CakePHP - Overview

CakePHP is an open source MVC framework. It makes developing, deploying and maintaining applications much easier. CakePHP has a number of libraries to reduce the overload of most common tasks.

Advantages of CakePHP

The advantages of using CakePHP are listed below −

• Open Source

• MVC Framework

• Templating Engine

• Caching Operations

• Search Engine Friendly URLs

• Easy CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) Database Interactions.

• Libraries and Helpers

• Built-in Validation

• Localisation

• Email, Cookie, Security, Session, and Request Handling Components

• View Helpers for AJAX, JavaScript, HTML Forms and More

CakePHP Request Cycle

The following illustration describes how a Request Lifecycle in CakePHP works −

A typical CakePHP request cycle starts with a user requesting a page or resource in your application. At high level, each request goes through the following steps −

• The webserver rewrite rules direct the request to webroot / index.php.

• Your application’s autoloader and bootstrap files are executed.

• Any dispatch filters that are configured can handle the request, and optionally generate a response.

• The dispatcher selects the appropriate controller and action based on routing rules.

• The controller’s action is called and the controller interacts with the required Models and Components.

• The controller delegates response creation to the View to generate the output resulting from the model data.

• The view uses Helpers and Cells to generate the response body and headers.

• The response is sent back to the client.