RosSoft

That's an idea after reading this post. The helpers / components / etc. can have global callback functions, that functions are registered in another component / helper / vendor class.

For Example: in my extension to CakeLog class, you can do:

//Callback extension
vendor('callbacks/callbacks');
$callbacks=& Callbacks::get_instance();
$ret=$callbacks->execute('CakeLog',array('that is a param',55);
if ($ret) $output.=join("\n",$ret);

It executes all the callbacks registered with the name 'CakeLog' with 2 parameter values: a string and a number.

Then in your beforeFilter of your AppController, you can do:

vendor('callbacks/callbacks');
$callbacks=& Callbacks::get_instance();

$code='return "some code here";';
$callbacks->register_anonymous('CakeLog','$param1,$param2',$code);

$code='return "Your params: $param1 - $param2";';
$callbacks->register_anonymous('CakeLog','$param1,$param2',$code);

Then when you log something with $this->log('something'), the result will be:

18-06-06 10:18:51 [ /app/controllers/test_controller.php:36 TestController->myaction() ] Error: something
some code here
Your params: that is a param - 55

Also you can  use $callbacks->register_method('CakeLog',$this,'beforeLog');

and create the method beforeLog() in the controller for be called before logging. 

Copy to vendors/callbacks/callbacks.php

<?php

/**
 * Callbacks Class
 * @author RosSoft
 * @version 0.2
 * @license MIT
 */

class Callbacks
{
    var $_lib=array();
   
    /**
     * Singleton instance
     * @return object Callbacks
     */
    function & get_instance()
    {
        static $instance=array(); //must be an array for doing singleton
        if (! $instance)
        {
            $instance[0]=& new Callbacks();
        }   
        return $instance[0];
    }
    /**
     * Register an anonymous callback function (function dynamically created)
     *
     * @param string $name Callback name
     * (you can register more than one callback with same name, they will be executed in register order)
     * @param string $params Parameters names like '$name,$value' (always single quotes!)
     * @param string $code PHP Code of the function
     *
     * Example:
     * register_anonymous('CakeLog','$a,$b','return "Value of a: $a - Value of b: $b" )
     */
    function register_anonymous($name,$params,$code)
    {
        $this->_register($name,create_function($params,$code));
    }   
   
    /**
     * Register an object method callback
     *
     * @param string $name Callback name
     * @param object $object Instance of the class object
     * @param string $method Name of method of the object
     *
     * Example:
     * register_method('CakeLog',$this,'test') : will register $this->test
     */
    function register_method($name,&$object,$method)
    {
        $this->_register($name,array($object,$method));       
    }   
   
    /**
     * Execute a callback name
     * @param string $name Callback name
     * @param array $params Array of parameter values like array('john',606)
     * @return array. Array of returned values by all the callbacks with the given name. If null, then no callback registered
     */
    function execute($name,$params=array())
    {
        if (isset($this->_lib[$name]))
        {
            $ret=array();
            foreach ($this->_lib[$name] as $callback)
            {
                $ret[]=call_user_func_array($callback,$params);   
            }
            return $ret;                       
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
   
    /**
     * Registers a function
     * @param string $name Callback name
     * @param mixed $function Callback function
     */
    function _register($name,$function)
    {
        if (!isset($this->_lib[$name]))
        {
            $this->_lib[$name]=array();
        }
        $this->_lib[$name][]=& $function;       
    }

   
}

?>