CakePHP Global Constants and Functions

If you ever find yourself perusing some of the default code that comes with CakePHP, you might find yourself somewhat curious and confused when you see such functions as <?php e('Hello World');?> or <?pho echo h('Hello World');?>.

I know I certainly was and became determined to understand what the heck these were doing.  It quickly became apparent that these were just two of the many built-in extension functions that are part of the CakePHP framework!