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CakePHP is a sweet treat for PHP developers. It is an open-source web development framework written in PHP. As a framework it competes with Laravel, Symfony and others. It's around since 2005 already. Michal Tatarynowicz originally created it, inspired by Ruby on Rails.

CakePHP runs well here. It deploys like any Composer-based app: git push, a MySQL component, and the cake console over SSH. The free trial is enough to put a real project on it.

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How do I deploy a CakePHP app to fortrabbit?
Git push

Git push - Push your repository; the build runs Composer and swaps in the release atomically. Add a MySQL component, set env vars in the dashboard, and run the cake console and migrations over SSH.

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Can I host an older version of CakePHP?
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Yes - Your `composer.json` decides the CakePHP version and the PHP release is selected to match, so a long-running app from an earlier major version keeps working.

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Do you have a CakePHP-specific guide?
It depends

It depends - CakePHP is a standard Composer-based PHP app, so the general deployment docs apply directly. Our support can help with anything specific to the setup.

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Can I try CakePHP hosting before paying?
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Yes - New apps start as a free trial — seven days, no credit card — enough to deploy a real CakePHP project.

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Can I run CakePHP migrations and console commands?
Over SSH

Over SSH - Full SSH access is included, so the cake console, bake, and database migrations run directly against the environment. Scheduled tasks run as cron jobs.

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