#ContactPlugin

CakePHP plugin (Cake >= 2.0)

Handles standard contact forms with arbitrary form fields. Handles validation of user input and optionally stores messages in database.

###Install

Drop Plugin into app/Plugin [Optional] Create database tables as found in app/Plugin/Contact/Config/contact.sql

(You may configure the plugin not to store messages in the database, in which case you don't need the tables of course)

###Configuration

• Configure global E-Mail settings in app/Config/email.php

• Configure Plugin in app/Plugin/Contact/Config/contact.php

###Usage Include the Plugin's helper, in your (App)Controller:

public $helpers = array('Contact.Contact');

To output the contact form from inside your view:

echo $this->Contact->form();

###E-Mail Templates

The layouts and templates for the e-mails can be found at app/Plugin/Contact/View/Layouts/Email and /app/Plugin/Contact/View/Email.

###Reading messages from database

To retrieve the messages (if stored in database), you can query the Plugin's Messages model:

App::uses('AppModel', 'Model');
App::uses('Message', 'Contact.Model');
$Message = new Message;
$messages = $Message->find('all');

That's it. Enjoy