Important! This is old code. I’ve not used it for a long time. It might still be useful. Be careful.
Favatars is a Wordpress plugin for displaying favicons as avatars next to blog post comments. This code is an adaptation of the original work to turn it into a CakePHP Controller. When given a URL, it will attempt to locate a favicon for that site. If one is found, it is cached and displayed. If not, it will display a default image.
By using this controller within<img> tags, favicons can be used as images anywhere within your site, without knowing their specific address. It is currently in use on this blog and favicons will appear next to post comments.
Instructions for use are included in the download. I can no longer offer support for this code.