PHP Interview Questions and answers

Following are 2 main shortcut functions available in cakephp

// similar to print_r(), but dumps to the view and
// is disabled if debug isn't > 0 in config.php
pr($anything); 

// returns the correctly internationalized plural or
// singular depending on locale.
__n($singular, $plural, $count, $return);

If you are working with CakePHP and haven’t figure it out yet, it’s worth looking through basics.php in the API docs.

What is meant by MVC (Model View Controller)?

MODEL VIEW CONTROLLER, is a software architecture, currently considered an architectural pattern used in software engineering.
This isolates business logic from presentation logic.

1. The Model represents the application data
2. The View renders a presentation of model data
3. The Controller handles and routes requests made by the client