Code Generation with Bake¶
The cake console is run using the PHP CLI (command line interface). If you have problems running the script, ensure that:
You have the PHP CLI installed and that it has the proper modules enabled (eg: MySQL, intl).
Users also might have issues if the database host is ‘localhost’ and should try ‘127.0.0.1’ instead, as localhost can cause issues with PHP CLI.
Depending on how your computer is configured, you may have to set execute rights on the cake bash script to call it using
bin/cake bake.
Before running bake you should make sure you have at least one database connection configured.
When run with no arguments bin/cake bake will output a list of available
tasks.
For windows system try with bin\cake bake.
You should see something like:
$ bin/cake bake
Welcome to CakePHP v3.4.6 Console
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App : src
Path: /var/www/cakephp.dev/src/
PHP : 5.6.20
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The following commands can be used to generate skeleton code for your application.
Available bake commands:
- all
- behavior
- cell
- component
- controller
- fixture
- form
- helper
- mailer
- migration
- migration_diff
- migration_snapshot
- model
- plugin
- seed
- shell
- shell_helper
- task
- template
- test
By using `cake bake [name]` you can invoke a specific bake task.
You can get more information on what each task does, and what options are
available using the --help option:
$ bin/cake bake --help
Welcome to CakePHP v3.4.6 Console
---------------------------------------------------------------
App : src
Path: /var/www/cakephp.dev/src/
PHP : 5.6.20
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The Bake script generates controllers, models and template files for
your application. If run with no command line arguments, Bake guides the
user through the class creation process. You can customize the
generation process by telling Bake where different parts of your
application are using command line arguments.
Usage:
cake bake.bake [subcommand] [options]
Subcommands:
all Bake a complete MVC skeleton.
behavior Bake a behavior class file.
cell Bake a cell class file.
component Bake a component class file.
controller Bake a controller skeleton.
fixture Generate fixtures for use with the test suite. You
can use `bake fixture all` to bake all fixtures.
form Bake a form class file.
helper Bake a helper class file.
mailer Bake a mailer class file.
migration Bake migration class.
migration_diff Bake migration class.
migration_snapshot Bake migration snapshot class.
model Bake table and entity classes.
plugin Create the directory structure, AppController class
and testing setup for a new plugin. Can create
plugins in any of your bootstrapped plugin paths.
seed Bake seed class.
shell Bake a shell class file.
shell_helper Bake a shell_helper class file.
task Bake a task class file.
template Bake views for a controller, using built-in or
custom templates.
test Bake test case skeletons for classes.
To see help on a subcommand use `cake bake.bake [subcommand] --help`
Options:
--connection, -c Database connection to use in conjunction with `bake
all`. (default: default)
--everything Bake a complete MVC skeleton, using all the available
tables. Usage: "bake all --everything"
--force, -f Force overwriting existing files without prompting.
--help, -h Display this help.
--plugin, -p Plugin to bake into.
--prefix Prefix to bake controllers and templates into.
--quiet, -q Enable quiet output.
--tablePrefix Table prefix to be used in models.
--theme, -t The theme to use when baking code. (choices:
Bake|Migrations)
--verbose, -v Enable verbose output.
Bake Themes¶
The theme option is common to all bake commands, and allows changing the bake template files used when baking. To create your own templates, see the bake theme creation documentation.