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You may wish to use some functionality already existing in another helper. To do so, you can specify helpers you wish to use with a $helpers array, formatted just as you would in a controller.

<?php
/* /app/views/helpers/link.php (using other helpers) */
class LinkHelper extends AppHelper {
    var $helpers = array('Html');

    function makeEdit($title, $url) {
        // Use the HTML helper to output
        // formatted data:

        $link = $this->Html->link($title, $url, array('class' => 'edit'));

        return $this->output("<div class=\"editOuter\">$link</div>");
    }
}
?>

1. <?php
2. /* /app/views/helpers/link.php (using other helpers) */
3. class LinkHelper extends AppHelper {
4. var $helpers = array('Html');
5. function makeEdit($title, $url) {
6. // Use the HTML helper to output
7. // formatted data:
8. $link = $this->Html->link($title, $url, array('class' => 'edit'));
9. return $this->output("<div class=\"editOuter\">$link</div>");
10. }
11. }
12. ?>