PHP2Shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) was published on 21 October 2026, and it is the worst PHP flaw in years: it can let an outsider run code on your server without a login. Plenty of CakePHP apps still sit on PHP 7.x, and those versions will never get the fix. Don't worry: we can move your CakePHP app to Laravel on a patched PHP 8.4 in 7 days. See how PHP2Shell works.
Our CakePHP to Laravel migration services in USA and UK markets are for companies whose CakePHP app still works but has fallen behind. Maybe it is a CakePHP 2 build nobody dares to upgrade, or a CakePHP 3 app stuck on an old PHP release. We carry every screen, rule and report over to Laravel on PHP 8.4.
CakePHP and Laravel share a lot of ideas. Both use MVC, both follow naming conventions, and both ship with a command line tool. That makes the move less painful than people expect. Bake becomes Artisan, Table and Entity classes become Eloquent models, Elements become Blade components, and Behaviors turn into traits or model observers.
Techno Mantraa is a web development company in Gujarat, India with more than a decade of PHP work. We take on CakePHP projects from the United States and the United Kingdom, set a fixed price before we start, and hand back a tested Laravel app at the end of the week.
Why companies leave CakePHP for Laravel
CakePHP is a solid framework, and if your team is happy on CakePHP 5 you may not need us. The trouble starts with older major versions, where each upgrade is close to a rewrite anyway. If you are going to rewrite, Laravel usually gives you more for the same effort.
A much bigger ecosystem
Laravel has first-party packages for queues, billing, search, admin panels and API tokens, so features that needed custom code in CakePHP are often a single Composer install.
Easier hiring in the USA and UK
There are far more Laravel developers on the market than CakePHP specialists, which lowers your cost and removes the risk of one person holding all the knowledge.
A clear upgrade path
Laravel ships one major release a year with a published upgrade guide, so you avoid the big jumps that left many CakePHP 2 apps frozen in place.
What moves from CakePHP to Laravel
- Controllers, actions and routes, with the same public URLs
- Table and Entity classes rewritten as Eloquent models and relationships
- CakePHP or Phinx migrations turned into Laravel migrations
- Components moved into middleware and service classes
- Templates, layouts and Elements converted to Blade
- Validation rules moved into Laravel Form Requests
- Login and permissions rebuilt with Laravel auth, gates and policies
- Shell or Command tasks and cron jobs moved to the Laravel scheduler
How we run a CakePHP to Laravel move in 7 days
Day 1: Read the CakePHP code
We note the CakePHP version, every plugin, every table and every outside service, then send you a written scope and a fixed price.
Days 2-4: Build on Laravel
We install Laravel on PHP 8.4, port the schema, then convert models, controllers and templates one module at a time.
Days 5-6: Compare old and new
We run both apps side by side on staging and check that orders, logins, emails and exports behave the same way.
Day 7: Switch over
We point your domain at the Laravel app, keep the CakePHP copy as a fallback, and monitor errors through the first week.
CakePHP app vs Laravel app
The concepts map closely, which is why this is one of the more predictable PHP migrations we do.
| CakePHP | Laravel | |
|---|---|---|
| Code generator | Bake | Artisan make commands |
| Data layer | Table and Entity classes (arrays in CakePHP 2) | Eloquent models with relationships and scopes |
| Reusable view parts | Elements and Helpers | Blade components and directives |
| Shared logic | Components and Behaviors | Middleware, service classes, traits and observers |
| Background work | Plugins or custom shells | Built-in queues with Redis or database drivers |
| Developer pool | Small and shrinking | Large in the USA, UK and India |
Why hand your CakePHP project to us
We have read a lot of old CakePHP code, including apps where the original team left years ago and the documentation is the source code itself.
Passwords that keep working
CakePHP 3 and later store bcrypt hashes that Laravel checks as they are. Older CakePHP 2 apps often used salted SHA1, so we add a step that verifies the old hash once and saves a bcrypt one on the next login.
A written price before work begins, and it does not change unless you add scope.
Your source code stays private under an NDA we sign on the first call.
CakePHP migration for companies in the United States and United Kingdom
This service is built for small and mid-sized firms in the USA and UK that depend on a CakePHP system for orders, bookings or internal records. Our working day overlaps the morning in US Eastern time and the full afternoon in the UK, and we reply to messages on the day they arrive.
Because the team is in India, an offshore CakePHP to Laravel project costs a fraction of what a local agency would quote. You still get one named project manager, an NDA, a fixed price and a go-live date in writing.
Official sources: PHP supported versions · Laravel documentation
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about our CakePHP to Laravel Migration service.
For most small and medium CakePHP apps, 7 days is enough: a day to audit, three days to build, two days of side-by-side testing and launch on day seven. If your app is very large, we split it into phases and put the first phase live inside those same 7 days.
No. CakePHP 2 apps are often the best candidates, because upgrading them to CakePHP 5 is close to a rewrite anyway. We read the array-based models and convert them straight to Eloquent instead of passing through every CakePHP version.
If the app is already on CakePHP 4 and your team knows it well, an upgrade can be the cheaper option and we will tell you so. Laravel makes more sense when you need to hire, add many features or the gap between versions is large.
Yes for the PHP side. Your new Laravel app runs on PHP 8.4 with the October 2026 patch applied. We also review the custom code we port, so old SQL built by string joining does not survive the move.
Yes. We copy your CakePHP routes into Laravel so pages keep the same addresses. Where a URL has to change, we add a permanent redirect and check Google Search Console in the days after launch.
Yes. This service is set up for businesses in the United States and United Kingdom. We work during your business hours, sign an NDA, give a fixed price and keep one manager in daily contact with you.
Is your PHP app still on an old version?
Send us the URL or the repository. We check it for the PHP2Shell flaw and old code for free, and tell you what a 7-day migration looks like.
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