Welcome to the Cookbook

After you've downloaded and extracted CakePHP, these are the files and folders you should see:

• app
• cake
• vendors
• .htaccess
• index.php
• README

You'll notice three main folders:

• The app folder will be where you work your magic: it’s where your application’s files will be placed.
• The cake folder is where we’ve worked our magic. Make a personal commitment not to edit files in this folder. We can’t help you if you’ve modified the core.
• Finally, the vendors folder is where you’ll place third-party PHP libraries you need to use with your CakePHP applications.