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cakephp/form
============

CakePHP Form library

5.3.2(4mo ago)81.8k1MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Dec 19Pushed 2mo ago2 watchersCompare

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CakePHP Form Library
====================

[](#cakephp-form-library)

Form abstraction used to create forms not tied to ORM backed models, or to other permanent datastores. Ideal for implementing forms on top of API services, or contact forms.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Cake\Form\Form;
use Cake\Form\Schema;
use Cake\Validation\Validator;

class ContactForm extends Form
{

    protected function _buildSchema(Schema $schema)
    {
        return $schema->addField('name', 'string')
            ->addField('email', ['type' => 'string'])
            ->addField('body', ['type' => 'text']);
    }

    public function validationDefault(Validator $validator)
    {
        return $validator->add('name', 'length', [
                'rule' => ['minLength', 10],
                'message' => 'A name is required'
            ])->add('email', 'format', [
                'rule' => 'email',
                'message' => 'A valid email address is required',
            ]);
    }

    protected function _execute(array $data)
    {
        // Send an email.
        return true;
    }
}
```

In the above example we see the 3 hook methods that forms provide:

- `_buildSchema()` is used to define the schema data. You can define field type, length, and precision.
- `validationDefault()` Gets a `Cake\Validation\Validator` instance that you can attach validators to.
- `_execute()` lets you define the behavior you want to happen when `execute()` is called and the data is valid.

You can always define additional public methods as you need as well.

```
$contact = new ContactForm();
$success = $contact->execute($data);
$errors = $contact->getErrors();
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Please make sure you check the [official documentation](https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/core-libraries/form.html)

###  Health Score

59

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity95

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 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 ~13 days

Recently: every ~35 days

Total

265

Last Release

65d ago

Major Versions

3.10.0 → 4.2.02020-12-04

4.4.9 → 5.0.0-beta12022-06-29

4.5.0-RC1 → 5.0.0-RC22023-04-01

4.5.3 → 5.0.02023-09-08

5.x-dev → 6.x-dev2026-03-15

PHP version history (7 changes)3.5.0PHP >=5.6.0

4.0.0-beta1PHP >=7.2.0

3.10.1PHP >=5.6.0,<8.0.0

4.4.0-RC2PHP >=7.4.0

5.0.0-beta1PHP >=8.1

5.3.0-RC2PHP >=8.2

6.x-devPHP >=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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