CakePHP 2.1.0: How to Create “Down for Maintenance” Page

Question

I\'m trying to implement something like Mark Story\'s \"Down for Maintenance\" page using CakePHP 2.1.0. I\'m pretty close to achieving this, but I\'m running into two issues th

Answer 1

here is a quick and dirty maintenance page for cakephp

in public index.php

define('MAINTENANCE', 0); 
if(MAINTENANCE > 0 && $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] !='188.YOUR.IP.HERE')
{
require('maintenance.php'); die(); 
}

Then just change MAINTENANCE = 1 when you want to take your site down and it will still be viewable from your home/office.

BONUS: Works with all versions of cake!

Answer 2

A more elegant way would be to add a route overriding any other one at the very top of routes.php:

//Uncomment to set the site to "under construction"
Router::connect('/*', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'underConstruction'));

//any other route should be underneath 

If you want to add any condition you can also do it here:

define('MAINTENANCE', 0); 
if(MAINTENANCE > 0 && $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] !='188.YOUR.IP.HERE')
    Router::connect('/*', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'underConstruction'));
}

Answer 3

We'll need to create a custom Dispatch Filter,CakePHP has you covered. check below link

http://josediazgonzalez.com/2013/12/13/simple-application-maintenance-mode/