CakePHP
CakePHP is an open-source PHP web framework that provides a rapid application development (RAD) environment for building web applications. It follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern and emphasizes 'convention over configuration' to streamline development. Inspired by Ruby…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2005
- Category
- web_framework
- Problem solved
- CakePHP was created to address the lack of structured, efficient, and standardized development practices within the PHP ecosystem during the early 2000s, where 'spaghetti code' was common. It aimed to provide developers with a robust framework that enforced best practices like MVC, offered built-in tools for common tasks (ORM, routing, authentication), and enabled rapid application development (RAD) to build web applications faster and with less repetitive code.
- Platforms
- web, macos, linux, windows
Related technologies
Notable users
- 10up
- Mitsubishi Motors (some digital platforms)
- Many small to medium-sized web development agencies and businesses globally.
- Goodyear (internal applications)