Is there a default controller for the index page for a CakePHP installation?

Question

I have just successfully installed CakePHP and I see that I can edit the home.ctp view but is there a default controller for the index page?

To change the content of this page, create: APP/views/pages/home.ctp.
To change its layout, create: APP/views/layouts/default.ctp.
You can also add some CSS styles for your pages at: APP/webroot/css.

Answer 1

If you want to make modifications to this controller it is recommended that you copy the default

cake/libs/controller/pages_controller.php to app/controller/pages_controller.php

The reason is because you should not modify anything inside the "cake" folder where any file can be overwriten when updating your application with the latest cakephp version.

Answer 2

You can change the default behavior by changing the Route::connect() function arguments such as below:

Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'requests', 'action' => 'index', 'home'));

and also if you want to connect all the actions to one action, use the code below in the same config file:

Router::connect('/pages/*', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display'));

Of course you should change the arguments to your own needs.

This configuration is located under app/config/routes.php.

To get more information about Route::connect(), visit this page: http://api.cakephp.org/class/router#method-Routerconnect