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Bechlem GmbH CrossSellingData & Simple Tables REST API Version 1.2 and Product Connect Middleware for Free - A CakePHP 5 and PHP 8 powered Product Content Management System.

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github.com/MarksSoftwareGmbH/BECHLEM-CONNECT-LIGHT

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pkg:composer/marks-software-gmbh/bechlem-connect-light

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Open Issues: 5

v5.4.4 2026-11-06 17:15 UTC

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  • cakephp/repl: Console tools for a REPL interface for CakePHP applications.
  • dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper: After baking your code, this keeps your annotations in sync with the code evolving from there on for maximum IDE and PHPStan/Psalm compatibility.
  • markstory/asset_compress: An asset compression plugin which provides file concatenation and a flexible filter system for preprocessing and minification.
  • phpstan/phpstan: PHPStan focuses on finding errors in your code without actually running it. It catches whole classes of bugs even before you write tests for the code.

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MIT 56d9725976f0ec7937c946fc786c19e820f1fe0a

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Published on Packagist.org on 2026-11-06 17:23 UTC

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Last update: 2026-11-06 17:26:26 UTC

README

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Bechlem Connect Light is a free, open source, middlewrae and product content management system for PHP 8 based on CakePHP 5, CakePHP vendor plugins, the AdminLTE bootstrap admin dashboard template and released under the MIT License.

It is powered by the CakePHP 5 PHP framework.

Requirements

  • Apache with mod_rewrite, intl, imagick OR nginx server
  • PHP 8.1 or higher
  • Latest MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite or SQL-Server database engines

Installation

  1. Download Composer or update composer self-update.
  2. Run php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist marks-software-gmbh/bechlem-connect-light [app_name].

If Composer is installed globally, run

composer create-project --prefer-dist marks-software-gmbh/bechlem-connect-light

In case you want to use a custom app dir name (e.g. /myapp/):

composer create-project --prefer-dist marks-software-gmbh/bechlem-connect-light my-bechlem-connect

Then configure your database in config/app_local.php or use the default Sqlite Setup and visit the site.

Default login: Admin / superadmin (change immediately).

Important: Change the default credentials immediately after the first login.

Installation using GitHub Clone

Alternative: Installation using GitHub Clone

https://github.com/MarksSoftwareGmbH/BECHLEM-CONNECT-LIGHT.git

or by using GitHub CLI

gh repo clone MarksSoftwareGmbH/BECHLEM-CONNECT-LIGHT

When the cloning is finished please enter the cloned project and run

composer update

When the composer update is finished

  • Upload the project content into a server htdocs TLD folder.
  • Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database (with the utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation).
  • Create a new user, set the password and grant the rights for the created database.
  • Update the file /config/app_local.php Datasources array with the database, username and password for the default, test_mysql, development and production configurations.
  • Update the file /config/app_local.php EmailTransport array with a default email server configuration (SMTP or Mail transport).
  • Visit http://your-site.com/ from your browser.
  • Visit http://your-site.com/login to login as Admin, the default username: Admin and password: superadmin (Please change this credentials to your needs).
  • Visit http://your-site.com/admin/dashboard to manage the backend as Admin.

Installation using the ZIP Archive

  • Download and extract the ZIP-file.
  • Run composer update
  • Upload the unzipped archive content into a server htdocs TLD folder.
  • Create a new MySQL or MariaDB database (with the utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation).
  • Create a new user, set the password and grant the rights for the created database.
  • Update the file /config/app_local.php Datasources array with the database, username and password for the default, test_mysql, development and production configurations.
  • Update the file /config/app_local.php EmailTransport array with a default email server configuration (SMTP or Mail transport).
  • Visit http://your-site.com/ from your browser.
  • Visit http://your-site.com/login to login as Admin, the default username: Admin and password: superadmin (Please change this credentials to your needs).
  • Visit http://your-site.com/admin/dashboard to manage the backend as Admin.

Bechlem GmbH API Version 1.2 CrossSellingData and Simple Tables License

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