CakePHP and Plugins

I need to create plugins that hook into the functionality o开发者_高级运维f my main application. CakePHP plugins only instantiate themselves when its own controller is called meaning I cannot affect the processes of my main application.

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I like the idea of having self contained pluggable models , is there any other way to get this to work? Creating models on the fly etc or write a plugin system from scratch with no cakeiness!

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You can use components and behaviors (from the plugins) into your core application. There is one very good presentation of Pierre MARTIN Using reusing-plugins. It's a really inspirational resource.

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We have put quite a lot of work into making plugins truly self contained in Infinitas You can have a look at some of the methods that are used, but the main code is in the events. Everything from cache configs, db connections and include assets like css/js are done from within the plugin, even injecting some markup into views is handled.