Installing CakePHP on CentOS 7

CakePHP is a popular open-source PHP framework used for developing web applications. It follows the MVC (Model-View-Controller) software architectural pattern and provides a structured and efficient way to develop robust and scalable applications. Here are the steps to install CakePHP on CentOS 7:

            sudo yum install httpd       sudo systemctl start httpd       sudo systemctl enable httpd        

            sudo yum install php php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml       sudo systemctl restart httpd        

            curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer        

            sudo mkdir /var/www/html/my_cake_app        

            cd /var/www/html/my_cake_app        

            sudo composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app .        

            sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/my_cake_app       sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/my_cake_app/tmp       sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/my_cake_app/tmp/logs        

            sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/my_cake_app.conf        

Add the following configuration:

          ServerAdmin [email protected]       DocumentRoot /var/www/html/my_cake_app/webroot       ServerName example.com       ErrorLog /var/www/html/my_cake_app/logs/error.log       CustomLog /var/www/html/my_cake_app/logs/access.log combined      

            sudo systemctl restart httpd        

1. Install Apache web server:
2. Install PHP:
3. Install Composer:
4. Create a directory for your CakePHP application:
5. Navigate to the directory:
6. Initialize a new CakePHP application using Composer:
7. Set appropriate file permissions:
8. Configure Apache:
9. Save the file and exit the editor.
10. Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

Now you have successfully installed CakePHP on CentOS 7. You can access your application by visiting your server's IP address or domain name in a web browser.

CakePHP provides a powerful set of tools and features for developers to build web applications rapidly. It includes features like scaffolding, database migrations, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), authentication, caching, and more. The framework follows the convention over configuration principle, which means that it automates many aspects of development by leveraging naming conventions. This helps in reducing the amount of code needed and allows developers to focus on application logic.

With its modular architecture, CakePHP allows developers to extend and customize the framework as per their application requirements. It provides a flexible and scalable platform for building both small and large-scale applications.