Why does Drake support Drupal 5 and higher?

mariano.iglesias — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:04:50 +0000

I’ve been asked this question a couple of times the past few days. Some people wonder why Drake is packaged as a module only compatible with Drupal 5.x and higher, being that there are still many Drupal 4.7 installations available. The main reason that drove me to this decision is that Drupal 5 revamped most of its API, mainly on its support for forms, which makes it a pain to give support to both versions of Drupal. It gets even worst if you plan to support older versions such as Drupal 4.6.

Eventhough the module could easily work on older versions of Drupal by changing only its administration interface, I plan to only support Drupal 5.x and above because it gives you an incentive to upgrade. Drupal 5 is far better than its predecesors, and there’s currently a lot of effort (coming from the Drupal team) to convince you to upgrade. If you are still undecided, you should check Drupal’s website, as it gives you clear documentation on how to achieve a succesfull upgrade.

Drake 1.0.1b Released

mariano.iglesias — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:58:27 +0000

The first beta version of Drake, a Drupal module that lets you run CakePHP applications inside Drupal, has been released. It is a long way from Felix’s original milestones and allows you to run CakePHP applications with no need to modify source code at either end (Drupal or CakePHP.)

Drake :: Drupal-CakePHP bridge

Why does Drake support Drupal 5 and higher?

Drake 1.0.1b Released