cakephp / cakephp/app

RFC: 6.x: Use public/ instead of webroot/

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Description

I think with v6 we should finally fix this up to be consistent with all other frameworks and the intuitive understanding of

  • whats actually "public" from the outside, accessible directly
  • and whats "under the hood"

This would make CakePHP compatible with
https://github.com/php-pds/skeleton

Symfony, Laravel and the other major PHP frameworks all use this for years, and it also makes the transition from them to Cake easier, as well as provide less hacks needed for dev tools (e.g. ddev needs to customize this internally to fit Cake).

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Research direction

Start with the issue proposal and compare the CakePHP application template with php-pds/skeleton, Symfony, and Laravel layouts. Identify the migration and tooling implications of replacing webroot/ with public/; done requires an agreed implementation and transition plan rather than a single specified file change.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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