CakePHP + Mongo + Bootstrap from Twitter with 2 data tables

This is a comprehensive CakePHP with built in MongoDB and Twitter Bootstrap.

It contains

• CakePHP 2.2.2
• MongoDB setup installed
• Twitter Bootstrap installed
• RockMongo installed
• Two data tables installed

MongoDB Installtion

Download MongoDB from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Download PHP Driver for MongoDB from PHPDriversMongoDB

Installing MongoDB as a service in Windows

MongoDB as a Service

Installing CakeMongoBoot on your webserver

Download this application from github and unzip this application on your web server.

Example for Windows + XAMPP installation

• Edit c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Add the following line

127.0.0.1 CakeMongoBoot

• Edit c:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf

Add the following code

<VirtualHost CakeMongoBoot:80>
  DocumentRoot F:\Apache\www\TBG\CakeMongoBoot
  ServerName CakeMongoBoot
  ServerAdmin admin@CakeMongoBoot
    <Directory "F:\Apache\www\TBG\CakeMongoBoot">
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
       AllowOverride FileInfo
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Restart XAMPP Apache or restart computer

Adding / Modifying Database to CakeMongoBoot

In your browser go to http://CakeMongoBoot/rockmongo

username: admin
password: admin

Under CakeMongoBoot you will see 3 collections roles users system.indexes

How to add a new data collection and bake with cake

Insert a new Collection (follow the CakePHP convention of plural names) e.g. rights, profiles, blogs, posts