Piece of Cake 2CakePHP 2, maintained for modern PHP
pieceofcake2/cakephp is a community-maintained fork of CakePHP 2.x that runs on PHP 8.0–8.5.
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Modern PHP
Runs on PHP 8.0–8.5. Installed and managed with Composer, with code that follows the CakePHP 5 coding standard.
Security fixes
Vulnerabilities found in CakePHP 2.x keep being fixed after the upstream end of life.
Tested
PHPUnit 9.6 test suites run in CI on every supported PHP version, together with PHPStan static analysis.
Modern tooling through plugins
Vite and Webpack Encore asset integration, Twig views, CAPTCHA, browser E2E testing and more.
Getting started
New application
Create a new application from the application skeleton:
bash
composer create-project pieceofcake2/app my_appSee Installation for the next steps. CakePHP 2 is for maintaining existing applications; if you are starting a new project, consider CakePHP 5.
Existing application
Replace cakephp/cakephp with pieceofcake2/cakephp:
bash
composer remove --no-update cakephp/cakephp
composer require pieceofcake2/cakephpThen follow Migrating from CakePHP 2.10 for the composer.json settings and the breaking changes.
Packages
Every package is installed with Composer. Each name links to its documentation.
Core repositories
- pieceofcake2/cakephp
The CakePHP 2.x framework
- pieceofcake2/app
Application skeleton with the modern directory layout
- pieceofcake2/bake
Code generation tool
- pieceofcake2/upgrade
Upgrade utility (CakePHP 1.3 to 2.0)
Development tools
- pieceofcake2/phpstan-cakephp2
PHPStan extension for static analysis
- pieceofcake2/e2e-test
Browser end-to-end tests with PHPUnit and Symfony Panther (Chrome, PC and mobile)
Plugins
Debugging
- pieceofcake2/debug_kit
Debug toolbar
Infrastructure
- pieceofcake2/aws
AWS SDK integration
Logging & Monitoring
- pieceofcake2/monolog
Monolog integration
- pieceofcake2/sentry
Error tracking and monitoring
Templating
- pieceofcake2/twig-view
Twig template engine
- pieceofcake2/csv-view
CSV view class
View Helpers
- pieceofcake2/markdown
Markdown helper
- pieceofcake2/menu_builder
Navigation menu helper
- pieceofcake2/vite
Vite asset helper with dev server support
- pieceofcake2/webpack-encore
Webpack Encore asset helper
Forms & Validation
- pieceofcake2/xform
Extended form helper
- pieceofcake2/cakeplus
Form utilities and enhancements
- pieceofcake2/captcha
CAPTCHA widget and server-side verification with Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA v2/v3 or hCaptcha
Database
- pieceofcake2/datasources
Additional datasources (CSV / TSV files, arrays and more)
Authentication and Authorization
- pieceofcake2/authenticate
Authentication classes
- pieceofcake2/acl_extras
Console tools for managing ACL tables
Files
- pieceofcake2/upload
File upload handling
- pieceofcake2/imagine
Image processing library wrapper
- pieceofcake2/cakepdf
PDF generation
SEO
- pieceofcake2/seo
Search engine optimization
- pieceofcake2/sitemap
Sitemap generation
I18n
- pieceofcake2/localized
Localization utilities
Security
Please do not report vulnerabilities in public issues or pull requests. Use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting: open the Security tab of the affected repository and click Report a vulnerability. See the security policy for details, and Security Fixes for the vulnerabilities fixed so far.
Contributing
Bug reports (especially PHP 8.x compatibility issues) and pull requests are welcome. Read the contribution guide before you start.