When i have to do some heavy php-based work I use CakePHP as my framework and starting point, the framework has a virtual console that allows you to scaffold your site in minutes without pain in the head. Its CRUD built-in possibilities makes creating data-driven web apps a simple but powerful task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Although they've been working on it, the actual documentation is lacking of more code examples, if the user is new to PHP frameworks, it will hit a hard wall because of the experience barrier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CakePHP:

If you haven't worked with PHP Frameworks, CakePHP can give you from basic to advanced functionalities to work on your projects so you can scale them without stress and actually knowing what you're doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CakePHP solving and how is that benefiting you?

I've had the need to create simple CRUD web apps, using CakePHP have benefit me doing such task hassle-free, having such utilities and possibilities to create a project foundation within minutes is what got me attached to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Valentina R.

Junior Research Fellow - Machine Learning and Topic Modeling

Education Management

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/30/2016

"Easy, fast but powerful"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CakePHP?

The CakePHP framework is very very easy to setup. When building simple applications the initial setup with basic CRUD actions and pages is immediate (thanks to bake console); when moving to more complex applications the framework allows different levels of customizations and settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CakePHP?

Sometime the documentation is not full of examples and the community is not active as for other similar frameworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CakePHP:

When choosing a framework consider that Cake is very easy to setup, very customizable, but if you are not scared to learn some other frameworks (like Symfony) are more powerful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CakePHP solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have implemented some web applications, both simple and complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.