CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. It allows users to provide a structured framework that enables any PHP users at all levels to develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility, in a quick and easy fashion manner.

Download source: CakePHP 1.0

Requirements:
In order use CakePHP you must first have a server that has all the required libraries and programs to run CakePHP:

Server Requirements
Here are the requirements for setting up a Linux server to run CakePHP:

1. An HTTP server (like Apache) with the following enabled: sessions, mod_rewrite (not absolutely necessary but preferred)
2. PHP 4.3.2 or greater. Yes, CakePHP works great in either PHP 4 or 5.
3. A database engine (right now, there is support for MySQL, PostgreSQL and a wrapper for ADODB).

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