CakePHP is simple and easy to install. The minimum requirements are a web server and a copy of CakePHP, that’s it! While this chapter focuses primarily on setting up on Apache (because it’s simple to install and setup), CakePHP will run on a variety of web servers such as nginx, LightHTTPD, or Microsoft IIS.
In both XAMPP and WAMP, the mbstring extension is working by default.
In XAMPP, intl extension is included but you have to uncomment extension=php_intl.dll in php.ini and restart the server through the XAMPP Control Panel.
In WAMP, the intl extension is “activated” by default but not working. To make it work you have to go to php folder (by default)
C:wampinphpphp{version},copy all the files that looks like icu*.dll and paste them into the apache bin directory
C:wampinapacheapache{version}in. Then restart all services and it should be OK.
While a database engine isn’t required, we imagine that most applications will utilize one. CakePHP supports a variety of database storage engines:
Note : All built-in drivers require PDO. You should make sure you have the correct PDO extensions installed.
