Category: CakePHP

Hello World in CakePHP – 3 steps

Posted by – April 13, 2010

  1. Download and set up CakePHP in your webroot. Stop reading further if you cant do it or you are not sure how to do it.
  2. Create a file named “helloworld_controller.php” in folder “cakephp/app/controllers/helloworld_controller.php” and paste following code in the file
    <?php
    class HelloWorldController extends Controller {
    public $name = 'HelloWorld'; //Controller name, we need it.
    public $uses=null; //The example doesn't "use" any model.
    public $autoRender=false; //Do not render "automagically"
    public function index() {//The default action for a CakePHP controller
    echo __METHOD__;//This will print HelloWorld suffixed with some more info ;-)
    }
    }
  3. Point your browser to CakePHP installation on your server for example “http://localhost/cakephp/helloworld/”

Piece of cake… :-)