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<p>CakePHP is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Web_framework/8f1CVHDX">web framework</a>. It follows the <a href="/facts/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller/vRbMXjMm">model–view–controller</a> (MVC) approach and is written in <a href="/facts/PHP/vU6YRJX0">PHP</a>, modeled after the concepts of <a href="/facts/Ruby_on_Rails/aG5P6uon">Ruby on Rails</a>, and distributed under the <a href="/facts/MIT_License/8llAQtlk">MIT License</a>. </p><p>CakePHP uses well-known <a href="/facts/Software_engineering/KX6cE9kz">software engineering</a> concepts and <a href="/facts/Software_design_pattern/mV7r4egw">software design patterns</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Convention_over_configuration/ByfLmJ2v">convention over configuration</a>, <a href="/facts/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller/vRbMXjMm">model–view–controller</a>, <a href="/facts/Active_record_pattern/pwFVYuBb">active record</a>, <a href="/facts/Junction_table/9IXU8WEN">association data mapping</a>, and <a href="/facts/Front_controller/qXrf4EBV">front controller</a>. </p>