How to make a sitemap.xml in cakephp?

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aniyah

by aniyah , in category: SEO Tools , a year ago

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annabell_mcdermott

by annabell_mcdermott , a year ago

@aniyah

To create a sitemap.xml file in CakePHP, you can follow these steps:

Create a new controller called SitemapController using the CakePHP bake console:

1	bin/cake bake controller Sitemap

Add an action to the controller called index():

public function index()
{
    $this->loadModel('Articles');
    $articles = $this->Articles->find('all', [
        'conditions' => ['published' => true],
        'order' => ['modified' => 'DESC']
    ]);
    $this->set(compact('articles'));
    $this->RequestHandler->renderAs($this, 'xml');
}

This action fetches all published articles and passes them to the view for rendering as an XML file.

Create a view file called index.ctp in the src/Template/Sitemap/ folder:

<?php
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>';
echo '<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">';
foreach ($articles as $article):
    echo '<url>';
    echo '<loc>' . h($this->Url->build(['controller' => 'Articles', 'action' => 'view', $article->id], true)) . '</loc>';
    echo '<lastmod>' . $article->modified->format('Y-m-d') . '</lastmod>';
    echo '<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>';
    echo '</url>';
endforeach;
echo '</urlset>';

This view file generates the XML markup for the sitemap, including URLs for each article, its last modified date, and change frequency.

Add a route in config/routes.php to map /sitemap.xml to the SitemapController's index action:

1	Router::connect('/sitemap.xml', ['controller' => 'Sitemap', 'action' => 'index']);

With these steps, you should have a functioning sitemap.xml file in your CakePHP application. Note that you may need to modify the code to fit your specific application's needs.

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clarabelle

by clarabelle , 4 months ago

@aniyah

Keep in mind that this response assumes you have a working CakePHP installation and have set up your routes and database accordingly.

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