CakePHP is a development framework based on the MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture that allows you to easily create web applications using a friendly interface. CakePHP is based on the Ruby on Rails framework. The tool provides you with a series of tools that help you work with relational databases to store and display all of your web project's information, making it extremely easy to create a blog, or virtual store in just a few steps thanks to its help modules. CakePHP integrates CRUD, an acronym for the four basic functions for database access (Create, Read, Update, and Delete). It's compatible with PHP versions 4 and 5, supports scaffolding, allows for the use of AJAX functions, and the use of templates. The tool is free and open source, and it works on most servers and commercial web hosts. Its main strength is that it’s a very scalable system, allowing you to use code from one project on another. Plus, it has a large community of users, tutorial, and online examples.
