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cakephp/acl
===========

Acl Plugin for CakePHP framework

0.10.1(2y ago)109567.1k↓49.4%86[13 issues](https://github.com/cakephp/acl/issues)15MITPHPPHP >=7.2CI failing

Since Feb 12Pushed 2y ago37 watchersCompare

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CakePHP Acl Plugin
==================

[](#cakephp-acl-plugin)

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> ℹ️ **The ACL Plugin is not actively maintained by the CakePHP core team.** ℹ️ PR's to fix problems are welcome.
>
> As a modern alternative please check out the [Authentication](https://github.com/cakephp/authentication) and [Authorization](https://github.com/cakephp/authorization) plugins.

A plugin for managing ACL in CakePHP applications.

Installing via composer
-----------------------

[](#installing-via-composer)

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](https://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require cakephp/acl

```

Then in your `src/Application.php`:

```
public function bootstrap()
{
    parent::bootstrap();
    $this->addPlugin('Acl');
}
```

Creating tables
---------------

[](#creating-tables)

To create the ACL requires tables, run the following `Migrations` command:

```
bin/cake migrations migrate -p Acl

```

Attaching the behavior
----------------------

[](#attaching-the-behavior)

Add the `Acl` behavior to your table so it will automatically create an `aco` whenever a new record is saved:

```
public function initialize(array $config)
{
    parent::initialize($config);

    $this->addBehavior('Acl.Acl', ['controlled']);
}
```

Updating the entity
-------------------

[](#updating-the-entity)

Before you can start using the behavior, you MUST add the `parentNode()` method to the corresponding `Entity` file or the `AclBehavior` will not be able to determine the parent->child relationships. Also make make sure the method returns either null or a parent Model reference.

```
public function parentNode() {
    return null;
}
```

> If things went well you should now see an entry appearing in the `acos` database table whenever you save a new record.

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

Assuming you have PHPUnit installed system wide using one of the methods stated [here](https://phpunit.de/manual/current/en/installation.html), you can run the tests for the Acl plugin by doing the following:

1. Copy `phpunit.xml.dist` to `phpunit.xml`
2. Add the relevant database credentials to your phpunit.xml if you want to run tests against a non-SQLite datasource.
3. Run `phpunit`

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity54

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community42

Growing community involvement

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~134 days

Recently: every ~200 days

Total

23

Last Release

823d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.7.0PHP ^7.2

0.8.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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