This document discusses CakePHP, an open-source web framework built with PHP. It provides an overview of CakePHP 1.3 including its features like flexible MVC architecture, conventions over configuration, powerful model layer, and ORM. It also discusses concepts like queries, associations, validation, pagination, caching, and more. Examples are given for common tasks like filtering results, grouping by associations, and mapping query results to other collections.

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