Helpers can be loaded in to components and use as class objects function index() { App::import('Helper', 'Html'); // loadHelper('Html'); in CakePHP 1.1.x.x $html = new HtmlHelper(); debug($html->link('Cake!', 'http://cakephp.org')); }
This method is handy for linking to external resources like RSS/Atom feeds and favicons. Like css(), you can specify whether or not you'd like this tag to appear inline or in the head tag using the fourth parameter.