cakephp / authorization

3.5.3 2026-07-07 14:41 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.1
• cakephp/http: ^5.1
• psr/http-client: ^1.0
• psr/http-message: ^1.1 || ^2.0
• psr/http-server-handler: ^1.0
• psr/http-server-middleware: ^1.0

Requires (Dev)

• cakephp/authentication: ^3.0 || ^4.0
• cakephp/bake: ^3.2
• cakephp/cakephp: ^5.1
• cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer: ^5.1
• phpunit/phpunit: ^10.5.58 || ^11.5.3 || ^12.4 || ^13.0

Suggests

• cakephp/http: To use "RequestPolicyInterface" (Not needed separately if using full CakePHP framework).
• cakephp/orm: To use "OrmResolver" (Not needed separately if using full CakePHP framework).

MIT

• CakePHP Community

• authorization
• cakephp
• access
• auth

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-07 14:47 UTC

README

Authorization stack for the CakePHP framework.

Authorization not Authentication

This plugin intends to provide a framework around authorization and access control. Authentication is a separate concern that has been packaged into a separate authentication plugin.

Installation

You can install this plugin into your CakePHP application using composer:

composer require cakephp/authorization

Then load the plugin:

bin/cake plugin load Authorization

Documentation

Documentation for this plugin can be found in the CakePHP Cookbook