Options are in fact endless when it comes to the point of PHP development. As PHP has matured, more and more PHP Frameworks have come onto the scene. But the situation was never like this before
It was in 2005, when PHP 4 was still the standard; there were no PHP frameworks hence developing an object oriented coding approach in PHP was definitely a challenge. It was then that CakePHP emerged. And CakePHP has continued to evolve, while featuring and maintaining a healthy market share of PHP developers.
So; how popular is the CakePHP framework? It is ranked in the top 4 most popular PHP projects on GitHub. There is no denying that CakePHP has a big following.
And now with version 3 of the framework, CakePHP is most certainly expected to remain a leading force in the PHP world.
What’s new in version 3 of CakePHP?
Better performance: Version 3 incorporates performance improvements to the bootstrap process
Enhanced components and helpers: It provides enhanced support for “flash messages” with its new FlashHelper and FlashComponent.
Improved session management: With version 3, you can now access the session from the request object. This change also makes the session easier to test, and enables CakePHP to use PHPUnit 4.x.
Themes and plugins merged: CakePHP 3 has made themes more powerful and robust.
Indeed, version 3 represents a significant upgrade beyond prior versions of CakePHP.