cakephp · dereuromark · Jan 30, 2026 · Jan 30, 2026
diff --git a/docs/en/console-commands/completion.md b/docs/en/console-commands/completion.md
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ Save the file, then restart your console.
 > The target directory for the **cake** file will be
 > **/usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/**.
 
-<a id="bash-completion-file-content"></a>
-
 ### Bash Completion file content
 
 This is the code you need to put inside the **cake** file in the correct location

diff --git a/docs/en/console-commands/input-output.md b/docs/en/console-commands/input-output.md
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 CakePHP provides the `ConsoleIo` object to commands so that they can
 interactively read user input and output information to the user.
 
-<a id="command-helpers"></a>
-
 ## Command Helpers
 
 Formatting console output can be tedious and lead to maintenance issues. To

diff --git a/docs/en/contributing/backwards-compatibility.md b/docs/en/contributing/backwards-compatibility.md
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ value:
 
 Will disable runtime deprecation warnings.
 
-<a id="experimental-features"></a>
-
 ## Experimental Features
 
 Experimental features are **not included** in the above backwards compatibility

diff --git a/docs/en/controllers/components.md b/docs/en/controllers/components.md
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ chapter for each component:
 - [Form Protection Component](../controllers/components/form-protection)
 - [Checking HTTP Cache](../controllers/components/check-http-cache)
 
-<a id="configuring-components"></a>
-
 ## Configuring Components
 
 Many of the core components require configuration. One example would be
@@ -152,8 +150,6 @@ class PostsController extends AppController
 Components are able to use [Dependency Injection](../development/dependency-injection) to receive services.
 :::
 
-<a id="creating-a-component"></a>
-
 ## Creating a Component
 
 Suppose our application needs to perform a complex mathematical operation in

diff --git a/docs/en/controllers/middleware.md b/docs/en/controllers/middleware.md
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ CakePHP provides several middleware to handle common tasks in web applications:
   provides configurable rate limiting to protect against abuse and ensure fair
   usage of resources.
 
-<a id="using-middleware"></a>
-
 ## Using Middleware
 
 Middleware can be applied to your application globally, to individual
@@ -234,8 +232,6 @@ class Application
 }
 ```
 
-<a id="routing-middleware"></a>
-
 ## Routing Middleware
 
 Routing middleware is responsible for applying your application's routes and
@@ -250,8 +246,6 @@ public function middleware(MiddlewareQueue $middlewareQueue): MiddlewareQueue
 }
 ```
 
-<a id="encrypted-cookie-middleware"></a>
-
 ## Encrypted Cookie Middleware
 
 If your application has cookies that contain data you want to obfuscate and
@@ -278,8 +272,6 @@ $middlewareQueue->add($cookies);
 The encryption algorithms and padding style used by the cookie middleware are
 backwards compatible with `CookieComponent` from earlier versions of CakePHP.
 
-<a id="body-parser-middleware"></a>
-
 ## Body Parser Middleware
 
 If your application accepts JSON, XML or other encoded request bodies, the

diff --git a/docs/en/controllers/pagination.md b/docs/en/controllers/pagination.md
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ class ArticlesController extends AppController
 When using the `SimplePaginator` you will not be able to generate page
 numbers, counter data, links to the last page, or total record count controls.
 
-<a id="paginating-multiple-queries"></a>
-
 ## Paginating Multiple Queries
 
 You can paginate multiple models in a single controller action, using the
@@ -213,8 +211,6 @@ $unpublishedArticles = $this->paginate(
 );
 ```
 
-<a id="control-which-fields-used-for-ordering"></a>
-
 ## Control which Fields Used for Ordering
 
 By default, sorting can be done on any non-virtual column a table has. This is

diff --git a/docs/en/controllers/request-response.md b/docs/en/controllers/request-response.md
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ CakePHP's request object implements the [PSR-7
 ServerRequestInterface](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) making it easier to
 use libraries from outside of CakePHP.
 
-<a id="request-parameters"></a>
-
 ### Request Parameters
 
 The request exposes routing parameters through the `getParam()` method:
@@ -1353,8 +1351,6 @@ $this->response = $this->response->withHeader('X-CakePHP', 'yes!');
 They let you interact with groups of cookies using immutable patterns, which
 allow the immutability of the request and response to be preserved.
 
-<a id="creating-cookies"></a>
-
 ### Creating Cookies
 
 `class` Cake\\Http\\Cookie\\**Cookie**

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/caching.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/caching.md
@@ -686,8 +686,6 @@ The required API for a CacheEngine is
 
 `method` Cake\\Cache\\CacheEngine::**increment**($key, $offset = 1): int|false
 
-<a id="cache-events"></a>
-
 ## Cache Events
 
 ::: info Added in version 5.3.0

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/events.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/events.md
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ object along. The listeners will handle all the extra logic around the
 possibly in separate objects and even delegating it to offline tasks if you have
 the need.
 
-<a id="tracking-events"></a>
-
 ### Tracking Events
 
 To keep a list of events that are fired on a particular `EventManager`, you
@@ -527,8 +525,6 @@ be an argument of any type, we recommend passing an associative array.
 The `Cake\Event\EventManager::dispatch()` method accepts an event
 object as an argument and notifies all subscribed listeners.
 
-<a id="stopping-events"></a>
-
 ### Stopping Events
 
 Much like DOM events, you may want to stop an event to prevent additional

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/hash.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/hash.md
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ to do just that.
 CakePHP's Hash class can be called from any model or controller in
 the same way Inflector is called. Example: `Hash::combine()`.
 
-<a id="hash-path-syntax"></a>
-
 ## Hash Path Syntax
 
 The path syntax described below is used by all the methods in `Hash`. Not all

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/inflector.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/inflector.md
@@ -224,8 +224,6 @@ generating code or doing work based on conventions:
 Inflector::variable('apple_pie');
 ```
 
-<a id="inflection-configuration"></a>
-
 ## Inflection Configuration
 
 CakePHP's naming conventions can be really nice - you can name your database

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/internationalization-and-localization.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/internationalization-and-localization.md
@@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ I18n::setTranslator(
 );
 ```
 
-<a id="creating-generic-translators"></a>
-
 ### Creating Generic Translators
 
 Configuring translators by calling `I18n::setTranslator()` for each domain and

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/logging.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/logging.md
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ values in your **config/app.php** file. Errors will be displayed when debug is
 `log` option to `true`. See [Configuration](../development/configuration) for more
 information.
 
-<a id="writing-to-logs"></a>
-
 ## Writing to Logs
 
 Writing to the log files can be done in two different ways. The first
@@ -171,8 +169,6 @@ exception.
 > When `levels` is set to an empty value in a logger's configuration, it
 > will take messages of any level.
 
-<a id="logging-scopes"></a>
-
 ### Logging Scopes
 
 Often times you'll want to configure different logging behavior for different
@@ -361,8 +357,6 @@ CakePHP requires that all logging engine implement `Psr\Log\LoggerInterface`.
 The class `Cake\Log\Engine\BaseLog` is an easy way to satisfy the
 interface as it only requires you to implement the `log()` method.
 
-<a id="logging-formatters"></a>
-
 ## Logging Formatters
 
 Logging formatters allow you to control how log messages are formatted

diff --git a/docs/en/core-libraries/validation.md b/docs/en/core-libraries/validation.md
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ The validation package in CakePHP provides features to build validators that can
 validate arbitrary arrays of data with ease. You can find a [list of available
 Validation rules in the API](https://api.cakephp.org/5.x/class-Cake.Validation.Validation.html).
 
-<a id="creating-validators"></a>
-
 ## Creating Validators
 
 `class` Cake\\Validation\\**Validator**
@@ -244,8 +242,6 @@ $validator->add('length', 'custom', [
 ]);
 ```
 
-<a id="conditional-validation"></a>
-
 ### Conditional Validation
 
 When defining validation rules, you can use the `on` key to define when
@@ -374,8 +370,6 @@ When enabled all fields will stop validation on the first failing rule instead
 of checking all possible rules. In this case only a single error message will
 appear under the form field.
 
-<a id="adding-validation-providers"></a>
-
 ### Adding Validation Providers
 
 The `Validator`, `ValidationSet` and `ValidationRule` classes do not

diff --git a/docs/en/development/configuration.md b/docs/en/development/configuration.md
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ Configure::load('app', 'default', false);
 Configure::load('other_config', 'default');
 ```
 
-<a id="environment-variables"></a>
-
 ## Environment Variables
 
 Many modern cloud providers, like Heroku, let you define environment
@@ -78,8 +76,6 @@ $debug = env('APP_DEBUG', false);
 The second value passed to the env function is the default value. This value
 will be used if no environment variable exists for the given key.
 
-<a id="general-configuration"></a>
-
 ### General Configuration
 
 Below is a description of the variables and how they affect your CakePHP
@@ -229,8 +225,6 @@ handling in CakePHP.
 See the [Routes Configuration](../development/routing#routes-configuration) for more information
 on configuring routing and creating routes for your application.
 
-<a id="additional-class-paths"></a>
-
 ## Additional Class Paths
 
 Additional class paths are setup through the autoloaders your application uses.
@@ -465,8 +459,6 @@ files with that engine would fail:
 Configure::drop('default');
 ```
 
-<a id="loading-configuration-files"></a>
-
 ### Loading Configuration Files
 
 `static` Cake\\Core\\Configure::**load**(string $key, string $config = 'default', bool $merge = true): bool

diff --git a/docs/en/development/dependency-injection.md b/docs/en/development/dependency-injection.md
@@ -725,8 +725,6 @@ class BillingServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 }
 ```
 
-<a id="mocking-services-in-tests"></a>
-
 ## Mocking Services in Tests
 
 In tests that use `ConsoleIntegrationTestTrait` or `IntegrationTestTrait`

diff --git a/docs/en/development/errors.md b/docs/en/development/errors.md
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ message, file and line (`debug` enabled).
 > If you use a custom error handler, the supported options will
 > depend on your handler.
 
-<a id="deprecation-warnings"></a>
-
 ## Deprecation Warnings
 
 CakePHP uses deprecation warnings to indicate when features have been
@@ -236,8 +234,6 @@ class ErrorController extends AppController
 Exception specific controller methods and templates were added.
 :::
 
-<a id="custom-exceptionrenderer"></a>
-
 ## Custom ExceptionRenderer
 
 If you want to control the entire exception rendering and logging process you

diff --git a/docs/en/development/routing.md b/docs/en/development/routing.md
@@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ will go to the 'update' action. There are HTTP helper methods for:
 All of these methods return the route instance allowing you to leverage the
 [fluent setters](#route-fluent-methods) to further configure your route.
 
-<a id="route-elements"></a>
-
 ### Route Elements
 
 You can specify your own route elements and doing so gives you the
@@ -679,8 +677,6 @@ Router::url(['_name' => 'contacts:api:ping']);
 Routes connected in named scopes will only have names added if the route is also
 named. Nameless routes will not have the `_namePrefix` applied to them.
 
-<a id="prefix-routing"></a>
-
 ### Prefix Routing
 
 `static` Cake\\Routing\\RouteBuilder::**prefix**($name, $callback)
@@ -1035,8 +1031,6 @@ $this->Html->link(
 );
 ```
 
-<a id="route-scoped-middleware"></a>
-
 ## Route Scoped Middleware
 
 While Middleware can be applied to your entire application, applying middleware
@@ -1347,8 +1341,6 @@ $routes->scope('/', function (RouteBuilder $routes) {
 });
 ```
 
-<a id="passed-arguments"></a>
-
 ## Passed Arguments
 
 Passed arguments are additional arguments or path segments that are
@@ -1644,8 +1636,6 @@ To generate asset URLs for files in plugins use `plugin syntax`:
 $img = Asset::imageUrl('DebugKit.cake.png');
 ```
 
-<a id="redirect-routing"></a>
-
 ## Redirect Routing
 
 Redirect routing allows you to issue HTTP status 30x redirects for
@@ -1684,8 +1674,6 @@ $routes->scope('/', function (RouteBuilder $routes) {
 This would redirect `/articles/*` to `http://google.com` with a
 HTTP status of 302.
 
-<a id="entity-routing"></a>
-
 ## Entity Routing
 
 Entity routing allows you to use an entity, an array or object implement
@@ -1759,8 +1747,6 @@ class MyRedirectRoute extends Route
 `RedirectTrait` was added.
 :::
 
-<a id="custom-route-classes"></a>
-
 ## Custom Route Classes
 
 Custom route classes allow you to extend and change how individual routes parse

diff --git a/docs/en/development/sessions.md b/docs/en/development/sessions.md
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ requests and store persistent data for specific users. Unlike Cookies, session
 data is not available on the client side. Usage of `$_SESSION` is generally
 avoided in CakePHP, and instead usage of the Session classes is preferred.
 
-<a id="session-configuration"></a>
-
 ## Session Configuration
 
 Session configuration is generally defined in **/config/app.php**. The available

diff --git a/docs/en/development/testing.md b/docs/en/development/testing.md
@@ -225,8 +225,6 @@ the creation of new bugs.
 > multiple tests at once, you will lose your event listeners that were
 > registered in config/bootstrap.php as the bootstrap is only executed once.
 
-<a id="running-tests"></a>
-
 ## Running Tests
 
 Once you have PHPUnit installed and some test cases written, you'll want to run
@@ -1911,8 +1909,6 @@ indicating 1 pass and 4 assertions.
 When you are testing a Helper which uses other helpers, be sure to mock the
 View clases `loadHelpers` method.
 
-<a id="testing-events"></a>
-
 ## Testing Events
 
 The [Events System](../core-libraries/events) is a great way to decouple your application

diff --git a/docs/en/orm/associations.md b/docs/en/orm/associations.md
@@ -656,8 +656,6 @@ INNER JOIN articles_tags ON (
 );
 ```
 
-<a id="using-the-through-option"></a>
-
 ### Using the 'through' Option
 
 If you plan on adding extra information to the join/pivot table, or if you need

diff --git a/docs/en/orm/behaviors/translate.md b/docs/en/orm/behaviors/translate.md
@@ -481,8 +481,6 @@ Setting the language directly in the table is useful when you need to both
 retrieve and save entities for the same language or when you need to save
 multiple entities at once.
 
-<a id="saving-multiple-translations"></a>
-
 ## Saving Multiple Translations
 
 It is a common requirement to be able to add or edit multiple translations to
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@@ Expand Up / @@ -516,8 +516,6 @@ I18n::setTranslator( @@
     );
     ```
-    <a id="creating-generic-translators"></a>
     ### Creating Generic Translators
     Configuring translators by calling `I18n::setTranslator()` for each domain and
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