This Draft plugin give you the ability to quickly create draft system for your models.

This plugin is the Grafikart's Cakephp-Draft plugin for CakePHP 3.*

• composer
• CakePHP 3.*

• Run :

composer require romano83/cakephp3-draft:1.*

In your config\bootstrap.php file, add this line

Plugin::load('Romano83/cakephp3-draft');

Or

Plugin::loadAll();

The plugin is now loaded and you can add the DraftBehavior in your tables:

<?php
namespace MyApp\Model\Table;

use Cake\ORM\Table;

class PostsTable extends Table
{
	public function initialize(array $config)
	{
		$this->addBehavior('Romano83/Cakephp3Draft.Draft');
	}
}

By default, the plugin use an "online" field to set the state of a content.

• online = -1 when the content is a draft
• online = 0 when the content is offline
• online = 1 when content is online

If you want to use custom fields, you can override default behavior configuration :

<?php
namespace MyApp\Model\Table;

use Cake\ORM\Table;

class PostsTable extends Table
{
	public function initialize(array $config)
	{
		$this->addBehavior(
			'Romano83/Cakephp3Draft.Draft', [
				'conditions' => [
					'draft' => 1
				]
			]
		);
	}
}

For instance, this configuration will use a "draft" field (set to 1), to create Draft.

With the plugin attached, the model will have new method, getDraftId(Table $table, array $conditions = []) witch return draft ID. The first parameter is a \Cake\ORM\Table instance and the second one is an optional array.

Here, is an example of how to use this method in your PostsController:

public function add(){
	$post = $this->Posts->newEntity();
	if($this->request->is(['post', 'put'])){
		// Do your stuff here...
	}else{
		$post->id = $this->Posts->getDraftId($this->Posts); // get the last draft Id or create new one if needed
	}
}

// OR
public function add(){
	$post = $this->Posts->newEntity();
	if($this->request->is(['post', 'put'])){
		// Do your stuff here...
	}else{
		$post->id = $this->Posts->getDraftId($this->Posts, ['user_id' => 2]); // Get a draft Id for a content belonging to user 2 (or create a new one)
	}
}

If you want to clean your table from drafts, you can implement this method:

$this->Posts->cleanDrafts($this->Posts);

• Create a ticket in GitHub, if you have found a bug.
• Create a new branch if you want do a PR.
• Your code must follow the Coding Standard of CakePHP.
• You must add testcases if needed.

• Grafikart for the first version of this plugin !