NOTE: This is for ADVANCED users. CakePHP requires an extensive knowledgebase of PHP and Object Oriented Programming. If you are not familiar with PHP or OOP this is not for you. Try installing WordPress instead.
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CakePHP by default comes with the core in a folder, the same folder that the app directory is also located. This is typically considered not secure. So lets fix that. Let's put our CakePHP Core in the root of your hosting account.
Step 1. Download CakePHP from their website.
Step 2. FTP your cakephp.zip file to the public_html directory (OR the folder your application will be), extract the cakephp.zip file. You should have a folder that looks like the following.
cakephp-cakephp-77aa960/
-app/
-build.properties
-build.xml
-.gitignore
-.htaccess
-index.php
-lib/
-plugins/
-README
-.travis.yml
-vendors/Step 4. Move the cakephp-cakephp-77aa960/ folder to the ~/ directory. At this point I recommend renaming it to something that takes less time to type. I will call it CakeCore.
Step 5. Inside your app/ directory that you copied the contents out of [step 3] there is a subdirectory called webroot. Edit the index.php [/webroot/index.php] file and make the following change.
Original:
<?
//define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT . DS . 'lib');<?
define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', '/home/username/CakeCore/lib');
THATS IT!
There should be nothing more that you have to configure. From this point on you can reuse your CakePHP Core AND get the benefit of security now that your core code cannot be touched.