Learn CakePHP 4 Plugin Development Tutorials

Define what a plugin is and why we need it to extend an application's features, with a focus on CakePHP 4 plugin development.

Learn to create your first CakePHP 4 plugin with the big plugin command, generate a student manager plugin, update autoloading, and load or unload it in the app.

Explore the default generated plugin structure in CakePHP 4, including the src folder with controller, model, view, bootstrap, routes, and middleware, plus webroot public assets and composer.json for dependencies.

Learn to create your first program inside a CakePHP 4 plugin by generating a controller, adding a route, and wiring a template for the index method.

Explore how to read query string parameters in a CakePHP 4 plugin by using get query parameters to fetch all or a single value like email.

Explore parameterized routing in CakePHP 4 plugins, and learn how to pass and retrieve id and slug values, configure routes to accept parameters, and apply basic validation.

Create a custom layout for a CakePHP plugin, load it via setLayout from the plugin's templates, and render dynamic content with fetch.

Learn how to add Bootstrap CSS and JS, plus images, to a CakePHP 4 plugin layout by placing assets in the plugin webroot and linking them with the HTML helper.

Create a cakephp 4 plugin migration to generate a students table with id, name, email, and a created_at timestamp with default current time.

Use CakePHP 4 plugin migrations to migrate, check status, and rollback, managing the Student Manager plugin migrations and creating students and products tables with a migrations log.

Create a seed class in a CakePHP plugin, generate tables with migrations, and seed dummy data into the plugin's tables using the big seed command with the plugin flag.

Seed large data sets in a CakePHP 4 plugin with the Faker library, installing Faker via Composer and generating fake names and emails for the students table.

Learn to create model and entity for a cakephp 4 plugin by using the big model command, linking models to tables, and preparing entity rows for database operations.

Explore CakePHP 4 plugin development by using model and entity classes to perform insert and select operations, load plugin models, and tailor queries with conditions, fields, and aliases.

Update and delete student records in a CakePHP 4 plugin using entity objects, batch entity, the get method, and save, patch, and delete operations.

Understand mutators and the new data concept in CakePHP, showing how intermediate state data can be transformed before saving, such as uppercase name and domain-replaced emails.

Learn what accessors are in CakePHP plugin development and how to use them to transform data at display, with uppercase names and emails rewritten from gmail.com to example dot net.

Plan for creating a CRUD based plugin in CakePHP 4, featuring an Employee Manager plugin that handles create, read, update, and delete with forms and flash messages.

Install and configure CakePHP 4.3.6 for a CRUD plugin, set up the project folder, connect to a database, and start the development server on port 8765.

Set up the employee manager plugin for CakePHP 4 by creating the plugin scaffold, a migration, a controller, and a model/entity, plus a routes file and a road start file.

Configure migration settings to create an employees table with id, name, email, gender, mobile, and created_at, then generate the model and entity in a CakePHP 4 plugin.

Set up CakePHP 4 plugin routes to perform list, add, edit, and delete employee operations using the route builder and the employees controller.

Implement four controller methods—add, list, added, and delete employee—in this CakePHP 4 plugin tutorial, and use a constructor to load the employees model from the plugin and configure layout.

Create a master template and layout for a CakePHP 4 plugin, building add, list, and edit employee templates under a plugin-specific templates folder.

Download and organize CSS and JavaScript assets for a CakePHP 4 plugin, including Bootstrap, data table plugin, and client-side validation scripts, and place them in the webroot for plugin use.

Create a master layout for CakePHP 4 plugin development, integrating proper HTML structure, Bootstrap styling, and dynamic content rendering via fetch within a panel-based template.

Develop an add employee form template in cakephp 4 plugin development tutorials by wiring a bootstrap panel with fields for name, email, gender, and mobile to the employees table.

Build a list employee template with a Bootstrap table, convert it to a data table for pagination, search, and sorting, and add dynamic columns and edit/delete actions.

Create the edit employee template for CakePHP 4 plugin development tutorials, populating name, email, gender, and mobile fields with existing data and updating the record.

Learn to create functional navigation links in a CakePHP 4 plugin using the HtmlHelper link method and anchor tags for add, list, and edit employee routes.

Create and save employees with a CakePHP 4 form using the form helper, binding an entity and batch saving to the employees table, then show bootstrap-styled flash messages.

Fetch all employees from the employees table in a CakePHP 4 plugin and present a list view showing name, email, mobile, and gender, with edit and delete actions by ID.

Learn how to fetch a single employee by id, pass the employee object to the add employee template, and auto-fill form fields for editing in CakePHP 4 plugin development.

Learn to update employee data in CakePHP 4 using the form helper, post and put requests, and flash messages to confirm updates.

Learn how to implement an ajax delete in a CakePHP 4 plugin by configuring the CSRF token, setting ajax headers, and deleting an employee record.

Learn to implement an ajax delete operation in a CakePHP 4 plugin, fetch employee id from request data, delete the record, and return a flash message for success or error.