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This is how I setup CakePHP on my MacBook with PHP5 and MySQL5. I have MacOS X 10.4.8 installed.

Are you putting CakePHP in a subdirectory and experiencing problems with no trailing slash and 400 Bad Request errors?

GOAL:

1. One domain on a shared Linux/CPanel hosting environment
2. Multiple CakePHP applications running from separate directories WITHIN the public webspace (referred to as public throughout this tutorial)
3. Separate databases
4. Single shared CakePHP core served from above the public web space (referred to as private throughout this tutorial)
5. Separate CakePHP app directories (within a single APPS directory) also served from above the public web space (referred to as private throughout this tutorial)
6. Given all of the above: NO STUPID WORKAROUNDS

Forced to deal with a windows based server, without apache and effectively also mod_rewrite? But, after much complaining and begging your sysadmin has been kind enough to install isapi_rewrite on that (already bloated) iis box... then this is for you!

If you are able to get your default CakePHP index page to come up after installing, but without the Cake logo in the top left and without the styling, chances are the problem is related to your Apache configuration with regard to the rewrite module, a.k.a. mod_rewrite. This article should help you troubleshoot.