CakePHP 1.3.3 Admin Section Template Files

I've been getting to grips with the newest release of CakePHP which at the time of writing is 1.3.3. The first thing I usually do on an application is get a simple Admin section underway and here it is.

Everything has been included in a single zip file but you must first go through the motions of creating the database and update the database.php file as well as change a few things in the core.php file.

Creating the Database

I've included the schema in the zip file but here it is for convenience:

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `cakephp_133`;

USE `cakephp_133`;

/*Table structure for table `cake_sessions` */
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `cake_sessions`;
CREATE TABLE `cake_sessions` (
  `id` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `data` text,
  `expires` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

/*Table structure for table `users` */
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `users`;
CREATE TABLE `users` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `username` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `password` varchar(40) DEFAULT NULL,
  `last_login` datetime DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  `created` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  `modified` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);

Updating Core files

Enter your database Username/Password into the /app/config/database.php file and change the security salt and cipherSeed variables in the /app/config/core.php file and you should be good to go.

What the template app provides

• Register,Login,Logout functionality
• All admin routes are protected and a user must be logged in to access them
• Simple User management
  • View/Add/Edit/Delete/ Users

Download

I've zipped up the entire application and you can download it in a file called: cakephp-1.3.3-admin-section-template.zip. Any thoughts, comments or changes just let me know and I'll consider them.

UPDATE 22/09/10: Zip file has been updated to reflect fix from the comments. Cheers for pointing that one out!

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