Where to Get Help

Where to Get Help

The Official CakePHP website

The Official CakePHP website is always a great place to visit. It features linksto oft-used developer tools, screencasts, donation opportunities, and downloads.

The Cookbook

https://book.cakephp.org

This manual should probably be the first place you go to get answers. As withmany other open source projects, we get new folks regularly. Try your best toanswer your questions on your own first. Answers may come slower, but willremain longer – and you’ll also be lightening our support load. Both the manualand the API have an online component.

The Bakery

https://bakery.cakephp.org

The CakePHP Bakery is a clearing house for all things regarding CakePHP. Checkit out for tutorials, case studies, and code examples. Once you’re acquaintedwith CakePHP, log on and share your knowledge with the community and gaininstant fame and fortune.

The API

https://api.cakephp.org/

Straight to the point and straight from the core developers, the CakePHP API(Application Programming Interface) is the most comprehensive documentationaround for all the nitty gritty details of the internal workings of theframework. It’s a straight forward code reference, so bring your propeller hat.

The Test Cases

If you ever feel the information provided in the API is not sufficient, checkout the code of the test cases provided with CakePHP. They can serve aspractical examples for function and data member usage for a class.

tests/TestCase/

The IRC Channel

IRC Channels on irc.freenode.net:

#cakephp – General Discussion
#cakephp-docs – Documentation
#cakephp-bakery – Bakery
#cakephp-fr – French Canal.

If you’re stumped, give us a holler in the CakePHP IRC channel.Someone from the development teamis usually there, especially during the daylight hours for North and SouthAmerica users. We’d love to hear from you, whether you need some help, want tofind users in your area, or would like to donate your brand new sports car.

Official CakePHP Forum

CakePHP Official Forum

Our official forum where you can ask for help, suggest ideas and have a talkabout CakePHP. It’s a perfect place for quickly finding answers and help others.Join the CakePHP family by signing up.