CakePHP: Include js file in header from view

Question

The cakephp docs say:

By default, script tags are added to the document inline. If you override this by setting $options['inline'] to false, the script tags will instead be added to the script block which you can print elsewhere in the document.

So in my view file (.ctp) I have:

echo $this->Html->script('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js', array('inline' => 'false'));

And in my layout, in the head tag:

echo $this->fetch('script');

But the script tag prints out inline and not in the head. If I miss of the echo from the line in my view file, the script doesn't print out at all in my html.

Any help would be gratefully received.

PAE

Answer 1

You have false in quotes, so PHP is treating it as a string and not a boolean. It should be:

echo $this->Html->script('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js', array('inline' => false));

Answer 2

I'd want to expand and mention a couple of things on this.

Inline Script

This will print out the script tag inline which isn't always desired.

<?php echo $this->Html->script('script.name'); ?>

Non-Inline Script

This will place the script where ever you placed $this->fetch('script') in your layout file, usually in the head of your page. (As pointed out by ub3rst4r you were passing false as a string)

<?php echo $this->Html->script('script.name', array('inline' => false)); ?>

Block Script

This might be a much more useful version for many people, you can place a script block in any layout file (as many as you wish actually). I'll show you an example and call it scriptBottom to go before the end of my body.

<?php echo $this->fetch('scriptBottom'); ?>

Then you can pass the block to the script method like such

<?php $this->Html->script('script.name', array('block' => 'scriptBottom')); ?>

Hope this helps

Answer 3

just put this in your view ctp file. :)

<?php echo $this->Html->script('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js'); ?>

Answer 4

In cakephp 3 instead of array('inline' => false) you should use array('block' => true) if anyone is looking for that answer like I was. And you don't need to echo the script at the top of your ctp file you can just place inside php syntax i.e.

<?php $this->Html->script('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js', ['block' => true]); ?>