Install a new Cakephp3 Project with composer

  1. You need the php tool composer which you can get from composer.org
  2. Simply run the following command in the windows command prompt  while in your “c:\xampp\htdocs\” folder;
    composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app mywebapp

    3.In your htdocs folder you should see a new folder called “my_app_name”

    Example:
    If you wanted to create an application called  “mywebapp” simply enter;

    composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app mywebapp