What is CakePHP ?

CakePHP is an MVC (Model-View-Controller) open-source web framework that is written in PHP for creating web applications. It is a cross-platform rapid application framework that was first released in 2005.

CakePHP follows some of the known software engineering concepts such as active record, association data mapping, front controller, MVC, and convention over configuration. This framework is modeled after Ruby on Rails and is now published under the MIT license. CakePHP uses code generation and scaffolding features to build your applications rapidly. It also has built-in tools like CSRF protection, Form tampering protection, and SQL injection prevention for better security.