Understanding Model-View-Controller The Model layer The View layer The Controller layer CakePHP request cycle Benefits Where to Get Help The Official CakePHP website The Cookbook The Bakery The API The Stackoverflow Where to get Help in your Language Controllers The App Controller Request parameters Controller actions Request Life-cycle callbacks Controller Methods Interacting with Views Flow Control Callbacks Methods Controller Attributes $components, $helpers and $uses Other Attributes More on controllers Request and Response objects CakeRequest CakeResponse Scaffolding The Pages Controller Components Views

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Request parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Request Life-cycle callbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Glance Conventions Over Configuration The Model Layer The View Layer The Controller Layer CakePHP Request Cycle Just the Start Additional Reading Where to Get Help CakePHP Conventions CakePHP Folder Structure Reporting Bugs Reporting Security Issues Code Initial Setup Working on a Patch Submitting a Pull Request Coding Standards Adding New Features IDE Setup Indentation Line Length Control Structures Comparison General Configuration Using a CDN Database Configuration Caching Configuration Error and Exception Handling Configuration Logging Configuration Email Configuration Session Configuration Routing configuration

Glance Conventions Over Configuration The Model Layer The View Layer The Controller Layer CakePHP Request Cycle Just the Start Additional Reading Where to Get Help CakePHP Conventions CakePHP Folder Structure Reporting Bugs Reporting Security Issues Code Initial Setup Working on a Patch Submitting a Pull Request Coding Standards Adding New Features IDE Setup Indentation Line Length Control Structures Comparison General Configuration Using a CDN Database Configuration Caching Configuration Error and Exception Handling Configuration Logging Configuration Email Configuration Session Configuration Routing configuration

Glance Conventions Over Configuration The Model Layer The View Layer The Controller Layer CakePHP Request Cycle Just the Start Additional Reading Where to Get Help CakePHP Conventions CakePHP Folder Structure Reporting Bugs Reporting Security Issues Code Initial Setup Working on a Patch Submitting a Pull Request Coding Standards Adding New Features IDE Setup Indentation Line Length Control Structures Comparison General Configuration Using a CDN Database Configuration Caching Configuration Error and Exception Handling Configuration Logging Configuration Email Configuration Session Configuration Routing configuration

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CakePHP Request Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 257 Handling Named Parameters in URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 9 Request & Response Objects 263 Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Setting Cross Origin Request Headers (CORS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Common Mistakes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CakePHP Request Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 9 Request & Response Objects 231 Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Setting Cross Origin Request Headers (CORS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Common Mistakes

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CakePHP Request Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 9 Request & Response Objects 163 Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Setting Cross Origin Request Headers (CORS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Common Mistakes