CakePHP

CakePHP
Developer(s)	Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
Initial release	April 2005; 16 years ago
Stable release	4.2.2 / 2021-01-06[±]
Preview release	4.2.0-beta1 / November 1, 2020; 7 months ago
Repository	github.com/cakephp/cakephp;
Written in	PHP
Operating system	Cross-platform
Platform	PHP 5.6.0+
Available in	Multilingual
Type	Web framework
License	MIT License
Website	cakephp.org

CakePHP is an open-source web framework. It follows the model–view–controller (MVC) approach and is written in PHP, modeled after the concepts of Ruby on Rails, and distributed under the MIT License.^[3]

CakePHP uses well-known software engineering concepts and software design patterns, such as convention over configuration, model–view–controller, active record, association data mapping, and front controller.

History

CakePHP started in April 2005, when a Polish programmer Michal Tatarynowicz^[4] wrote a minimal version of a rapid application development framework in PHP, dubbing it Cake.^[5]^[6]^[7] He published the framework under the MIT license, and opened it up to the online community of developers.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2005, L. Masters and G. J. Woodworth founded the Cake Software Foundation to promote development related to CakePHP.^[7] Version 1.0 was released in May 2006.

One of the project's inspirations was Ruby on Rails, using many of its concepts. The community has since grown and spawned several sub-projects.^[8]^[9]

In October 2009, project manager Woodworth and developer N. Abele resigned from the project to focus on their own projects, including the Lithium web framework (previously part of the CakePHP project). The remaining development team continued to focus on the original roadmap that was previously defined.^[10]

Features

Plugins allow developers to package combinations of controllers, models, views and other classes for reuse in multiple applications and by other developers. Since CakePHP 3 it has been possible to install plugins using Composer.^[11]

CakePHP ORM (object-relational mapping) is an advanced PHP hybrid of the active record pattern and the data mapper pattern, borrowing core concepts from both. The CakePHP ORM uses two primary object types, the table class representing database tables, and entity classes representing individual table rows.^[12]^[13]

Query builder was introduced in CakePHP 3 as a companion to the new ORM. The query builder provides a set of classes and methods for programmatically building SQL queries instead of writing them by hand. The ORM makes extensive use of the query builder.^[13]^[14]

Routing and reverse routing. The CakePHP router allows for complex HTTP application routing, routing incoming requests to the correct controller and action. Reverse routing creates a relationship between routes and links, ensuring that links are always generated with the correct uniform resource locator.

View Cells provide small, mini-controllers that can invoke view logic and render templates. These are ideal for creating small, reusable page components.

Migrations provide version control for database schemas. These make it possible to ensure that changes to application logic and corresponding database changes are kept syncronised. This greatly simplifies both CakePHP application deployment, but also development in multi-developer teams. The CakePHP migration tool is based on the Phinx project.

Automatic pagination to make it easy for developers to paginate result sets generated by the ORM or Query Builder.

Form builder and validator allows for the programmatic generation of forms that are tied to the model layer for both data types and validation. ^[15]

CakePHP Bake is a tool for automatically generating application skeletons and boilerplate code. It uses a pre-existing database schema to infer the correct data relations and data types and using that to generate a full set of controllers, model object and view templates. It can generate a basic CRUD application with zero coding.^[16]

Conferences

Year	Location
2019	Tokyo, Japan
2017	New York, NY, USA
2016	Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015	New York, NY, USA
2014	Madrid, Spain
2013	San Francisco, CA, USA
2012	Manchester, UK
2011	Manchester, UK
2010	Chicago, IL, USA
2009	Berlin, Germany
2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008	Orlando, FL, USA

Training

Official online training courses sponsored by CakeDC. Monthly live training covering a range of topics including:

Standard CakePHP 2 Training Course
Standard CakePHP 3 Training Course
Advanced CakePHP 3 Training Course
Standard CakePHP 4 Training Course

References

^ "CakePHP 4.2.2 Released". CakePHP Blog. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
^ "CakePHP 4.2.0-beta1 Released". CakePHP Blog. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "CakePHP Manual - CakePHP at a Glance". Retrieved 2015-03-09.
^ "Contributors - cakephp". cakephp.lighthouseapp.com.
^ "Introduction to CakePHP - 1.1". book.cakephp.org.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b "Listing" (PDF). www.cs.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
^ "CakeForge". Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "TheChaw". Retrieved 2009-09-05.
^ "The Cake is Still Rising". Archived from the original on 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
^ "Plugins". Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ "ORM". Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ ^a ^b "My CakePHP 3 Review – Still Fresh, Still Hot". Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ "Query builder". Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ "Form helper". Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ "CakePHP 3: Bake by example". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

Bibliography

Munro, Jamie (April 9, 2011). "Rapid Application Development With CakePHP" (1st ed.). Createspace: 170. ISBN 1-4609-5439-4. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2011. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Golding, David (July 21, 2008). "Beginning CakePHP: from Novice to Professional" (1st ed.). Apress: 344. ISBN 1-4302-0977-1. Archived from the original on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2009-06-12. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Chan, Kai; Omokore, John; Miller, Richard (December 2, 2008). "Practical CakePHP Projects" (1st ed.). Apress: 400. ISBN 1-4302-1578-X. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2009-06-12. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Watts, James; González, Jorge (August 5, 2014). "CakePHP 2 Application Cookbook" (1st ed.). packtpub: 346. ISBN 9781782160083. Retrieved 2014-08-05. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

[cakephp_release-1] "CakePHP 4.2.2 Released". CakePHP Blog. Retrieved 2021-01-07.

[2] "CakePHP 4.2.0-beta1 Released". CakePHP Blog. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[3] "CakePHP Manual - CakePHP at a Glance". Retrieved 2015-03-09.

[4] "Contributors - cakephp". cakephp.lighthouseapp.com.

[5] "Introduction to CakePHP - 1.1". book.cakephp.org.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-08-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[colorado-7] "Listing" (PDF). www.cs.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-01.

[8] "CakeForge". Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-05.

[9] "TheChaw". Retrieved 2009-09-05.

[10] "The Cake is Still Rising". Archived from the original on 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2009-10-25.

[11] "Plugins". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

[12] "ORM". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

[hot-orm-13] "My CakePHP 3 Review – Still Fresh, Still Hot". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

[14] "Query builder". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

[15] "Form helper". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

[16] "CakePHP 3: Bake by example". Retrieved 2020-03-13.

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