Installation

Composer

Install as a require-dev dependency:

composer require --dev dereuromark/cakephp-ide-helper

Plugin Loading

Enable the plugin in your Application.php or call:

bin/cake plugin load IdeHelper

Local-only loading

As a require-dev dependency, the plugin should only load for local development. Wrap the registration with a check or try/catch, and ideally also restrict it to CLI mode (if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli')).

Verifying the Install

Once the plugin is loaded, the following commands become available:

bin/cake annotate --help
bin/cake generate --help
bin/cake illuminate --help

If those resolve, you are ready to move on to Usage.