Installing CakePHP on Ubuntu 22.04

Below are the steps to install CakePHP on Ubuntu 22.04:

1. First, make sure you have PHP, Apache, and MySQL installed on your Ubuntu 22.04 system. If not, you can install them by running the following commands in your terminal:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install php apache2 mysql-server

2. Once you have the required dependencies, you can proceed with installing Composer. Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that will help us install CakePHP and its dependencies.

$ sudo apt install composer

3. Create a new directory for your CakePHP application, for example:

$ mkdir ~/my_cakephp_app

4. Navigate to the newly created directory and run the following command to download and install CakePHP:

$ cd ~/my_cakephp_app
$ composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app .

5. Once the installation is complete, you can start the development server by running the following command:

$ bin/cake server

6. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8765. You should see the CakePHP default welcome page, indicating that your installation was successful.

CakePHP is a powerful and popular PHP framework for developing web applications. It follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, providing a structured and efficient way to build robust web applications. CakePHP comes with a range of features and tools, including database abstraction, data validation, caching, and security measures.