The document discusses CakePHP, an open source PHP framework that uses the MVC (Model View Controller) pattern and ActiveRecord to provide rapid application development. It explains that CakePHP uses models to represent data, views to represent the user interface, and controllers to handle application logic. It also covers ActiveRecord and provides an example of how CakePHP can be used to build an application with models, views, controllers and database interaction through ActiveRecord.

1. Baking Cakes with PHP
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2. Baking Cakes with PHP
• What Cake is and Why You Need It
• Ingredients
• A Couple of Models
• A Bunch of Views
• A Controller or Two
• A Pinch of ActiveRecord
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3. What Cake Is
and
Why You Need It
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4. Cake is...
• A platform for rapid development
• MVC + AR
• Application Scaffolding
• Compatible with PHP4 and PHP5
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5. MVC + AR = CakePHP
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6. Model,View, Controller
• A design pattern for three tiers of data-
driven applications
• Modes represent data
• Views represent the UI
• Controllers handle logic
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7. Models
• Represent data used within an application
• Establish entity relationships
• hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo,
hasManyAndBelongsTo
• Provide validation rules
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8. Views
• Represent a page template
• Are directly associated with a controller’s
action
• Usually are XHTML pages in a site,
however may serve any content:
• RSS Feeds, Email Messages, etc...
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9. Controllers
• Manage logic for a section of an app
• Act as a liaison between models and views
• Use actions to trigger functionality in an app
• index, view, add, edit, delete, etc...
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10. ActiveRecord
• Another design pattern specifically reading
and writing to a database
• Represents a single record
• Adds additional functionality to models for
saving and destroying a record
• Eliminates manual SQL completely
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11. Example anyone?
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