The Bake plugin provides code generation and scaffolding capabilities for CakePHP 2.x applications.

Install the plugin using Composer:

composer require --dev pieceofcake2/bake

Once installed, you can use the bake commands:

# Bake a model
app/Console/cake bake model User

# Bake a controller
app/Console/cake bake controller Users

# Bake views
app/Console/cake bake view Users

# Bake everything for a model
app/Console/cake bake all User

# Create a new project
app/Console/cake bake project /path/to/new/project

# Create a new plugin
app/Console/cake bake plugin MyPlugin

• Model Generation: Create models with associations and validation
• Controller Generation: Create controllers with CRUD actions
• View Generation: Create views for index, view, add, and edit actions
• Test Generation: Create test cases for your code
• Fixture Generation: Create fixtures for testing
• Plugin Generation: Scaffold new plugins
• Project Generation: Create new CakePHP projects
• Custom Templates: Use custom bake templates for code generation

The Bake plugin uses templates for code generation. You can customize these templates by creating your own bake theme.

Create a directory structure in your app:

app/Console/Templates/myTheme/
├── classes/
│   ├── controller.ctp
│   ├── model.ctp
│   └── fixture.ctp
└── views/
    ├── index.ctp
    ├── view.ctp
    └── form.ctp

Then use your theme:

app/Console/cake bake controller Users --theme myTheme

• PHP 8.0+
• CakePHP 2.11+

MIT License

• Issues: https://github.com/pieceofcake2/bake/issues
• Documentation: https://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/console-and-shells/code-generation-with-bake.html