Note: As at 15 Aug 2022 I have an updated version of this at https://github.com/toggenation/embed-react-in-cake
src/Middleware/HttpOptionsMiddleware.php from https://www.munderwood.ca/index.php/2017/02/28/responding-to-http-options-requests-in-cakephp/
with additions inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/7454204
You need composer and node
git clone https://github.com/jmcd73/cakephp-react-backend.git
cd cakephp-react-backend
composer install # installs CakePHP, DebugKit
git submodule init
git submodule update
cd cakephp-react-frontend
yarn install
yarn start
Create a database (DB name is "cake") using the config/schema/cake.sql file
mysql -uroot -p <yourpassword> < config/schema/cake.sql
Copy config/app.default.php to config/app.php and change the DB connection details to suit the above database
Run the default cake server
bin/cake server
templates/Articles/react.ctp contains the code to mount the react SPA (Single Page Application)
View the react() function block in src/Controller/ArticlesController.php to see how the react js and css is loaded from webroot/react/asset-manifest.json
For allowing fetch() to have access to the CakePHP endpoints see changes in
| Cake File | Change |
|---|---|
| config/routes.php | Added resource route and json extension |
| src/Middleware/HttpOptionsMiddleware.php | Middleware to respond to OPTIONS and allow CORS |
| src/Application.php | Place middleware is hooked into cake |