Getting Started With CakePHP

Welcome,


In this blog we will learn to create Hello world program
CakePHP is a free, open-source, rapid development framework for PHP. It’s a foundational structure for programmers to create web applications. Our primary goal is to enable you to work in a structured and rapid manner–without loss of flexibility.

STEPS1.Install2.Connect to database3.Write the program

Installation
Go to www.cakephp.org and click download.
After dowloading copy that file cakephp to C:/xampp/htdocs
Now go to new tab and type localhost/cakephp you can see cakePHP downladed to your localhost.
To better understand refer this site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO9oSQhRa9s

Connect to database
Go to C:/xampp/htdocs/cakephp/app/config
Here you can find a file called database.default.php file rename it as database.php file and open it with edit with notepad and change user name and password as per your local site name....in general user is root....password can be anything...
Go to localhost/cakephp now you can see cake connected to database if it is so you can start writing your first program hello world.
go to mysql 
Enter password:****
create a table called post for that
first type show mysql;
then type

CREATE TABLE posts (
    id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    title VARCHAR(50),
    body TEXT,
    created DATETIME DEFAULT NULL,
    modified DATETIME DEFAULT NULL
);

Write the program

For better understanding u can go to site

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D7cdja8OXA

cakePHP uses MVC model. so for writing any program first you have to create model,view and controller.
first Go to  C:/xampp/htdocs/cakephp/app/model
Open new file here and write the following program<?php
class Post extends AppModel{
var $name='post';
}
?>

and save this file as post.php

 secondly Go to C:/xampp/htdocs/cakephp/app/controller

Open new file here and write the following program

<?php 

class PostsController extends AppController {

var $name ='posts';

function hello_world(){

}

}

?>

and save this file as posts_controller.php

thirdly 

Go to C:/xampp/htdocs/cakephp/app/view

Here create your new folder called posts and open new file into that

and write the following program

<h2>welcome to maisa</h2>

</h2>hello world</h2>

<p>this is my 1st program</p>

and save this file as hello_world.ctp

After ur done with all the programs run the program go to new tab type

localhost/cakephp/posts/hello_world

Output looks like something like this

CakePHP: the rapid development php framework

welcome to maisa

hello world

this is my 1st program

(default) 2 queries took 6 ms

Nr	Query	Error	Affected	Num. rows	Took (ms)
1	SHOW FULL COLUMNS FROM `posts`		5	5	5
2	SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS WHERE COLLATION_NAME= 'latin1_swedish_ci';		1	1	1