CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like Associative Data Mapping, Front Controller, and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility.

#Installing CakePHP via Composer

You can install CakePHP into your project using Composer. If you're starting a new project, we recommend using the app skeleton as a starting point. For existing applications you can run the following:

composer require cakephp/cakephp

For details on the (minimum/maximum) PHP version see version map.

#Running Tests

Assuming you have PHPUnit installed (composer install), you can run the tests for CakePHP by doing the following:

1. Copy phpunit.xml.dist to phpunit.xml.
2. Add the relevant database credentials to your phpunit.xml if you want to run tests against a non-SQLite datasource.
3. Run vendor/bin/phpunit.

#Learn More

• CakePHP - The home of the CakePHP project.
• Book - The CakePHP documentation; start learning here!
• API - A reference to CakePHP's classes and API documentation.
• Awesome CakePHP - A curated list of featured resources around the framework.
• The Bakery - Tips, tutorials and articles.
• Community Center - A source for everything community related.
• Training - Join a live session and get skilled with the framework.
• CakeFest - Don't miss our annual CakePHP conference.
• Cake Software Foundation - Promoting development related to CakePHP.

#Get Support!

• Slack - Join us on Slack.
• Discord - Join us on Discord.
• #cakephp on irc.freenode.net - Come chat with us, we have cake.
• Forum - Official CakePHP forum.
• GitHub Issues - Got issues? Please tell us!
• Roadmaps - Want to contribute? Get involved!

#Contributing

• CONTRIBUTING.md - Quick pointers for contributing to the CakePHP project.
• CookBook "Contributing" Section - Details about contributing to the project.

#Security

If you’ve found a security issue in CakePHP, please use the procedure described in SECURITY.md.