In this tutorial, I will be guiding you on how to set and run the CakePHP framework on Windows 7. For those who have not heard of CakePHP before, it is an open source web application framework for producing web applications. It is written in PHP, modeled after the concepts of Ruby on Rails, and distributed under the MIT License. More information can be found on their official website here.An online IT degree is what some people pursue when they want to learn more about computer software and security.
Before starting the tutorial, please check whether the prerequisite listed below has been completed.
- Web Server With PHP & mySQL (Recommended Xampp Or Wamp).
- 25 mb of free space — for the CakePHP files.
The Tutorial.
1. Visit the CakePHP download archive in GitHub here and download the latest stable version. Download the files .zip format since we will be setting it on Windows operating system.
2. Once the download completed, extract the files and copy the files into the web server www root. You should place the folder as shown in the image below. The folder’s name can be changed as you wished and doesn’t required to be named as cake in order to run it. Do not start the server yet , there are some configuration needed to be done on the Apache core files before running the CakePHP framework.
3. If you have installed a bundled web server like Xampp or Wamp, navigate to the Apache folder within your web server. On the other hand, if the installation was made separately, locate the Apache installation folder. Then, navigate to the conf folder which is located within the Apache main folder.
4. Next, open the httpd.conf file which is in the conf folder. Open it using notepad or any other text based editor. The file will display contents like shown in the image below.
5. Find the code below and uncomment it. This is to enable the rewrite module on the apache. By default it is turned off in some web servers. If it is already uncommented you can continue to the next step.
Locate this code and remove the ‘#’ which is located in front of the line.
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
The modified code should look like this. Save and close the file, upon completing the modification
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
6. Now, start your server and visit the location of the folder via your preferred Internet Browser. Eg. http://localhost/cake/. By now, the default screen for CakePHP should be displayed like below.
Take note: Some of the information displayed on the CakePHP page will show error. You need to make changes in the CakePHP configuration files to fix it. I will try to cover this separately on another article.
I am a newbie and the setup guide on cakephp helped me a lot. Thanks…
i am using windows 7..i am not getting css and its not working . i copied same thing into xp os .but its working there with css also.
did you modified the httpd.conf file as mentioned above.
What web server are you using ?
thank you
I spend more time to fix it.
thank you
Is it work on windows 7 starter edition? If It is, how?
If i am not mistaken, it should work on the mentioned windows version. Please make sure no application is running on port 80 since it is needed for apache.
Use compiled server like xampp or wamp instead of installing the php, mysql manually
hello
Dear, I have windows 7 and wamp server. I did same what you mentioned above but I found error.
Warning (2): require(C:\wamp\www\cake\libs\dispatcher.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory [APP\webroot\index.php, line 76]
Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘C:\wamp\www\cake\libs\dispatcher.php’ (include_path=’.;C:\php5\pear’) in C:\wamp\www\cakes\webroot\index.php on line 76
i got the following errors:
Please change the value of ‘Security.salt’ in app/config/core.php to a salt value specific to your application [CORE\cake\libs\debugger.php, line 694]
Please change the value of ‘Security.cipherSeed’ in app/config/core.php to a numeric (digits only) seed value specific to your application [CORE\cake\libs\debugger.php, line 698]
Cake is NOT able to connect to the database.
i’m a newbie, have no clue how to proceed further. Please help
Please check your email.
I have sent some tips and instructions.
Hope it helps.
Hi Aafrin,
I have installed CakePHP on top of WAMP and I also got the “Cake is NOT able to connect to the database” error.
Could you sent the tips to me as well?
Thank you very much!
– Hin
Hi,
Didi you created a database via phpmyadmin and added the details in the config file ?
Hi,
I have the same error. Please advice.
Please change the value of ‘Security.salt’ in app/config/core.php to a salt value specific to your application [CORE\cake\libs\debugger.php, line 694]
Please change the value of ‘Security.cipherSeed’ in app/config/core.php to a numeric (digits only) seed value specific to your application [CORE\cake\libs\debugger.php, line 698]
Cake is NOT able to connect to the database.
Please do change the salt code value on the config file and also update the database connection on the database connection file
I m using windows 7..
and i need to configure Cakephp 2.0.0 with wamp server…
I did all above steps but i found this error..
please help me about it…
Hi,
Please let me know, what kind of error you are facing. I will try to troubleshoot for you.
Hope to hear from you soon.
i followed the above steps and get the following errors please help me if you can…..
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Release Notes for CakePHP 2.0.4.
Notice (1024): Please change the value of ‘Security.salt’ in app/Config/core.php to a salt value specific to your application [CORE\Cake\Utility\Debugger.php, line 713]Code public static function checkSecurityKeys() {
if (Configure::read(‘Security.salt’) == ‘DYhG93b0qyJfIxfs2guVoUubWwvniR2G0FgaC9mi’) {
trigger_error(__d(‘cake_dev’, ‘Please change the value of \’Security.salt\’ in app/Config/core.php to a salt value specific to your application’), E_USER_NOTICE);Debugger::checkSecurityKeys() – CORE\Cake\Utility\Debugger.php, line 713
include – CORE\Cake\View\Pages\home.ctp, line 30
View::_render() – CORE\Cake\View\View.php, line 598
View::render() – CORE\Cake\View\View.php, line 365
Controller::render() – CORE\Cake\Controller\Controller.php, line 900
PagesController::display() – CORE\Cake\Controller\PagesController.php, line 80
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() – [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() – CORE\Cake\Controller\Controller.php, line 473
Dispatcher::_invoke() – CORE\Cake\Routing\Dispatcher.php, line 107
Dispatcher::dispatch() – CORE\Cake\Routing\Dispatcher.php, line 89
[main] – APP\webroot\index.php, line 96
Notice (1024): Please change the value of ‘Security.cipherSeed’ in app/Config/core.php to a numeric (digits only) seed value specific to your application [CORE\Cake\Utility\Debugger.php, line 717]Code
if (Configure::read(‘Security.cipherSeed’) === ’76859309657453542496749683645′) {
trigger_error(__d(‘cake_dev’, ‘Please change the value of \’Security.cipherSeed\’ in app/Config/core.php to a numeric (digits only) seed value specific to your application’), E_USER_NOTICE);Debugger::checkSecurityKeys() – CORE\Cake\Utility\Debugger.php, line 717
include – CORE\Cake\View\Pages\home.ctp, line 30
View::_render() – CORE\Cake\View\View.php, line 598
View::render() – CORE\Cake\View\View.php, line 365
Controller::render() – CORE\Cake\Controller\Controller.php, line 900
PagesController::display() – CORE\Cake\Controller\PagesController.php, line 80
ReflectionMethod::invokeArgs() – [internal], line ??
Controller::invokeAction() – CORE\Cake\Controller\Controller.php, line 473
Dispatcher::_invoke() – CORE\Cake\Routing\Dispatcher.php, line 107
Dispatcher::dispatch() – CORE\Cake\Routing\Dispatcher.php, line 89
[main] – APP\webroot\index.php, line 96
URL rewriting is not properly configured on your server. 1) Help me configure it 2) I don’t / can’t use URL rewriting
Your version of PHP is 5.2.6 or higher.
Your tmp directory is writable.
The FileEngine is being used for caching. To change the config edit APP/Config/core.php
Your database configuration file is NOT present.
Rename APP/Config/database.php.default to APP/Config/database.php
Editing this Page
To change the content of this page, create: APP/View/Pages/home.ctp.
To change its layout, create: APP/View/Layouts/default.ctp.
You can also add some CSS styles for your pages at: APP/webroot/css.
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Hi,
It seems you are having some error on the initial requirement needed to run the framework.
It says “Please change the value of ‘Security.salt’ in app/Config/core.php to a salt value specific to your application ”
Please navigate to the mentioned path and add any key that will be used later on for encryptions.
Also try to fix other error and do update me, if you still face the problem.
Thank you.
Hiii dude..
i am using xp & wamp server..i getting no server found url after i created database & baked model,view, controller..wt i do please reply me…
Hi,
Have you configured the web server properly? And the path you accessing, is it correct one.
hi,
i couldn’t get the css styles and the link not working…..
eg:localhost/cake/posts/index….
pls help me…..
Hi,
Did you checked the path of your css file ? Where did you placed it
hi aafrin,
the css file path is,
wamp\www\cake\app\webroot\css
is there any prblm…
help me pls…..
Hi,
Can you zip and send your folder? I will check it and update you what are the erros and how to fix it.
thanks, it really helped.
You are welcome..
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