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Just quick post today about loading helpers in symfony 1.2 from an action or model.

Previously I would use the sfLoader class to load a helper, but it now says:

The sfLoader::loadHelpers() method is deprecated. Please use the same method from sfApplicationConfiguration.

So, from the action you should now use:

$this->getContext()->getConfiguration()->loadHelpers('Url');

From the model you can use:

sfContext::getInstance()->getConfiguration()->loadHelpers('Url');

I noticed the other day that when using the sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE widget which is part of the sfFormExtraPlugin plugin, it wouldnt display more than 1 editor on a page. After looking at the class and comparing the javascript to the javascript that was generated by the old textarea_tag() function I noticed a few differences.

To fix this, copy \plugins\sfFormExtraPlugin\lib\widget\sfWidgetFormTextareaTinyMCE.class.php to \lib\widgets\ and make the following change to the javascript:

<script type="text/javascript">
  tinyMCE.init({
    mode:                              "exact",
    theme:                             "%s",
    elements:                          "%s",
    %s
    %s
    theme_advanced_toolbar_location:   "top",
    theme_advanced_toolbar_align:      "left",
    theme_advanced_statusbar_location: "bottom",
    theme_advanced_resizing:           true
    %s
  });
</script>

You will probably have to create the \lib\widget directory. Dont forget to clear your cache.

If you want to start learning symfony 1.2 but only have 1 server, this guide will show you how to run multple versions.

http://symfonynerds.com/blog/?p=123

If you are running windows, this forum post explains an alternative method to using symlinks.

Symfony have started a new tutorial for 1.2 similar to the Askeet tutorial for Symfony 1.0.

Jobeet is a set of 24 short tutorials, 1 being released every day between December 1st  and Christmas. Each tutorial is meant to only take 1 hour to complete.

This is something I definitely need to look into when I have some time off later this month.

View the tutorial

Symfony 1.20 was officially released yesterday.

Read about it here

Guess I have some learning to do when I eventually get time. Especially considering I skipped version 1.1