp-2.0 > App :: import()
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import

line:580 at /lib/Cake/Core/App.php
Finds classes based on $name or specific file(s) to search. Calling App::import() will not construct any classes contained in the files. It will only find and require() the file.

Method

(boolean) public import ($type = null, $name = null, $parent = true, $search = array(), $file = null, $return = false)

Parameters

ParameterTypeCommentDefault
$type mixed optional The type of Class if passed as a string, or all params can be passed as an single array to $type, null
$name string optional Name of the Class or a unique name for the file null
$parent mixed optional boolean true if Class Parent should be searched, accepts key => value array('parent' => $parent ,'file' => $file, 'search' => $search, 'ext' => '$ext'); $ext allows setting the extension of the file name based on Inflector::underscore($name) . ".$ext"; true
$search array optional paths to search for files, array('path 1', 'path 2', 'path 3'); array()
$file string optional full name of the file to search for including extension null
$return ? optional false

Return

boolean

Comment

Finds classes based on $name or specific file(s) to search. Calling App::import() will
not construct any classes contained in the files. It will only find and require() the file.

@link http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/app.html#including-files-with-app-import
@param mixed $type The type of Class if passed as a string, or all params can be passed as
an single array to $type,
@param string $name Name of the Class or a unique name for the file
@param mixed $parent boolean true if Class Parent should be searched, accepts key => value
array('parent' => $parent ,'file' => $file, 'search' => $search, 'ext' => '$ext');
$ext allows setting the extension of the file name
based on Inflector::underscore($name) . ".$ext";
@param array $search paths to search for files, array('path 1', 'path 2', 'path 3');
@param string $file full name of the file to search for including extension
@param boolean $return, return the loaded file, the file must have a return
statement in it to work: return $variable;
@return boolean true if Class is already in memory or if file is found and loaded, false if not