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Where to Get Help¶
The Official CakePHP website¶
The Official CakePHP website is always a great place to visit. It features links to oft-used developer tools, screencasts, donation opportunities, and downloads.
The Cookbook¶
This manual should probably be the first place you go to get answers. As with many other open source projects, we get new folks regularly. Try your best to answer your questions on your own first. Answers may come slower, but will remain longer – and you’ll also be lightening our support load. Both the manual and the API have an online component.
The Bakery¶
The CakePHP Bakery is a clearing house for all things regarding CakePHP. Check it out for tutorials, case studies, and code examples. Once you’re acquainted with CakePHP, log on and share your knowledge with the community and gain instant fame and fortune.
The API¶
Straight to the point and straight from the core developers, the CakePHP API (Application Programming Interface) is the most comprehensive documentation around for all the nitty gritty details of the internal workings of the framework. 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, check out the code of the test cases provided with CakePHP. They can serve as practical examples for function and data member usage for a class.
lib/Cake/Test/Case
The IRC channel¶
IRC Channels on irc.freenode.net:
#cakephp – General Discussion
#cakephp-docs – Documentation
#cakephp-bakery – Bakery
If you’re stumped, give us a holler in the CakePHP IRC channel. Someone from the development team is usually there, especially during the daylight hours for North and South America users. We’d love to hear from you, whether you need some help, want to find users in your area, or would like to donate your brand new sports car.
Official CakePHP Forum¶
Our official forum is where you can ask for help, suggest ideas and have a talk about CakePHP. It’s a perfect place for quickly finding answers and help others. Join the CakePHP family by signing up.
Stackoverflow¶
Tag your questions with cakephp and the specific version you are using to
enable existing users of stackoverflow to find your questions.