rapid application development framework for PHP

 CakePHP is a flexible model-view-controller rapid application development
 framework for PHP inspired by Ruby on Rails.
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 CakePHP makes developing applications swiftly and with the least amount of
 hassle:
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  * integrated CRUD for database interaction and simplified queries including
    scaffolding
  * request dispatcher with good looking, custom URLs
  * fast and flexible templating (PHP syntax, with helpers)
  * useful core features (access control lists, AJAX integration, etc.)
  * works from any website subdirectory