<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Rewrite requests to test.php"
stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^test.php(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="app/webroot/test.php{R:1}" />
</rule>
<rule name="Exclude direct access to app/webroot/*"
stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^app/webroot/(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<action type="None" />
</rule>
<rule name="Rewrite routed access to assets(img, css, files,
Ë“→js, favicon)"
stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(img|css|files|js|favicon.ico)(.*)$" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="app/webroot/{R:1}{R:2}"
appendQueryString="false" />
</rule>
<rule name="Rewrite requested file/folder to index.php"
stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php"
appendQueryString="true" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Once the web.config file is created with the correct IIS-friendly rewrite rules, CakePHP’s links, CSS, JavaScipt, and rerouting should work correctly.

URL-Rewriting on lighttpd

Lighttpd does not support .htaccess functions, so you can remove all .htaccess files. In the lighttpd configuration, make sure you’ve activated “mod_rewrite”. Add a line:

url.rewrite-if-not-file =(
"^([^\?]*)(\?(.+))?$" => "/index.php?url=$1&$3"
)

URL rewrite rules for Hiawatha

The required UrlToolkit rule (for URL rewriting) to use CakePHP with Hiawatha is:

UrlToolkit {
ToolkitID = cakephp
RequestURI exists Return

Match .* Rewrite /index.php
}

I don’t / can’t use URL rewriting

If you don’t want to or can’t use URL rewriting on your webserver, refer to the core configuration. Now continue to /tutorials-and-examples/blog/part-two to start building your first CakePHP application.

Blog Tutorial - Adding a layer
Create a Post Model

The Model class is the bread and butter of CakePHP applications. By creating a CakePHP model that will interact with our database, we’ll have the foundation in place needed to do our view, add, edit, and delete operations later.

CakePHP’s model class files go in /app/Model, and the file we’ll be creating will be saved to /app/Model/Post.php. The completed file should look like this:

class Post extends AppModel {
}

Naming conventions are very important in CakePHP. By naming our model Post, CakePHP can automatically infer that this model will be used in the PostsController, and will be tied to a database table called posts.

Note: CakePHP will dynamically create a model object for you if it cannot find a corresponding file in /app/Model. This also means that if you accidentally name your file wrong (for example, post.php or posts.php instead of Post.php), CakePHP will not recognize any of your settings and will use the defaults instead.