--- title: ACL Is Back in CakePHP – DerEuroMark | daily.dev description: TinyAuth Backend 3.x is a full rewrite of the CakePHP ACL plugin, bringing database-backed, UI-managed permissions to modern CakePHP 5.1+ apps. It introduces a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/acl-is-back-in-cakephp-dereuromark-jbr1mrb1e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ACL Is Back in CakePHP – DerEuroMark | daily.dev og:description: TinyAuth Backend 3.x is a full rewrite of the CakePHP ACL plugin, bringing database-backed, UI-managed permissions to modern CakePHP 5.1+ apps. It introduces a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/acl-is-back-in-cakephp-dereuromark-jbr1mrb1e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JbR1MRB1E.png og:image:alt: ACL Is Back in CakePHP – DerEuroMark og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ACL Is Back in CakePHP – DerEuroMark **[DerEuroMark](https://daily.dev/sources/dereuromark)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary TinyAuth Backend 3.x is a full rewrite of the CakePHP ACL plugin, bringing database-backed, UI-managed permissions to modern CakePHP 5.1+ apps. It introduces a normalized 8-table schema, an HTMX+Alpine.js+Tailwind admin panel with role-permission matrix, auto-discovery sync for controllers and resources, INI import/export, composite adapters for gradual migration, and four incremental adoption strategies (AdapterOnly, FullBackend, NativeAuth, ExternalRoles). Roles can come from any source (DB, JWT, LDAP, SSO), and the plugin integrates cleanly with cakephp/authorization's policy layer without replacing it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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