Display images in CakePHP

Today I face a problem as a beginner of CakePHP …How can I display image button with link in Cake. I wanted to use images as my buttons to edit and delete records and  navigate the admin pages.

1. Have to use HTML Helpers Image and Link, and we shall combine this 2. The CakePHP link helper is a handy tool to create links in your application. Here is the basic syntax:

<?php echo $html->link(’help!’,’/help’); ?>

And there’s a helper for creating images, too:

<?php echo $html->image(’add.gif’); ?>

Show HTML code of the image as the link:

<?php echo $html->link($html->image(’add.gif’),’/customers/add’)?>

2. For Image,
Syntax:

$html->image(string $path, array $htmlAttributes, boolean $return = false);

Example:

$html->image(’/img/images/cancel.png’, array(’class’ => ’save_button’));
3. For Link, the Syntax:

$html->link(string $title, string $url, array $htmlAttributes, string $confirmMessage = false, boolean $escapeTitle = true, boolean $return = false);

Example:

$html->link(’SAVE’, ‘/registers’, array(), false, false, false);

4. So to make an image clickable,

<?php echo $html->link($html->image(’/img/images/cancel.png’,array(’class’ => ’save_button’)), ‘/registers’, array(), false, false, false); ?>

And the best code is:
<?php echo $html->link($html->image(’add.gif’),’/customers/add’,array(’escape’=>false))?>

Hope it will help you to save time.