How to create new cakephp 3 plugin?

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#1

Hi,

Anyone can guide me to create new cakephp 3 plugin?

Thanks.

#2

Follow the docs https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/plugins.html#creating-your-own-plugins

#3

You can create plugin by specially two way.

  • Using cakebake

  • Creating plugin structure

For Cakebake you just need to run this code by you terminal “bin/cake bake plugin YourPluginName”.
It will do lots of work automatic like make the plugin sturcture , activate the plugin by changing on .phar file. In one word you don’t need to do any thing in your coding you just get a ready made plugin for use.

But if you want to make plugin by your own then you have to follow these process.

  1. Make this folder structure outside src.

     /src
 /plugins
  /ContactManager
         /config
         /src
             /Controller
                 /Component
             /Model
                 /Table
                 /Entity
                 /Behavior
             /View
                 /Helper
             /Template
                 /Layout
         /tests
             /TestCase
             /Fixture
         /webroot

  2. Change into config/bootstrap.php file

Plugin::load('YourPluginName', ['routes' => true]);

OR

Plugin::loadAll(['routes' => true]);

  1. Chnage into plugins/YourPluginName/config/routes.php:.

<?php

use Cake\Routing\Route\DashedRoute;
use Cake\Routing\Router;

Router::plugin(
    'YourPluginName',
    ['path' => '/your-plugin-name'],
    function ($routes) {
        $routes->fallbacks(DashedRoute::class);
    }
);

It’s ready… :slight_smile: Now to access this plugin go to this link
// Access the index route of a plugin controller.
/your-plugin-name/contacts

// Any action on a plugin controller.
/your-plugin-name/contacts/view/1

#4

thanks for your reply.

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