# Need Help

**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/c/need-help/5.md

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## [About the Need Help category](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/about-the-need-help-category/20)

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**Author:** [@markstory](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/markstory)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/about-the-need-help-category/20 "2017-08-01T19:05:50Z")

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## [Prev/next pagination url in controller from a PaginatedResultSet](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/prev-next-pagination-url-in-controller-from-a-paginatedresultset/12965)

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**Author:** [@Erwane](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Erwane)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/prev-next-pagination-url-in-controller-from-a-paginatedresultset/12965 "2026-10-27T08:24:07Z")

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Hi, Cakephp: 5.4 PHP: 8.5 View: Twig With TwigView, lots of view things should be moved to controller. StructuredData as LD+json format is build in the controller (with spatie/schema-org:^5.0) My problem is for Col…

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## [Non-GET method routes are not being used to create form actions with passed arguments in 5.x](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/non-get-method-routes-are-not-being-used-to-create-form-actions-with-passed-arguments-in-5-x/12974)

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**Author:** [@batsssss](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/batsssss)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/non-get-method-routes-are-not-being-used-to-create-form-actions-with-passed-arguments-in-5-x/12974 "2026-10-17T00:55:11Z")

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I’m using CakePHP 5.3.2 I have a (scoped) route for deleting, created with the route builder to have 2 route elements and to accept the DELETE HTTP method: $builder-\>connect('/delete', \['controller' =\> 'MyThings', 'act…

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## [Error coming when trying to run server or do migrations](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-coming-when-trying-to-run-server-or-do-migrations/12828)

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**Author:** [@abhay-ops](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/abhay-ops)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-coming-when-trying-to-run-server-or-do-migrations/12828 "2026-08-20T14:07:20Z")

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This error is coming from where whenever I try any console command from cake, like bin/cake server or bin/cake migrations migrate. Error that I am getting:- bin/cake migrations migrate PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclar…

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## [Command beforeExecute and afterExecute lifecycle methods](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/command-beforeexecute-and-afterexecute-lifecycle-methods/12955)

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**Author:** [@deanoj](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/deanoj)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/command-beforeexecute-and-afterexecute-lifecycle-methods/12955 "2026-07-14T14:17:57Z")

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Hello, So I have been reading up on the command lifecycle methods beforeExecute and afterExecute and have created a simple command (see below - cut down version of my command code - very simple). However, the before and…

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## [Default model not available in controller](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/default-model-not-available-in-controller/12947)

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**Author:** [@TheFifth](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/TheFifth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/default-model-not-available-in-controller/12947 "2026-06-15T10:13:34Z")

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I’m having a really odd problem. I have a Users controller that has worked perfectly fine with no issues for months. I have been working on other aspects of the system I’m developing (baking new models etc.) and today …

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## [CakePHP 5 upgrade and Authentication](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-5-upgrade-and-authentication/12847)

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**Author:** [@bgrinter](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/bgrinter)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-5-upgrade-and-authentication/12847 "2026-05-30T10:55:21Z")

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I’ve started going through the process to migrate a fairly large app from v4.6 to v5.3.5. So far, I’ve gone fairly well and I’m presented with a login screen - not too bad for an afternoon’s work :stuck\_out\_tongue: Now…

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## [The query loops over the recipes 4 times when there are 4 user\_ids in the Recipe table and it loops over the recipe 1 time when there is no recipes for the user\_id](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/the-query-loops-over-the-recipes-4-times-when-there-are-4-user-ids-in-the-recipe-table-and-it-loops-over-the-recipe-1-time-when-there-is-no-recipes-for-the-user-id/12836)

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**Author:** [@makamo66](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/makamo66)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/the-query-loops-over-the-recipes-4-times-when-there-are-4-user-ids-in-the-recipe-table-and-it-loops-over-the-recipe-1-time-when-there-is-no-recipes-for-the-user-id/12836 "2026-04-29T23:32:21Z")

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public function view($id = null) { $query = $this-\>fetchTable(‘Users’)-\>find()-\>matching(‘Bios’, function ($q) use ($id) { return $q-\>where(\[‘Bios.user\_id’ =\> $id\]); }) -\>contain(\["Bios", "Surveys","Recipes", "Urls"\]) …

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## [Need to upgrade CakePHP 2.x. to CakePHP 5.3](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/need-to-upgrade-cakephp-2-x-to-cakephp-5-3/12829)

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**Author:** [@prem](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/prem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/need-to-upgrade-cakephp-2-x-to-cakephp-5-3/12829 "2026-04-22T16:26:23Z")

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My current project is built on CakePHP 2.x. I would like to upgrade it to CakePHP 5.3. Could you please provide the recommended approach, including necessary commands and migration steps?

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## [Upgrading from 2.10 to 3.6 with Upgrade Tool](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/upgrading-from-2-10-to-3-6-with-upgrade-tool/5149)

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**Author:** [@peterg](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/peterg)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/upgrading-from-2-10-to-3-6-with-upgrade-tool/5149 "2026-11-11T20:53:04Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to perform the above upgrade, but not doing well at all. I’ve tried (a)copying my existing app to a new folder and running the upgrade tool on that folder, and also (b)installing 3.6 then copying the app…

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## [Cake bake joined tables](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cake-bake-joined-tables/12822)

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**Author:** [@Raschner](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Raschner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cake-bake-joined-tables/12822 "2026-04-05T20:17:16Z")

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I have baked views for 3 different tables Mitarbeiters, Kosts, Inventars now I want to join Mitarbeiters one to one to Kosts and Mitarbeiters one to many to Inventars is it possible to manage this with a bake command …

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## [How to catch "CSRF token from either the request body or request headers did not match or is missing."](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-catch-csrf-token-from-either-the-request-body-or-request-headers-did-not-match-or-is-missing/11286)

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**Author:** [@PeterVARGA](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/PeterVARGA)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2026, 7:50am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-catch-csrf-token-from-either-the-request-body-or-request-headers-did-not-match-or-is-missing/11286 "2026-11-11T07:50:27Z")

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When a login window is opened for a long time, then the exception Cake\\Http\\Exception\\InvalidCsrfTokenException with the additional text “CSRF token from either the request body or request headers did not match or is mis…

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## [Index-pagination error](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/index-pagination-error/12818)

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**Author:** [@Klaus](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Klaus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/index-pagination-error/12818 "2026-03-24T16:20:48Z")

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Hi, in each Controller I set a viewVariable like this: $this-\>set('menuID', $this-\>product-\>navigation\_id); I have checked the content, it is an integer. And I used to do it with some different releases 4.x In rel…

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## [Authentication with CakePHP 5](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-with-cakephp-5/12814)

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**Author:** [@Klaus](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Klaus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/authentication-with-cakephp-5/12814 "2026-03-18T16:08:05Z")

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Which version of authentication runs perfect with Cake 5.2.12? Thanks for advice!

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## [CakePHP + Azure SQL / System Managed Identity Connections](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-azure-sql-system-managed-identity-connections/12269)

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**Author:** [@met](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/met)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cakephp-azure-sql-system-managed-identity-connections/12269 "2026-03-07T07:02:59Z")

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Has anyone managed to get Cake working with Azure’s managed identities? I can connect directly from the app service in a test.php file using: \<?php $azureServer = 'my-server.database.windows.net'; $azureDatabase = 'sq…

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## [Upgraded from 4 to 5.3.1, missing controller error starting app with netbeans](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/upgraded-from-4-to-5-3-1-missing-controller-error-starting-app-with-netbeans/12803)

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**Author:** [@peterg](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/peterg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/upgraded-from-4-to-5-3-1-missing-controller-error-starting-app-with-netbeans/12803 "2026-02-13T17:39:52Z")

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I’ve upgraded my test system (wildows 11, xampp) to 5.3.1 from 4.4.17. If I start the app from firefox directly (localhost/) I see the homepage with a couple of “deprecated” messages. However if I start the app with net…

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## [findAllByColumn1OrColumn2](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/findallbycolumn1orcolumn2/12799)

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**Author:** [@efjot](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/efjot)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/findallbycolumn1orcolumn2/12799 "2026-02-05T21:46:10Z")

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Hi together, I try to implement a search bar for alist of entrys. I list all users from database but now I want to filter either by email, or by role or by status. I tried to use the following option for retrieving Dat…

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## [Deny access on all pages, but not login](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/deny-access-on-all-pages-but-not-login/12798)

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**Author:** [@efjot](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/efjot)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/deny-access-on-all-pages-but-not-login/12798 "2026-02-01T21:04:33Z")

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Hi, I created some Admin Area as a separate project to my previous project. Now in Admin area, all methods in all controller shouldn’t be accessable without login. Just only the login method should be without Authorizat…

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## [REST API, pagination results](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/rest-api-pagination-results/12797)

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**Author:** [@shadowx.jb](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/shadowx.jb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/rest-api-pagination-results/12797 "2026-01-29T17:47:52Z")

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I’m building a REST API and I need to add paging data to the result, but I don’t know how to get to it… If I type this, I see: object(Cake\\Datasource\\Paging\\PaginatedResultSet) id:0 { protected results =\> object(Cake\\O…

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## [Pagination and sortable fields with null](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/pagination-and-sortable-fields-with-null/12785)

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**Author:** [@bgrinter](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/bgrinter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/pagination-and-sortable-fields-with-null/12785 "2026-01-21T12:41:34Z")

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I have a table of members and have an associated (OneToMany) table of training courses completed. The training courses have an expiry date. I have a page that shows members who either have not completed the training cou…

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## [How can I handle unfound records?](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-can-i-handle-unfound-records/12783)

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**Author:** [@SharonGilmore](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/SharonGilmore)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-can-i-handle-unfound-records/12783 "2026-01-19T10:09:36Z")

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I’ve built my app in CakePHP 5, and it’s all working basically fine, but now I want to handle cases like a user trying to access a page that doesn’t exist. For example, currently in my admin area I have the route /admin…

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## [Going from 4.4.17 to 5.3](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/going-from-4-4-17-to-5-3/12784)

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**Author:** [@peterg](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/peterg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/going-from-4-4-17-to-5-3/12784 "2026-01-18T13:47:25Z")

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HI, I’m on 4.4.17, I want to get to 5.3. I understand I should go to 4.6.3 first. Can I go directly via composer from 4.4.17 to 4.6.3 or do I need to stop by 4.5 on the way, and after 4.6.3 are there any stops I should m…

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## [Attempting to install Cakephp-Upload plugin (Cake v5.0.8)](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/attempting-to-install-cakephp-upload-plugin-cake-v5-0-8/12781)

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**Author:** [@BrendonKoz](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/BrendonKoz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/attempting-to-install-cakephp-upload-plugin-cake-v5-0-8/12781 "2026-01-13T20:27:46Z")

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I would’ve thought this was going to be easy. Following the instructions from the CakePHP Upload Documentation page, from my project’s base directory, I ran: composer require josegonzalez/cakephp-upload This worked wit…

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## [(solved) Error message about DebugKit loading after cake update from 5.0.7 to 5.2.10](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/solved-error-message-about-debugkit-loading-after-cake-update-from-5-0-7-to-5-2-10/12754)

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**Author:** [@emgepub](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/emgepub)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/solved-error-message-about-debugkit-loading-after-cake-update-from-5-0-7-to-5-2-10/12754 "2025-12-30T15:02:10Z")

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Hello I’m working on a local server on a website using CakePHP version 5.0.7 with PHP 8.3, and I wanted to update my CakePHP version. After running composer update, debug\_kit displays an error message saying that a De…

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## [Cors setting not working what's wrong with my code?](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cors-setting-not-working-whats-wrong-with-my-code/11183)

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**Author:** [@spadeX](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/spadeX)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cors-setting-not-working-whats-wrong-with-my-code/11183 "2025-12-18T22:51:22Z")

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I have created middleware and implement the following code but not working. Why ? public function addHeaders(ServerRequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response): ResponseInterface { if ($request-\>g…

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## [Dependency Injection - error - \_\_construct(), 0 passed and exactly 1 expected](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/dependency-injection-error-construct-0-passed-and-exactly-1-expected/12753)

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**Author:** [@ken.s](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/ken.s)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 6:24am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/dependency-injection-error-construct-0-passed-and-exactly-1-expected/12753 "2025-12-18T06:24:04Z")

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I need your help! I don’t understand Dependency Injection and I would appreciate if you can find the problem. I am trying to utilize DI to call a Service function from a Command. I could not find good samples and asked…

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## [Re: Breadcrumb $options lost when $title is an array](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/re-breadcrumb-options-lost-when-title-is-an-array/12750)

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**Author:** [@alex](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/alex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/re-breadcrumb-options-lost-when-title-is-an-array/12750 "2025-12-16T17:38:49Z")

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I raised an issue on Github thinking it was a bug, but apparently it’s a feature. Now I have a follow-up question (for learning purposes) which I decided to ask here so that I don’t clutter Github. The original issue I …

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## [Plugin name is uppercase abbreviation, assets get inflected to underscore](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/plugin-name-is-uppercase-abbreviation-assets-get-inflected-to-underscore/12745)

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**Author:** [@alex](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/alex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/plugin-name-is-uppercase-abbreviation-assets-get-inflected-to-underscore/12745 "2025-12-11T21:50:17Z")

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Hi everyone My plugin name is an abbreviation, say FOO. It is set in src/FOOPlugin.php inside $name property and seems to work. When I do $this-\>Html-\>css(\['FOO.stylesheet'\]) inside a template, I get /f\_o\_o/stylesheet.…

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## [My code is evaluating to true for both ifelse conditions](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/my-code-is-evaluating-to-true-for-both-ifelse-conditions/12741)

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**Author:** [@makamo66](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/makamo66)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/my-code-is-evaluating-to-true-for-both-ifelse-conditions/12741 "2025-12-01T23:20:28Z")

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The users of my website can complete a survey and have the option to publish it on their biographical account page. So if the publish field in the surveys table is 1, that means they want to publish it. I loop through al…

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## [How to use HTML helper parastart?](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-use-html-helper-parastart/12738)

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**Author:** [@SIF](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/SIF)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-use-html-helper-parastart/12738 "2025-11-19T13:01:44Z")

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So I can create a HTML paragraph using HTML Helper $this-\>Html-\>para(null, 'Hello'); But if you look at their source code the ‘parastart’ is available here: cakephp/src/View/Helper/HtmlHelper.php at cde1bcd26061a80d8ff…

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